by Brian Schad | Sep 8, 2015 | Hog Fututres, Livestock Futures
Hog futures should be finding solid support as news of China’s culling of their sow hog-herd by 19% is predicted to provide support to the global pork industry for some time to come. Hog futures are actually down .20 cents per pound today currently trading at $68.95...
by Brian Schad | Sep 4, 2015 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Alternative Investment, 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 usually uninformed public....
by Brian Schad | Sep 3, 2015 | Cotton Futures
Cotton futures are pricing in news of China reportedly becoming a net exporter of cotton (and wheat) by the end of this decade due to the slump in their cotton industry. Cotton futures settled up 27 points today to close at .6276 cents per pound at the...
by Brian Schad | Sep 2, 2015 | Grain Futures, Grain Markets, Wheat Futures
Wheat futures may have a new situation to deal with in the foreseeable future – poor quality as well as quantity of the soft-red winter wheat variety said to be of the poorest rated going back more than 20 years. Wheat futures are trading lower by .07 today,...
by Brian Schad | Sep 1, 2015 | Corn Futures, Grain Futures, Grain Markets
Corn futures are trading within last month’s USDA crop production report’s price range for that particular day, but corn farmers in the Midwest are reporting crop damage due to first, soaking rains in late spring/early summer, followed by a hot and dry August. Corn...
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