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On Thursday, October 10, the USDA will release its October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The October report comes during the height of the harvest season in the US. At the same time, it is now the planting season in the southern hemisphere. The WASDE report is the go...

The animal protein sector of the commodities market can be highly volatile. When trading meats, it is wise to view each delivery month as a separate entity as seasonality can play a significant role in price volatility and the momentum of trends. In 2018 and 2019, the trade war between the U...

A strong dollar and the ongoing trade war between the US and China have caused weakness in the leading grain futures market since 2018. Last week, the dollar index made a new high on the December futures contract. On the trade front, while negotiations between the US and China continue, there ...

Grains continued to be one of the sectors of the commodities markets in the crosshairs of the trade dispute between the US and China. After falling to lows in the aftermath of the escalation of the conflict in mid-May, prices took off to the upside as the weather took center stage. Floods in v...

Soft commodities can be the most volatile sector of the commodities market as prices routinely double, triple, or halve in value during their pricing cycles. The path of least resistance for the prices of luxury commodities is a function of the weather and crop diseases in the critical growing...

The animal protein or meat sector moved 3.51% lower in Q3, but lean hog futures continued to post gains over the past nine months. The sector finished 2018 with a 3.73% loss and has moved 7.32% lower over the first nine months of 2019. Meats ended 2017 with an 8.39% gain after falling 8.80% in...

The August Prices Received Index for agricultural production is 90.5% of its 2011 base, +0.8% from the July 2019 index and +0.9% from the August 2018 index More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, ELEMENTS Linked to the Rogers International Commodity Index - Agriculture Total Return, DB...

Cocoa has been a great market for those market participants that have bought scale-down during price corrections and sold scale-up on recoveries. The world's leading cocoa-producing nations are the Ivory Coast and Ghana. The weather conditions and climate in West Africa are ideal for growing t...

At just over 11 cents per pound on the October sugar futures contract and the $1 level on December coffee futures, the prices of the soft commodities have recovered from their respective recent lows. Meanwhile, the prices are closer to lows than highs based on their ranges over the past decade...

On Thursday, September 12, the US Department of Agriculture released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. Grain and agricultural product prices had limped into the report after a mostly bearish report from the USDA in August. The early season floods did not caus...