Sub $4.00 Corn? Why July weather is the "heartbeat" for Midwest corn yields.
Friday, July 11,2025,18:25
Jim's video tells it all... "when the corn is as high as an elephant's eye..." .. read more..
Wheat Losses Led by HRS Contracts
Friday, July 11,2025,18:18
The wheat complex posted losses across the three markets on Friday, following a larger than expected production total. Chicago SRW wheat was down 9 to 10 cents, with September down 11 ¾ cents this week. KC HRW contracts were down 10 to 11 cents on the day, taking the week... .. read more..
Cotton Pushes Losses into the Weekend
Friday, July 11,2025,18:18
Cotton futures ended the Friday session with losses of 5 to 30 points, as December was down 104 on the week. Crude oil is up $2.10 /barrel at $68.67, with the US dollar index $0.233 higher to $97.555. The monthly update to the USDA balance sheets showed a 300,000 bale... .. read more..
Soybeans Fail to See Strength into the Weekend
Friday, July 11,2025,18:18
Soybeans posted Friday losses of 6 to 9 cents on the session, with futures failing to see bulls show up after USDA data was released. August soybeans dropped 51 1/4 cents this week, as November fell 42 cents from last Thursday’s close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was... .. read more..
Corn Adds to Week’s Losses on Friday
Friday, July 11,2025,18:18
Corn futures failed to see much buying post-USDA data release on Friday, as futures slipped into the close with losses of 3 to 5 cents. September closed out the week with a loss of 24 ¼ cents, as December was down 24 ¾. The front month CmdtyView national average Cash... .. read more..
Cattle Rally to Close Out the Week
Friday, July 11,2025,18:18
Live cattle futures found some strength on Friday with higher cash movement, as contracts were up $2.30 to $3. August was up $8.15 this week. Cash trade picked up to $228-$230 on Friday, in the South, up $4-5. Northern Action was $240, $8-10 higher wk/wk. Feeder cattle posted Friday gains... .. read more..
Hogs Easing Lower into the Weekend
Friday, July 11,2025,18:18
Lean hog futures closed out Friday with losses of 50 cents to $1.65, as August was down $1.42 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $106.59 on Friday afternoon, dropping $5.74 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was up a dime at $107.14 on... .. read more..
Hogs Break Down While the Cattle Markets Surge
Friday, July 11,2025,18:08
Cattle makes new all-time high for the lead contract .. read more..
Copper output from Chile’s Codelco climbs 17% in May
Friday, July 11,2025,17:00
Copper production from Chilean state-run miner Codelco [RIC:RIC:COBRE.UL] ticked up some 16.5% year-over-year in May, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday, climbing to 130,100 metric tons. Codelco is the world’s largest miner of the red metal. Meanwhile production at BHP’s BHP Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper mine, leaped some 24.4% to 132,000 ... .. read more..
Copper drifts lower on worries about tariffs hitting US demand
Friday, July 11,2025,17:00
Copper prices slipped on Friday as investors worried that the 50% tariff on the metal due to be imposed on U.S. imports will erode demand, and as speculators unwound positions. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange HG1! was 0.8% weaker at $9,622 per metric ton by 0915 GMT, down from the three-month peak of ... .. read more..
Palm rises for two consecutive weeks on stronger rival oils
Friday, July 11,2025,17:00
Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Friday and logged its second weekly gain despite higher June stocks, as stronger rival edible oils and a weaker ringgit underpinned the market. The benchmark palm oil contract FCPO1! for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 29 ringgit, or 0.7%, to 4,175 ringgit ($982.35) a metric ... .. read more..
Chicago grains ease ahead of USDA report
Friday, July 11,2025,17:00
Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures edged lower on Friday as favourable harvest prospects and a firmer dollar hung over the market and traders awaited monthly U.S. government crop forecasts. The most-active corn contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) was down 0.3% at $4.15-1/4 a bushel by 1150 GMT, close to an eight-month ... .. read more..
Iron ore heads for third weekly gain on hopes of China supply reforms
Friday, July 11,2025,17:00
Iron ore futures rose on Friday and were headed for a third weekly gains, underpinned by renewed hopes that top consumer China’s crackdown on a price war will pave the way for another round of reforms to curb steel overcapacity. The most-traded September iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) TIO1! closed daytime ... .. read more..
