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- Wheat Sneaking Higher to Start Friday
- Wheat is showing gains across most contracts early on Friday. The wheat complex fell back lower on Thursday, closing with weakness across all three markets. CBT soft red wheat futures were down 3 to 4 cents on the day. KC HRW futures posted 2 to 2 ½ cent losses in...
- Hogs Look to Round Out the Week
- Lean hog futures were down $1.40 to $1.65 across the front months on Thursday, as expiring August was up a tick. Preliminary open interest rose 4,523 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price was down 11 cents in the Thursday PM report, at $110.37. The CME Lean Hog Index was down...
- Corn Bulls Gaining Some Steam on Friday Morning
- Corn futures are showing 3 to 4 cent gains so far on Friday. Bulls fought off the weakness on Thursday, as contracts closed with nearbys within a penny of unchanged. Preliminary open interest was down 6,778, mainly on an exit of September (22,873 contracts). The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn...
- Cotton Weakness Extending to Thursday
- Cotton price action is down 29 to 33 points across the front months on Thursday morning. Futures closed the Thursday session with contracts down 5 to 10 points in the nearbys, as October was down 24 points on thin trade. The US dollar index was back down $0.383 to $98.045,...
- Soybeans Pushing Higher in Early Friday Trade
- Soybeans are up 7 to 8 cents so far on Friday morning. Futures fell lower on Thursday, with contract falling 14 to 16 ½ cents, as August expired down 3 ¼ at $10.08 ½. Preliminary open interest w up 10,291 contracts on Thursday. There were 3 deliveries issued on the...
- Cattle Shift Focus to Friday After Thursday Selling
- Live cattle futures fell lower on Thursday, as the bears got a head start to the week-end selling. Contracts were down $2.20 to $3 across the front months on Thursday. Cash trade has been light this week, with light dressed trade at $384-386 in the North, with live action at...
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