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Cotton prices (CT), including contracts quotes and price charts from the CBOT. Cotton futures prices and cotton options prices listed along with commodity summary information.
Market craziness rules
By: Roy Smith
I watch the cash basis and spreads between the contract months for hints of future price direction. For the past several months, both the spreads and basis have been indicating higher prices ahead ...
Cash bean prices roll lower
By: Ron and Sue Mortensen
The cash soybean market has had a huge upheaval this week. Cash prices and basis levels have slipped every day despite rallies in the nearby futures contract.
The week started with cash ...
Supplies send soybeans to 8-month high
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. soybean futures finished higher Thursday, with the spot July contract rising to a new eight-month high on tight domestic stockpiles.Chicago Board of Trade soybeans for July delivery, the most actively ...
Corn, soybean prices turn up
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--After starting lower, the CME Group farm markets have turned higher Thursday.
At mid-session, the July futures corn contract is trading 5 cents higher at $6.64 ...
Corn surges on export sales
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. corn futures settled higher Wednesday amid concerns that strong demand could shrink already tight domestic supplies.Chicago Board of Trade corn for July delivery, the most actively traded contract, rose ...
Margins favor more ethanol production
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. ethanol production rose 2.1% to 875,000
barrels a day in the week through Friday, continuing the prior week's
trend, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed ...
Corn jumps on ethanol demand
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--Increased ethanol demand pushes up CME Group corn prices Wednesday. Spread trading pushes nearby soybeans lower.
At mid-session, the July futures corn contract is trading ...
Planting surge sinks corn futures
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. corn futures settled at a four-week low Tuesday, after a surge in corn plantings last week eased concerns that planting delays this spring could reduce the new crop's output.Corn futures for July ...
Corn, soybeans close mixed
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--With the exception of a rally in old-crop soybeans, the CME Group farm markets finished lower Tuesday.
The July futures corn contract closed 9 cents lower at $6.40 ...
Rapid planting: Almost caught up
By: Ray Grabanski
Rapid planting progress of corn, soybeans, and HRS wheat occurred last week as we had a wide-open window of planting opportunity for most of the Corn Belt and northern Plains last week. A record-tying 43% of ...
Weather, tech-buying boost wheat futures
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. wheat futures reversed earlier losses to settle higher Monday, boosted by technical buying and threats to U.S. production.Chicago Board of Trade July wheat futures settled up 2 cents or 0.3% at $6.85 1/4 ...
Grains continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
By: Darrel Good
Corn and soybean prices rallied sharply beginning in July 2012 as U.S. drought conditions unfolded. It was generally expected that prices would follow the pattern experienced in other "short crop” years ...
New corn, old beans close higher
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--The spreading of old crop vs. new crop contracts pushed the corn and soybean markets to a two-sided finish Monday.
Also, new-crop contracts felt the pressure from a ...
Traders 'bull' spread soybeans
By: Rich Nelson
New news to trade was lacking today, but that didn’t stop the bean market bulls from buying. The July beans finish the week on a strong note as the July contract took out the 200-day moving average and had a ...
Soybeans surge on supply worries
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. soybean futures settled higher Friday, with the spot July contract setting a fresh nine-week high on worries about tight near-term supplies.Chicago Board of Trade soybeans for July delivery, the most ...
Farming and marketing in retirement
By: Roy Smith
When I became eligible for Social Security, in 2004, I made the decision to continue to farm the land Sharon and I owned or had interest in. This meant giving up several rented farms and liquidating all of the ...
Planters rule the market?
By: Mike McGinnis
As the end of April approached, all the talk was about how slow the U.S. corn planting pace was developing. As the calendar turned to the month of May, the planting pace eventually hit the slowest rate on ...
Old corn, soybeans end sharply higher
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--Old-crop corn prices and soybeans finish stronger, as the market remains nervous about tight supplies Friday.
The July futures corn contract closed 11 cents higher ...
Farm markets lean higher
By: Mike McGinnis
The CME Group's corn, soybean, and wheat markets are expected to start higher Friday.
The early calls for the commodities on Friday, May 17, 2013, are higher. Corn is seen opening 1 to 2 cents higher ...
Weather sinks corn, demand surges soybeans
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. soybean futures settled higher Thursday, with the spot July contract hitting a seven-week high on concerns about tight near-term supplies.Chicago Board of Trade soybeans for July delivery, the most ...
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Market craziness rules I watch the cash basis and spreads between the contract months for hints of future price ...
Cash bean prices roll lower The cash soybean market has had a huge upheaval this week. Cash prices and basis levels have ...
Supplies send soybeans to 8-month high U.S. soybean futures finished higher Thursday, with the spot July contract rising to a new ...
