Keeping an eye on sugar
Category: Sugar
(Futures Mag) - Curious price action in the sugar market following last Tuesday’s spike in prices has put the spotlight on sugar as price threatens key technical levels Full Story
Demand ideas help soybeans, but undermine wheat
(Agrimoney) - Thanksgiving has not even passed, and some investors already apparently think it is year-end. Full Story
Cocoa: Is this bull for real?
Category: Cocoa
(Futures Magazine) - Cocoa prices are trading at three-year highs. The market is being driven by forecasts Full Story
Corn/soybean spread could grow profits
(Futures Magazine) - Over the last several years, U.S. corn and soybean farmers have ramped up total corn and soybean Full Story
Corn returns to resistance, while wheat and soybeans close higher
(Futures Mag)- Corn: Bulls arrived early to help push the corn back up to resistance levels on Monday. While most corn news Full Story
Corn, soybeans hit by hot, dry weather forecast
(Futures Magazine) - Corn: There were a few factors that helped push the corn up through 500 today. Weather Full Story
Corn bulls be wary, while soybeans look bearish long term
(Futures Mag) - Corn: Old crop traders will need to keep a close eye on not only July corn futures but also the spreads for moves to resistance. If July breaks out but the spreads don’t, it would not be advised to get too bullish in the July corn just yet. Full Story
Sugar: Supplies bursting at the seam, or are they?
Category: Sugar
(Futures Mag) - Sugar prices have fallen to two-and-a-half year lows amid forecasts for an ever expanding 2012-13 global production/consumption surplus. The International Sugar Organization (ISO) has been revising its forecast higher, with its current estimate at 6.2 million tonnes, but some estimates are more than double that figure, at more than Full Story
Sugar retreats as supplies remain abundant
Category: Sugar
(Futures Mag) - Futures closed lower and retreated back into the recent trading range. It looks like the market now is dealing Full Story
Sugar finding its sweet spot
Category: Sugar
(Futures Mag) - Last week March 2013 Sugar opened at 18.32 and closed the week at 18.38. This coming Full Story
Is the rationing process working for corn?
Category: Grains
(Futures Mag) - We’ve used the term “abysmal” — or the like — to describe U.S. export sales for the Full Story
Corn eyes overseas markets, while soybean crush accelerates
(Futures Mag) - Corn: On a technical basis, the March still has plenty of room before hitting the downtrend line at 742-1/2, which should allow for speculators to buy the March on any positive news as well. There are two ways to view these smaller stocks right now. Full Story
Corn, soybeans, wheat prepare for big Friday report
(Futures Mag) - Corn: There will be more estimates for Friday’s report as the week moves on, but for now there just aren’t the expectations for a life-saving report on Friday. At the moment, the fundamental news we saw Monday suggested a modest bounce and that is exactly what happened. Full Story
Will corn hit $10 in 2013?
Category: Grains
(Futures Mag) - Often we see corn hit a low around Thanksgiving and then move up into the end of the year. Will history repeat itself this year? In last week’s shortened trading week, we saw March 2013 corn open at $7.30¼ per bushel and close the week at $7.49¾, and yes it was a low volume week. Full Story
Corn, soybeans, wheat turning on expectations
(Futures Mag) - Corn: Money inflows have been large on reports but over the longer-term outlook, it still Full Story
Wheat, soybeans, corn power higher on weak dollar
Corn set itself between dollar support and a lack of fundamentals offering Full Story
