by Brian Schad | Apr 10, 2014 | Soybean Futures
Soybean futures have much information to digest, one day after the USDA report confirmed smaller domestic stockpiles than previously expected. As soybean farmers now prepare to boost plantings, the outlook now is that the recent price gains may have been overdone....
by Brian Schad | Apr 9, 2014 | Corn Futures
Just this morning corn futures spiked to highs not seen since last summer. The USDA reported earlier today a lower than expected 2014 corn inventory of what many analysts were predicting as domestic exports have improved. Analysts surveyed from Bloomberg News...
by Brian Schad | Apr 8, 2014 | Cotton Futures
Certain cotton farmers in China are being subsidized by their government by a higher than expected amount. Cotton futures there have reportedly soared the most in seven months as the world’s largest consumer of cotton resets the reference price for that crop. Cotton...
by Brian Schad | Apr 4, 2014 | Commodity Futures Markets, Hard-Asset Investments
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, I update my personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually...
by Brian Schad | Apr 3, 2014 | Wheat Futures
Wheat futures have responded to favorable precipitation forecasts by dropping in price the most in five weeks today and yesterday. Rainfall is expected from Australia to here in the US with the outlook of easing drought conditions. Wheat futures fell 2.3% in Chicago...
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