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Soybeans: High Prices Attracting Investment Speculators – DTN Nov 20, 2020
I’ve been thinking a lot about soybeans lately, and I’m not the only one. Participation in the soybean futures market surged to an all-time high of 1,049,850 contracts (total open […]
Ag Outlook Webinar – June 12 Jun 8, 2020
As the 2020 planting season concludes and summer begins, crop and livestock producers continue to face weak commodity prices and are under severe financial pressure. Join ag economists Michael Langemeier […]
Grain Markets: What Can We Learn from Negative Oil Futures? – DTN Apr 24, 2020
At some point on the morning of Monday, April 20, I noticed that front-month crude oil futures were worth about $4 per barrel. “Shockingly low,” I thought. “Crude oil will […]
Commodity Markets: Needed Bulls Return – DTN Mar 20, 2020
Commodity markets finally pushed back Thursday after a week of brutal trading days with futures prices in grains, livestock and energy sectors all ending in the green. Stocks and commodity […]
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Proposes New Position Limits – DTN Feb 5, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is taking another stab at establishing position limits in commodity markets, its fourth such attempt since Congress passed the requirement as part of 2010’s financial […]
Commodity Market Optimism Falls with Spread of Chinese Coronavirus – DTN Jan 28, 2020
Optimism has fallen out of the commodity and stock markets as the number of infections rise from the coronavirus in China, which has spread to the U.S., Canada and now […]
Webinar: Future Rice, Grain, & Cotton Markets, Key Things to Watch – April 4 Apr 2, 2019
Join in Thursday, April 4, 2019 1:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada) for the next Food and Agribusiness Webinar with Jeremy Zwinger and Shawn Hackett. Global commodity market prices […]
Commodity Markets: Upcoming Conference Highlights, Technological Changes Mar 29, 2019
Barchart, a leading provider of commodity data and workflow solutions, has announced the launch of cmdtyExchange, a new event to highlight the data, tools and technology driving innovation in commodity […]
Commodity Markets: Speculators and Bona Fide Hedgers – DTN Mar 14, 2019
Sometimes an investment idea just lasts and lasts — until it doesn’t. The market convinces a bunch of people to buy dot-com stocks, for instance, and the success of their […]
Commodity Markets: Do We Need More Futures Contracts? Dec 3, 2018
In the last couple of months, there has been news about a new futures contract for soybeans. The Financial Times and Reuters, among others, reported that the CME Group, the […]
