USAG News and Press, United States Agriculture Index Fund ETV From 04/14/19

Each month the US Department of Agriculture releases the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report which is the gold-standard for fundamental research for many of the products that feed the world. The April report comes at a time when farmers are beginning the process of planting c...

Cotton can be one of the wildest commodities that trade on the futures exchanges. Before 2010, the price of the fiber never traded above $1.1720 per pound, but in 2011, the price rose to over twice that price when it rose to a record peak at $2.27. The rally in the cotton futures market was ...

On Tuesday, April 9, the US Department of Agriculture will release its April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report which comes at a time when farmers should be planting the 2019 crops in the northern hemisphere. The old saying that April showers bring May flowers is significant...

This week, the price of coffee traded to a new low at 91.25 cents per pound. While the price was just 0.75 cents lower than the September 2018 low, coffee futures had not traded below the $1 per pound level since 2006 before last August. At the lowest price in a dozen years, the price of coffe...

The prices of soft commodities can be highly volatile as they often 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 areas around the world. Ho...

Each year is a new adventure in the world of agricultural markets. As we head into the second quarter of 2019 the planting season for the 2019 crop begins. It is starting to look like planting will take place later rather than sooner in many areas of the Midwestern US as the fertile soil was u...

The animal protein or meat sector moved 8.65% higher in Q1 with an explosive gain in lean hog futures. The sector finished 2018 with a 3.73% loss. Meats ended 2017 with an 8.39% gain after falling 8.80% in 2016. In the meat markets, results can be skewed by term structure given the seasonality...

On the final day of the first quarter of 2019, the prices of the three leading grain futures contracts that trade on the CBOT division of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange posted losses as corn, wheat, and soybeans are limping into the planting and growing season that will determine the availabi...

Ag futures saw extra volatility today after the USDA released two of its most market-moving reports for the year, the annual Prospective Planting report and the quarterly Grain Stocks report . More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teucrium Corn ETF, Teucrium Wheat Fund, Commodities ...

April starts on Monday, and that means the winter of 2018/2019 has come to an end. While there is always the chance of one of those nasty April snowstorms, it will not be long before the warm winds of spring give way to hot summer days. Grains are the crops that feed the world, and the Unite...