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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.
Grains dive on improved forecast
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. corn and soybean futures tumbled Tuesday on improved weather outlooks for the crops.Near-term corn futures fell nearly 6%, and soybean prices slipped 2%, as forecasts for later this month showed cooler ...
New trading hours jostle trade
By: Mike McGinnis
The jury is still out. But, how the new extended grain trading hours will impact the way farmers follow the markets and how analysts help their farmer-customers keep up is still being discussed.
After two ...
Brazil '13 soy crop to hit 80.0 mmt
By: Dow Jones Newswires
Brazil's soybean crop next year could top 80
million metric tons, as high international prices encourage a surge in
planted acreage, while weather likely improves, closely watched research
firm ...
Memorial Day meat needs secured
By: Dow Jones Newswires
Predictions for cash hog prices today range from
steady to 50 cents lower amid cautious views about wholesale pork
demand the balance of the week. Grocers have majority of the meat needed
for the ...
Corn, soybeans end sharply lower
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa--(Agriculture.com)--Favorable weather and world economic troubles spooked speculators, causing that investment group to liquidate commodity positions Tuesday.
As a result, the CME Group ...
Corn rises on weather concerns
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. corn futures are trading higher Monday
morning, boosted by higher wheat prices and concerns about dry weather
in U.S. corn-growing regions.
In electronic trading, CBOT futures for July delivery are ...
Soybeans close sharply higher
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--Weather concerns help the CME Group corn futures contracts close mostly higher, soybean and wheat higher Monday.
The July corn futures settled 2 1/2 cents lower at $6.33 ...
Weather pushes up wheat prices
By: Louise Gartner
Wow! What a difference a week makes! Last week the wheat market was putting in new lows for the move, well below the major support levels. This week, the market got spooked by the increasing stress to ...
'Experts' leave farmers holding the bag - Roy Smith
By: Roy Smith
Again last week the grain markets were pummeled by outside
financial markets that have almost nothing to do with agriculture. J.P. Morgan
Chase, a large financial house, was apparently caught on the wrong ...
Wheat roars to 8-month high
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. wheat futures surged to an eight-month high, capping a dramatic rise this week fueled by concerns about dry weather in key global production regions including the Great Plains and the former Soviet ...
Wheat traders eye world weather
By: Rich Nelson
Wheat Commentary Broker Perspective: Wheat closed out the week’s trading in the same manner as it traded the whole week, a sharply higher move on fund liquidation. We estimated that the funds have ...
Wheat leads, corn follows higher
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--With world crop-weather concerns, the CME Group wheat market helped the corn prices stay higher Friday.
The July corn futures settled 10 1/2 cents higher at $6.35 1/2 ...
Mostly higher corn, wheat markets Friday
By: Mike McGinnis
With mostly higher overnight markets the CME Group corn and wheat markets could see follow-through to start Friday.
The Early Calls for the commodities on Friday, May 18, 2012, are mostly ...
Pacific NW bulks up shipping capacity
By: Dow Jones Newswires
Bulk grain exports from the U.S. Pacific
Northwest are likely to rise by almost 60% to 30 million metric tons in
about five years as the region sharply expands capacity, a senior
industry official said ...
China buy boosts soybean market
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. soybean futures closed higher Thursday, boosted by a Chinese purchase that was the ninth-largest soybean export sale ever for the U.S.The rise marks the third consecutive day of higher prices for soybean ...
Market worries about hot spots
By: Ron and Sue Mortensen
Kansas and some of the Corn Belt is getting dry. It continues to be warm, with above normal temperatures in the forecast. This makes traders uncomfortable, as the natural thought is “what happens ...
CME seeks quick ruling
By: Dow Jones Newswires
CME Group Inc. (CME) is seeking to implement
expanded grain trading hours as soon as possible, bypassing a 10-day
waiting period typically required by the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
A CME ...
Soybean prices close sharply higher
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--The CME Group soybean market closed sharply higher, due to fresh demand reports Thursday.
The July corn futures closed 5 cents higher at $6.25, while the Dec. contract ...
Soybean/corn price ratio eyed
By: Ray Grabanski
The soybean/corn price ratio reached a long time high after the May 10 crop report at 2.7. However, that historically high ratio quickly crashed, as there are a number of factors that made the ...
Japan slow to cover corn needs
By: Dow Jones Newswires
Japan has covered only 25% of its feed corn
requirements for July-September shipments in anticipation lower prices
to coincide with the upcoming U.S. harvest, executives said Thursday.
More than half of ...
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Grains dive on improved forecast U.S. corn and soybean futures tumbled Tuesday on improved weather outlooks for the crops.Near-term ...
Brazil '13 soy crop to hit 80.0 mmt Brazil's soybean crop next year could top 80 million metric tons, as high international ...
Memorial Day meat needs secured Predictions for cash hog prices today range from steady to 50 cents lower amid cautious views ...
