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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 growi...
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...
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...
Wheat is an agricultural product that feeds the world. Bread is a staple in most countries around the globe, and wheat is the primary ingredient. While the US is the world's leading producer and exporter of soybeans and corn, it is one of many wheat-producing nations. As an agricultural comm...
Thesis As reported in my previous article , decreased global inventories were poised to push the rice prices higher. A 10-year analysis of the global consumption levels from 2009 to 2010 indicated that the global deficit at the period was 25.3 million metric tonnes. Falling demand from prim...
Corn for March delivery settled -3.1% to $3.75 1/2 per bushel in CBOT trading today, with March wheat -1.4% to $5.65 1/4 per bushel and March soybeans -0.5% to $9.24 per bushel, its lowest in nearly a month. More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teucrium Corn ETF, VanEck Vectors ...
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...
2019 was a tale of two markets in the coffee futures arena. The year began with the price of the Arabica beans at just a bit above $1 per pound after trading to the lowest level since 2005 at 92 cents per pound in September 2018. After moving to a high of $1.0715 during the first quarter, the ...
Cotton has a long political history. In the United States, cotton production in the south and slavery led to the civil war in the mid-1800s. In India, independence from Britain came as Gandhi used cotton as symbolism. He urged his followers only to wear homespun clothing made of cotton rather ...