by Brian Schad | Jul 22, 2014 | Feeder Cattle Futures, Livestock Futures
Cattle futures are signaling high beef prices to continue as the futures markets surge to new records. Feeder cattle is “limit-up” and live cattle futures are .37 cents from limit-up on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as of this writing. With the US...
by Brian Schad | Jul 18, 2014 | Agricultural Futures, Commodity Futures Trading, Global Markets, Hard-Asset Investments
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we update our 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...
by Brian Schad | Jul 17, 2014 | Grain Markets, Wheat Futures
Wheat futures spiked higher today when it was learned a civilian airliner was shot down in Ukraine near the Russian boarder. The countries of Russia & Ukraine are considerable supplier of world wheat and any disruption from those country’s will affect wheat...
by Brian Schad | Jul 16, 2014 | Soybean Futures
Soybean futures have rallied above prices from before Friday’s USDA Crop Production report on signs of demand after grain and oilseed prices fell to their lowest levels since 2010 recently. Soybean futures have rallied as much as .21c per bushel today, well above...
by Brian Schad | Jul 15, 2014 | Corn Futures, Grain Markets, Soybean Futures
Soybean futures remain near their lowest recent prices and corn futures are at a four-year low after Friday’s USDA Crop Production report illustrated these crops in the best condition since 1994. The US leads the world in both corn and soybean production. As of...
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