Walsh Pure Supply & Demand - Pure Hedge Division
Friday, July 11,2025,16:48
The USDA released its WASDE report for July this morning. Where is the price of corn headed? .. read more..
WALSH PURE SPREADER - Pure Hedge Division
Friday, July 11,2025,16:44
AUG-NOV SOYBEAN SPREAD (ZSQ25-ZSX25) .. read more..
Shootin' the Bull about Protectionism vs. Free trade
Friday, July 11,2025,16:35
In my opinion, we are in the midst of discovering to what extent some will go in the attempt to maintain, or gain in market share. .. read more..
Brazil maneuvering to resume chicken exports to Europe
Friday, July 11,2025,15:37
Brazil's Agriculture Minister Carlos Fávaro held a videoconference with EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, this week to discuss lifting restrictions on the Brazilian chicken meat exports imposed after an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial farm in Montenegro, Río Grande do Sul, in May. .. read more..
French farmers parade cows in front of the Brazilian Embassy
Friday, July 11,2025,15:08
Some 100 French farmers and ranchers paraded Wednesday in front of the Brazilian Embassy in Paris with Charolais cows and T-shirts reading "Beef producers furious!" as the National Beef Federation (Federation Nationale Bovine - FNB) demonstrated its strong opposition to the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). .. read more..
Steel quality rules deferred by a month
Friday, July 11,2025,14:56
"The mandatory adherence requirement of input steel for imports of steel products with bill of lading having shipped on board date on or before July 15 shall be exempted," the steel ministry said in a clarification. The move brings relief to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that had been given little time to comply. .. read more..
Sugar Prices Rally on Strength in Crude Oil Prices
Friday, July 11,2025,14:49
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Friday closed up +0.31 (+1.91%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed up +1.20 (+0.25%). Sugar prices were boosted by Friday's sharp rally of more than +2% in crude oil prices (CLQ25 ), which was due to speculation that... .. read more..
NY Cocoa Rises on Pre-Weekend Short Covering
Friday, July 11,2025,14:47
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25 ) on Friday closed up +118 (+1.46%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25 ) closed down -5 (-0.09%) Cocoa prices on Friday closed mixed, with London cocoa posting an 8.5-month low. Cocoa prices recovered from their worst levels, with NY cocoa pushing into positive... .. read more..
Coffee Prices Resume Weakness on Harvest Pressure Despite US Tariff Threats t...
Friday, July 11,2025,14:46
September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) on Friday closed down -1.30 (-0.45%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) closed down -104 (-3.13%). Coffee prices on Friday fell, with robusta coffee slumping to a 14-month low. Arabica coffee saw some support early in the session on bullish carryover from Wednesday, when... .. read more..
Grains Slide Lower Despite Friendly WASDE Report
Friday, July 11,2025,13:34
Corn got the friendly report that many were hoping to see, however the market shrugged it off and made new contract lows. Weather continues to limit upside movement as conditions remain mostly favorable .. read more..
Copper’s positive, long-term trajectory unchanged despite US tariff, Barrick ...
Friday, July 11,2025,13:00
Copper miners remain bullish on the metal’s future prospects even as a looming 50% U.S. tariff creates short-term price volatility, Barrick Mining Corp ABX CEO Mark Bristow said in Zambia, where the company is expanding its operations. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would impose the new copper tariff from August 1 to ... .. read more..
Corn Bulls Fail Bite on USDA Report
Friday, July 11,2025,12:55
Corn futures are failing to see much upward movement following some friendlier USDA data from this morning. Contracts are down 2 to 5 cents across the front months at midday. The front month CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 2 ¼ cents at $3.83. Late on Thursday, President... .. read more..
Wheat Pulling Back as USDA Raises Production
Friday, July 11,2025,12:55
The wheat complex is showing weakness with a larger than expected US production number reported on Friday. Chicago SRW wheat is trading with 6 to 7 cent losses on Friday. KC HRW contracts are slipping back with midday weakness of 7 to 8 cents. MPLS spring wheat is showing losses... .. read more..
