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Corn Posts Modest Wednesday Weakness

8 hours 28 minutes ago
Corn futures held onto Wednesday’s weakness into the close though the $4.80 area held on December, with contracts just fractionally to 2 ¼ cents lower. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 ¼ cents at $4.41. The delayed Tuesday Crop Progress report showed 33% of the US...
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Cotton Slips to Close Mixed on Wednesday

8 hours 28 minutes ago
Cotton futures closed the midweek session, with contracts up 15 to 21 points in the front months and down 2 to 35 in the deferreds. Crude oil was up $1.03 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.326 higher. The weekly Crop Progress report showed 82% of...
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Cattle Slip Back on Wednesday

8 hours 28 minutes ago
Live cattle futures were down 30 cents to $1.25 across the board on Wednesday The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed $226 sales on one lot of the 2,914 head offered, with other bids of $223. Feeder cattle futures slipped into the close, with contract down $1.90 to $2.57...
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Wheat Closes Mixed on Wednesday as Winter Wheat Holds Higher

8 hours 28 minutes ago
The wheat complex was mixed at the Wednesday close. Chicago SRW contracts were steady to 4 cents higher in the front months, with deferreds slightly lower. KC HRW futures was also mixed, with contracts anywhere from 3 cents higher to a penny lower. MPLS spring wheat was fractionally to 4...
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Cocoa Prices Edge Higher on Demand Strength

8 hours 28 minutes ago
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) closed up +2 (+0.03%) on Wednesday, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26 ) closed up +25 (+0.58%). Cocoa prices extended this week’s rally on Wednesday, with NY cocoa posting a 1-month high and London cocoa a 6-week high. Stronger cocoa demand is bullish...
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Nat-Gas Prices Retreat as Warm US Temps Curb Heating Demand

8 hours 28 minutes ago
November Nymex natural gas (NGX26 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.085 (-2.59%). Nat-gas prices fell from a 3-month nearest-futures high on Wednesday and settled sharply lower after forecasts for above-normal US temperatures sparked long liquidation in nat-gas futures. The Commodity Weather Group said Wednesday that it expects above-average temperatures to...
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Cocoa Prices Edge Higher on Demand Strength

8 hours 28 minutes ago
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) closed up +2 (+0.03%) on Wednesday, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26 ) closed up +25 (+0.58%). Cocoa prices extended this week’s rally on Wednesday, with NY cocoa posting a 1-month high and London cocoa a 6-week high. Stronger cocoa demand is bullish...
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Nat-Gas Prices Retreat as Warm US Temps Curb Heating Demand

8 hours 28 minutes ago
November Nymex natural gas (NGX26 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.085 (-2.59%). Nat-gas prices fell from a 3-month nearest-futures high on Wednesday and settled sharply lower after forecasts for above-normal US temperatures sparked long liquidation in nat-gas futures. The Commodity Weather Group said Wednesday that it expects above-average temperatures to...
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Stocks Sharply Lower on Inflation Woes and Slumping Chipmakers

8 hours 28 minutes ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -1.11% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.09%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.02%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -1.16%, and December E-mini...
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The Faulkner Focus - Wednesday, October 14

8 hours 33 minutes ago
New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, Bruce Blakeman, Midterm Election, Senate Debate, Ilhan Omar, Abdul El-Sayed, OpenAI Recording Device, Violence in France, Biological Male Athlete

Soybeans Sell the Fact on Chinese Buying

8 hours 34 minutes ago
Soybeans faded the early/overnight gains and Chinese business on Wednesday, with contracts down 6 ½ to 8 ¾ cents at the close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 6 1/4 cents at $12.18 1/2. Soymeal futures were steady to $1.30 higher at the close, with Soy Oil...
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Sugar Prices Fall on Long Liquidation Pressures

8 hours 34 minutes ago
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed down -0.27 (-1.28%) on Wednesday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed down -7.00 (-1.25%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance on Wednesday and moved sharply lower after a rally in the dollar index ($DXY ) to a...
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