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Hogs Post Mixed Trade on Tuesday

3 days 19 hours ago
Lean hog futures were mixed at the close, with contracts down 27 cents to $1.32, with December the lone contract seeing strength, up 42 cents. Open interest was down 228 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $45.39 in the Tuesday afternoon report, down $4.62 from the day...

Cattle Look to Midweek Trade Following Tuesday Weakness

3 days 19 hours ago
Live cattle futures posted losses of $1.55 to $2.67 across the board on Tuesday. Open interest was up just 956 contracts on Tuesday. Cash trade has been quiet to start the week, with USDA reporting light early at $340 dressed in the north and $215 live. Feeder cattle futures were...

Hogs Post Mixed Trade on Tuesday

3 days 19 hours ago
Lean hog futures were mixed at the close, with contracts down 27 cents to $1.32, with December the lone contract seeing strength, up 42 cents. Open interest was down 228 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $45.39 in the Tuesday afternoon report, down $4.62 from the day...

Cattle Look to Midweek Trade Following Tuesday Weakness

3 days 19 hours ago
Live cattle futures posted losses of $1.55 to $2.67 across the board on Tuesday. Open interest was up just 956 contracts on Tuesday. Cash trade has been quiet to start the week, with USDA reporting light early at $340 dressed in the north and $215 live. Feeder cattle futures were...

Wheat Holding on the Higher Side on Wednesday Morning

3 days 19 hours ago
Wheat is trading with fractional to 2 cent gains on Wednesday morning across the three markets. The wheat complex was lower on the Tuesday session, led by the HRW contracts. Chicago SRW contracts saw Tuesday losses of 6 ¼ to 8 ¾ cents across the board. Open interest was up...

Corn Pulling Off Overnight Lows on Wednesday Morning

3 days 19 hours ago
Corn prices are trading with fractional losses on Wednesday morning, coming 3 to 4 cents off the overnight lows. Futures faded another round of export business, with traders taking a risk off approach across the commodities. Contracts were down 3 ¼ to 5 ¾ cents across the board. Open interest...

Soybeans Facing Weakness on Wednesday Morning Following Elections

3 days 19 hours ago
Soybeans are trading with contracts down 3 to 9 cents so far on Wednesday morning following the Tuesday US elections that saw Democrats take control of the House and Senate. Futures closed the Tuesday session with contracts down 1 ¾ to 9 ¼ cents across the board, as traders were...

Wheat Holding on the Higher Side on Wednesday Morning

3 days 19 hours ago
Wheat is trading with fractional to 2 cent gains on Wednesday morning across the three markets. The wheat complex was lower on the Tuesday session, led by the HRW contracts. Chicago SRW contracts saw Tuesday losses of 6 ¼ to 8 ¾ cents across the board. Open interest was up...

Corn Pulling Off Overnight Lows on Wednesday Morning

3 days 19 hours ago
Corn prices are trading with fractional losses on Wednesday morning, coming 3 to 4 cents off the overnight lows. Futures faded another round of export business, with traders taking a risk off approach across the commodities. Contracts were down 3 ¼ to 5 ¾ cents across the board. Open interest...

Cotton Rallying on Wednesday Morning

3 days 19 hours ago
Cotton price action is up 48 to 112 points across the front months on Wednesday. Futures closed the session with contracts down 50 to 69 points across the board on Tuesday. Crude oil was up 30 cents per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.111 higher. USDA’s...

Cocaine overtakes heroin as leading cause of drug deaths in England and Wales

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Charities say government ‘must act now’ with cocaine-specific deaths eight times higher than in 2010

Cocaine has overtaken heroin as the biggest cause of drug deaths in England and Wales, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.

The government “must act now to reverse this deadly trend”, charities have said, with 1,233 deaths caused by cocaine last year.

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