Soybeans Losses Extending on Friday Following USDA Release
Friday, July 11,2025,12:55
Soybeans are showing losses extending 3 to 7 cents so far on Friday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 5 3/4 cents at $9.66. Soymeal futures re down 50 to 80 cents/ton, as Soy Oil was 25 to 31 points higher. USDA reported a private export sale... .. read more..
Cattle Posting Gains to Round Out the Week
Friday, July 11,2025,12:55
Live cattle futures are putting their rally pants back on, with contracts up 2 to $2.75 at midday. Cash trade has been limited this week, with some light $225 Southern action reported early and bids on Thursday at $223-227. A few northern trades were tallied at $235. The Friday morning... .. read more..
Cotton Leaking Lower Following USDA Production Increase
Friday, July 11,2025,12:55
Cotton prices are trading with losses of 20 to 50 points so far on Friday trade. Crude oil is up $1.88/barrel at $68.45, with the US dollar index $0.193 higher to $97.515. The monthly update to the USDA balance sheets showed a 300,000 bale hike to US cotton exports at... .. read more..
Crude Oil Strength Lifts Sugar Prices
Friday, July 11,2025,12:30
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) today is up +0.24 (+1.48%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) is up +6.30 (+1.31%). Sugar prices are moving higher today as a sharp +2% rally in WTI crude oil (CLQ25 ) has sparked short covering in sugar futures. Higher... .. read more..
Cocoa Prices Mixed on Pre-Weekend Short Covering
Friday, July 11,2025,12:17
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25 ) today is up +61 (+0.76%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25 ) is down -38 (-0.72%) Cocoa prices today are mixed, with London cocoa posting an 8.5-month low. Cocoa prices recovered from their worst levels today, with NY cocoa pushing into positive territory,... .. read more..
Q2 in Soft Commodities- Where are They Heading in Q3 and Beyond?
Friday, July 11,2025,12:09
Soft commodities were on bullish fire in 2023 and 2024, but the prices reached levels where they ran out of upside steam. After rising to record highs, Arabica coffee, cocoa, and frozen concentrated orange juice futures declined from the highs. Four of five soft commodity prices fell in Q2, and all six were lower over the first half of 2025. .. read more..
US Tariff Threat on Imports from Brazil Underpins Arabica Coffee Prices
Friday, July 11,2025,12:02
September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) today is up +0.70 (+0.24%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) is down -74 (-2.23%). Coffee prices today are mixed, with arabica coffee posting a 1.5-week high and robusta slumping to a 14-month low. Arabica coffee has positive carryover from Wednesday, when President Trump... .. read more..
Crop Production
Friday, July 11,2025,12:00
Crop Production - 2025-07-11 .. read more..
WASDE
Friday, July 11,2025,12:00
WASDE - 2025-07-11 .. read more..
Will Watson Change Its Mind About Corn Friday?
Friday, July 11,2025,10:07
Long-term investors have been bearish corn for three years. Based on real market fundamentals, this view shouldn't change over the foreseeable future. .. read more..
Cotton Looking at Lower Trade Early on Friday
Friday, July 11,2025,08:27
Cotton prices are trading with most contracts down 20 to 30 points, as front month October is up 28 points. Futures closed out the Thursday session with losses of 5 to 11 points at the final bell. Crude oil is down $1.51 cents/barrel at $66.86, with the US dollar index... .. read more..
Wheat Slipping Ahead of USDA Data
Friday, July 11,2025,08:27
Wheat futures are training with losses across all three markets on Friday morning. The wheat complex posted mostly higher trade on Thursday, with some spring wheat months an exception. Chicago SRW wheat was 7 to 9 cents higher on the Thursday session. KC HRW contracts were up 8 to 11... .. read more..
Hogs Look to Friday After Weaker Thursday Trade
Friday, July 11,2025,08:27
Lean hog futures closed Thursday with losses of $1 to $1.50. Preliminary open interest was up 2,304 contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $112.43 on Thursday morning, up 53 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 29 cents at $107.04... .. read more..
