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Commentary
- Cotton Posting Midday Strength on Tuesday
- Cotton futures are trading with contracts up 44 to 55 points higher in the front months. Crude oil is 18 cents per barrel higher on the session, with the US dollar index back up $0.298. Monthly trade data from Census showed 917,974 bales of exports during August, which was 42.84%...
- Cattle Rallying on Tuesday
- Live cattle futures are trading with contracts $2.85 to $4.17 higher. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week, following last week’s live northern sales at $220-222 and southern trade reported at $226. Feeder cattle futures are trading with gains of $4.55 to $7.05 across the front months....
- Soybeans Starting Tuesday with Strength
- Soybeans are trading with contracts 11 to 16 cents higher at midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 15 3/4 cents at $12.41 3/4. Soymeal futures are up $7.10 in the December contract, with Soy Oil futures are trading with contracts 14 to 35 points at midday....
- Hogs Slipping Back on Turnaround Tuesday
- Lean hog futures are slipping back 50 cents to $1.20 at midday, with October up 25 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was at $76.09 in the Tuesday PM report, down $2.43 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 57 cents on October 2 at...
- Wheat Pushing Higher As Planting Progress Drags
- The wheat complex is in rally mode on Tuesday. Chicago SRW contracts are 7 to 9 cents higher on Tuesday. KC HRW futures are up 12 to 13 cents in the front months. MPLS spring wheat is trading with contracts 8 to 9 cents higher at midday. Monthly trade data...
- Corn Posting Tuesday Gains
- Corn futures are trading with contracts 8 to 9 cents higher at midday on Tuesday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 9 cents at $4.68 1/2. Monthly Census data showed corn exports during August at 7.422 MMT (292.21.5 mbu), which was a record for the month. That...
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