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- Cotton Bulls Manage to Sneak Out Gains on Tuesday
- Cotton futures posted modest gains of 5 to 15 points on Tuesday. Crude oil futures were down 41 cents at the close. The US dollar index was weaker, down $0.475 to $97.095. Weekly USDA Crop Progress data indicated 75% of the US cotton crop was squaring as of July 20,...
- Corn Weakness Extends to the Tuesday Close
- Corn futures edged back towards their intraday lows at the Tuesday close, settling with 4 to 5 cent losses. The CmdtyView national average new crop Cash Corn price was down 4 ½ cents on Tuesday at $3.765. Rain is expected to continue across much of the Corn Belt in the...
- Soybeans Close on the Lower Side of Unchanged
- Soybean futures were off their intraday lows on Tuesday but still settled with losses of fractionally in the new crop months as 2 ½ to 4 ¾ cents in the nerabys. The cmdtyView national average new crop Cash Bean price was down 1/2 cent today at $9.76 3/4. Soymeal futures...
- Cattle Turn Mixed into the Close
- Fat cattle futures closed out the Tuesday session with contracts slipping a dime to 50 cents into the close. Cash activity thus far has been limited to accumulating show lists. Feeder cattle futures closed out the Tuesday session holding onto gains with contracts up 65 to 90 cents higher. The...
- Wheat Pop Higher on Turnaround Tuesday
- All three wheat markets closed with gains on Tuesday. Chicago SRW saw gains of 6 to as much as 7 ¼ cents to close out the session. KC contracts were 6 to 7 ½ cents in the green on Turnaround Tuesday. MPLS spring wheat got a recovery on the Tuesday...
- Hogs Post Mixed Trade on Tuesday
- Lean hog futures were mixed at the Tuesday close, with August up 40 cents and other contracts nickel to 50 cents lower. USDA’s national base hog price had a weighted average of $113.95 this afternoon, up $3.48 from the previous report. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 27 cents...
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