Soybeans Down Early on Friday
Friday, July 11,2025,08:27
Soybeans are trading with losses of 4 to 5 cents early on Friday morning. Futures saw Thursday gains of as little as ¼ cent to 7 cents in some new crop months. Preliminary open interest was up 13,588 on Thursday. There were 22 delivery notices for July bean futures overnight.... .. read more..
Cattle Look to Round Out Week After Retreating on Thursday
Friday, July 11,2025,08:27
Live cattle futures failed to hold into the early gains on Thursday, with beef pressure pushing things 5 to 55 cents lower into the close. Preliminary open interest was up 2,711 contracts. Cash trade saw very light $225 Southern action reported early this week, with bids on Thursday at $223-227.... .. read more..
Corn Easing Ahead of USDA Report
Friday, July 11,2025,08:27
Corn price action is down 1 to 2 cents across most contracts on Friday morning. Futures were mixed on Thursday with most contracts steady to a couple cents higher and nearby, thin July down 5 ¼ cents. Traders were squaring up ahead of USDA’s report on Friday. Preliminary open interest... .. read more..
Can gold break past Rs 1 lakh per 10 gram again? Here's what market analysts ...
Friday, July 11,2025,05:33
Gold prices remain on a consolidative yet upward path, fueled by trade tensions, U.S. rate cut expectations, and dollar weakness. Analysts see this phase as a launchpad for further gains, with resistance levels in focus and safe-haven demand supporting the metal’s bullish outlook. .. read more..
Share of Russian aluminium in LME warehouses falls in June as Indian metal rises
Friday, July 11,2025,05:00
The share of available aluminium stocks of Russian origin in warehouses registered with the London Metal Exchange slipped to 66% in June from 69% in May, while the share of Indian origin climbed to 34% from 30%, LME data showed on Thursday. The LME has banned metal produced in Russia after April 13, 2024 from ... .. read more..
Malaysia’s palm oil stocks hit 18-month high in June on surprise exports slump
Friday, July 11,2025,05:00
Malaysia’s palm oil stocks jumped to their highest in 18 months in June, as an unexpected drop in exports outweighed the slump in production and a spike in domestic consumption, data from the industry regulator showed on Thursday. The rise in inventories in the world’s second-biggest producer of tropical oil could weigh benchmark Malaysian futures ... .. read more..
Sluggish demand keeps rice trade tepid
Friday, July 11,2025,05:00
The Asian rice export market remained subdued this week, with Indian prices easing slightly while rates in Thailand and Vietnam held steady, as sluggish demand kept buyers on the sidelines. India’s 5% broken parboiled variety (RI-INBKN5-P1) was quoted at $380-$385 per ton, down from the last week’s $382-$387. Indian 5% broken white rice was priced ... .. read more..
Corn, soybeans set for weekly declines on favourable US weather
Friday, July 11,2025,05:00
Chicago corn and soybean futures edged higher on Friday but both markets were poised to end the week in negative territory, as near-ideal weather across the U.S. Midwest raised expectations for robust supplies. Wheat prices inched higher for a second session, supported by lower export volumes from top supplier Russia. “There is an oversupply of ... .. read more..
Copper prices rangebound as markets digest US tariff news, await clarity
Friday, July 11,2025,05:00
Copper prices on the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange were rangebound on Friday, easing from an initial shock of the U.S. announcement of a 50% import tariff effective August 1, as the market awaited further details. Three-month copper on the LME was down 0.18% at $9,683.5 per metric ton, as of 0101 ... .. read more..
Silver hits record Rs 1.11 lakh/kg in India: What’s fueling the rush to safe ...
Friday, July 11,2025,03:08
Silver futures on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) crossed ₹1.10 lakh per kilogram in early trade, while in the physical spot market, prices hit a record high of ₹111 per gram, or ₹1,11,000 per kilogram — the highest ever recorded in India. .. read more..
Gold price inches higher by Rs 600 per 10 gram amid safe haven buying. Analys...
Friday, July 11,2025,02:12
Gold prices rose amid safe haven buying driven by global uncertainty and tariff concerns under U.S. President Trump. August gold futures opened higher at ₹97,249 on MCX, while silver also surged. Analysts expect further volatility and upside potential. .. read more..