by Brian Schad | Dec 18, 2014 | Agricultural Markets, Grain Futures, Grain Markets, Wheat Futures
Wheat futures is reflecting the plight of the Russian Ruble, it seems. Since the ruble is spiraling downward, increasing the costs for food items – mainly bread – the Russian government is taking measures to slow the release of grain from its ports, which...
by Brian Schad | Dec 16, 2014 | Agricultural Markets, Dairy Market, Egg Market
The egg market is in for a shell-shock next month when legislation from California catches-up to everybody from the producer to the consumer. Voters in the state approved a law which calls for egg-laying hens to have “more space” in their hen houses to ensure the...
by Brian Schad | Oct 31, 2014 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Agricultural Markets, 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 5, 2014 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Agricultural Futures Trading, Agricultural Markets, Alternative Investment, Commodity Futures Trading, Global Markets
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 | Aug 13, 2014 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Agricultural Futures, Agricultural Futures Trading, Agricultural Markets, Grain Markets, Wheat Futures
Wheat futures initially rallied in early morning trade once the USDA revised its outlook for domestic exports of wheat and global demand – effectively negating the increased production realization in yesterday’s report. Wheat futures have since reversed...
by Brian Schad | Aug 12, 2014 | Agricultural Commodity Futures, Agricultural Futures, Agricultural Futures Trading, Agricultural Markets, Soybean Futures
Soybean futures initially fell following today’s USDA Crop Production report, to the lowest soybean prices since 2010 once the report indicated supplies will be bigger than forecast here domestically. Soybean futures are mid-range (down .14c) as of this writing. It is...
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