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On Tuesday, March 10, the US Department of Agriculture released its March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The monthly WASDE is the gold-standard when it comes to fundamental data on grains and other agricultural markets. As we move into the spring season in the United St...

During risk-off periods in markets, the prices of all products tend to move lower. When price carnage hits markets, rationality takes a holiday. Fears over Coronavirus have led to quarantines, hoarding, and wholesale selling in markets across all asset classes. Cocoa beans are the primary in...

Over recent months the price of world sugar that trades on the Intercontinental Exchange has been trending higher. Brazil is the world's leading producer and exporter of the soft commodity. While the ICE futures use the US dollar as a pricing mechanism for sugar, local production costs are in ...

On Tuesday, February 11, at noon EST, the US Department of Agriculture will release its second World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report of the year. The February WASDE will set the state for the 2020 planting season, which commences in late March and April. The monthly WASDE rep...

Coffee is a soft commodity that trades on the Intercontinental Exchange. Since 2010, the price of coffee has traded in a range from 86.35 cents to $3.0625 per pound. The high came in 2011 when most other commodities hit their peaks. The low in the coffee futures market occurred in April 2019 w...

In March 2011, when most commodity markets were moving towards highs, the price of cocoa futures on the Intercontinental Exchange rose to an all-time peak of $3826 per ton. Each quarter, the world adds approximately twenty million people to the global population. Over the past nine years, the ...

In August 2018, the price of coffee futures on the Intercontinental Exchange fell below $1 per pound for the first time since 2006. Coffee reached a low of 92 cents per pound before rallying to a high of $1.255 in October 2018, but the selling was not over. In 2019, the price of the soft com...

The price of cocoa moved to just over $2850 per ton this week before pulling back. Cocoa beans are the primary ingredient in the chocolate confectionery products enjoyed by people all over the planet. Cocoa production thrives in tropical climates around the equator. Therefore, West Africa is t...

On Friday, January 10, after an exhausting week of volatility in many markets on the back of the Middle East, the USDA released its first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report of 2020. The January report has often been a significant occasion that has moved agricultural prices i...

On Friday, January 10, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture will release its first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report of the year. The report will not reveal any earth-shattering news to the markets as the 2019 crop in the US, and northern hemisphere was abundan...