Lean hog futures posted gains of a nickel to $1.05 on Wednesday in the front months, with a few deferreds down 7 to 10 cents. The national average base hog price was reported at $77.84 on Wednesday afternoon, up 73 cents from the previous day. The .. ...
Soybeans settled Wednesday with contracts firm to 5 cents higher across the board. The average close for November soybean futures so far in October is $10.11. That is $1.44 below the February base insurance price. CmdtyView's national front month ...
Corn futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts steady to 3 cents higher across the board. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was up 3 cents at $3.86 per bu. The average close for December corn futures so far in October is ...
The wheat complex saw mixed action across the three markets on Wednesday. Chicago SRW futures were fractionally to 2 cents higher on the day. KC HRW contracts were steady to down a penny on the session. MPLS spring wheat was mixed on the day, with .. ...
Cotton futures closed out the Wednesday session with contracts up 15 to 52 points. The outside markets were adding pressure, with crude oil down 79 cents/barrel and the US dollar index 356 points higher. The Seam reported 1,134 bales of online sales ...
Live cattle futures were down 5 to 42 cents across the board on Wednesday. The Central Stockyards online Fed Cattle Exchange auction showed no sale on the 2,380 head for sale, with bids of $183-186.50. Feeder cattle futures were down 85 cents to $2 . ...
As life expectancies grow and birth rates decline in many parts of the world, the proportion of the elderly population is increasing at an unprecedented rate. The WHO forecasts that by 2030, 1 in 6 people will be aged 60 years or over. Longer term, . ...
November Nymex natural gas (NGX24 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.031 (+1.34%). Nov nat-gas prices Wednesday rallied on the consensus for a +66 bcf rise in Thursday's weekly IEA inventory report, which would be less than the 5-year seasonal average rise ...
