Monday Gains for Lean Hogs
Barchart14 minutes ago
Front month hog prices were mostly higher on Monday, though April was a dime weaker. The back months were 25 to 80 cents higher for the close. USDA’s National Average Base Hog price was 28 cents weaker to $79.66. The CME Lean Hog Index for 3/14 was $82.34, up by...
Soybeans Working Lower in AM
Barchart14 minutes ago
Soybeans are currently fractionally to 3 cents lower in early Tuesday futures action. Soybean futures were 8 ¼ to 10 ½ cents weaker to start the week. July held above the $12 mark for the close, while May spiked over the $12 mark only at the high of the day...
Wheat Extending Gains into Tuesday
Barchart14 minutes ago
The three US wheat markets are starting off Tuesday with another 1 to 8 cent gains so far. The front month wheat market contracts rallied out of the weekend. Chicago prices ended the day 1 ¼ cents off the session high and 12 to 14 ¼ cents in the black....
Cattle Close Up by Triple Digits to Start the Week
Barchart14 minutes ago
The cattle futures market finished Monday with $1.32 to $1.80 gains across the nearby contracts. Feeders were $1.92 to $3.12 higher. USDA reported cash cattle trades last week from from $185 to $190, with Friday showing $186 sales for the South and $187-$188 for the North. Gathering of show lists...
Soybeans Working Lower in AM
Barchart14 minutes ago
Soybeans are currently fractionally to 3 cents lower in early Tuesday futures action. Soybean futures were 8 ¼ to 10 ½ cents weaker to start the week. July held above the $12 mark for the close, while May spiked over the $12 mark only at the high of the day...
Wheat Extending Gains into Tuesday
Barchart14 minutes ago
The three US wheat markets are starting off Tuesday with another 1 to 8 cent gains so far. The front month wheat market contracts rallied out of the weekend. Chicago prices ended the day 1 ¼ cents off the session high and 12 to 14 ¼ cents in the black....
Cotton Fading into Tuesday
Barchart14 minutes ago
Cotton prices are down by triple digits in old crop early on Tuesday. The May cotton futures shed 163 points off their early 226 point gain, though the nearby contracts were still 1 to 67 points higher at the Monday close. The Cotlook A Index for was down by 135...
Corn Futures Firming on Tuesday
Barchart14 minutes ago
Corn is trading a penny to 1 ½ cents higher so far on Tuesday morning. The corn market initially tried for gains to start the week but faded back to close UNCH to fractionally lower on Monday. Preliminary open interest rose 20,032 contracts but neither bulls nor bears had the...
Winning cheese wins more business
Brownfield Ag News18 minutes ago
Winning the title of world champion cheese is good for the bottom line. Tim Omer from Emmi Roth Cheese knows that firsthand. He says, “We won the World Championship in 2016. We were the first company in, I think, close to three decades from the United States that actually won...
Chart of the Day: You Can Bank on JP Morgan Chase
Barchart34 minutes ago
The Chart of the Day belongs to the financial services company JP Morgan Chase (JPM) . I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used...