USAG News and Press, United States Agriculture Index Fund ETV From 07/20/19

Cotton is a member of the soft commodities sector of the raw material asset class. Futures and futures options in cotton trade on the Intercontinental Exchange. The top three leading producers of cotton in the world are India, China, and the United States. In the US, cotton has a long and cont...

Wheat is the grain that feeds the world. As the primary ingredient in bread, wheat is a staple that has vast political ramifications at times. When the annual crop is sufficient to meet global requirements, people and governments do not think much about the grain. However, when shortages occur...

The months fly by, and now that the end of the second quarter of 2019 is in the books, it is time for the US Department of Agriculture to issue its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report once again. This month’s report will come out on Thursday, July 11, at noon E...

The price action in the coffee futures market has been a bonus for companies that rely on coffee beans as a part of their cost of goods sold. For those who have not lower product prices, lower coffee prices have increased profit margins since 2011. Arabica coffee futures that trade on the In...

Cocoa beans are the primary ingredient in chocolate confectionery products. The beans thrive in tropical climates near the equator. Therefore, the West African nations of the Ivory Coast and Ghana are the world's leading producers of cocoa. Together they account for around 60% of the global an...

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...

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...

In an apparent goodwill gesture a day before Pres. Trump's meeting with Chinese Pres. Xi, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today reported a large soybean sale to China . More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teucrium Soybean Fund, ELEMENTS Rogers International Commodity Agriculture ...

The cocoa futures market recently rolled from the July to the September series of futures on the Intercontinental Exchange. The roll period can cause increased price variance as longs and shorts decide whether to carry their risk positions into the next active contract or exit the market. Th...

So far in 2019, the price of nearby sugar futures that trade on the Intercontinental Exchange in the soft commodity sector of the raw materials asset classes have been in a range from 11.36 to 13.50 per pound. The trading band has been narrow at 2.14 cents over the first almost six months of t...