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Last day to receive a 2025 check: Tuesday, December 23
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Deadline to update payment instructions
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Checks will be processed over year-end.
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Commentary
- Cotton Mixed on Friday Morning Trade
- Cotton price action is mixed on Friday morning, with nearby contracts steady to 5 points higher. Futures saw Thursday gains of 8 points across the front months at the close. Crude oil futures were 8 cents per barrel higher at $56.02. The US dollar index was $0.093 higher to $98.095....
- Corn Starting Friday with Fractional Losses
- Corn prices are kicking off Friday trade with contracts showing fractional losses. Futures closed the Thursday session with contracts up 4 to 4 ½ cents across the front months. Bulls were battling back after spillover pressure from the other grains earlier this week. Open interest slipped 6,158 contracts on Thursday....
- Wheat Slipping Back to Kick off Friday
- Wheat is showing mostly lower trade on Friday morning with winter wheats softer and spring wheat slightly higher. The wheat complex was in rally mode on Thursday with the hard red contracts, both spring and winter, pushing higher. Chicago SRW futures were 1 to 2 cents in the green. Preliminary...
- Soybeans Slipping Lower on Friday AM Trade
- Soybeans are starting Friday trade with steady to 2 cent lower trade. Contracts rounded out the Thursday session with losses of 6 to 7 cents as weakness continues. Open interest was down 8,672 contracts on Thursday, mainly in the January contract (-14,720). The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was...
- Cattle Look to Square Up Ahead of USDA Report
- Live cattle futures were down 97 cents to $1.90 on Thursday. Preliminary open interest was up 1,151 contracts. There were 20 deliveries retendered at 1 cent on Thursday. Cash trade got kicked off on Thursday, with a few early sales at $228 across the country and dressed sales have been...
- Hogs Look to Close Out the Week
- Lean hog futures closed with Thursday gains of 95 cents to $1.12. Preliminary open interest was up just 1,023 contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was down $1.06 in the Thursday afternoon report at $68.65. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 57 cents on December 16 at...
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