El Ninos, and their counterpart La Ninas, have a history of causing substantial weather anomalies. La Nina is often linked, for example, to dryness in northern Argentina and southern US, but persistent rains in Australia. El...
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For July’s table, click here. Commodity...
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For June’s table, click here. Commodity...
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For the previous month’s table, click here....
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For the previous month’s table, click here....
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For the previous month’s table, click here....
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For the previous month’s table, click here....
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For the previous month’s table, click here....
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For the previous month’s table, click here....
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For November’s table, click here. Commodity...
Read MoreCotton futures proved one of the agricultural commodity sector’s worst performers of 2022. With losses of 25% so far, they are on course for their worst year since 2014, undermined in particular by worsened world economic...
Read MoreLa Ninas, and their counterpart El Ninos, have a history of causing substantial weather anomalies. La Nina is often linked, for example, to dryness in northern Argentina and southern US, but persistent rains in Australia....
Read MoreCorn took a battering, attracting its biggest selldown in three years from hedge funds worried about US biofuel and export demand, as managed money sold down in grains, with arabica coffee in their sights too. Managed money, a...
Read MoreThe US slashed again its forecast for world cotton consumption this season, citing the knock-on effects of weakened economic prospects, although the impact on prices was limited by production downgrades too. The US Department of...
Read MoreCocoa, rice and sugar futures will prove rare gainers in the commodities complex in 2023, with palm oil among the biggest losers, Fitch Solutions said, in briefing highlighting the role of China and the dollar in determining...
Read MoreThe correction in cotton prices is past its worst, Abares said, even as the bureau cut its forecast for world consumption of the fibre, citing a “sluggish economic outlook” and growing inventories. The official Australian...
Read MoreHedge funds turned net buyers on grains, encouraged by signs of easing in China’s anti-Covid policy, although the sentiment failed to spread to the livestock complex, where lean hogs suffered marked selling. Managed money, a...
Read MoreFrom hero to zero, and back again. Cotton futures, which turned from the best-performing major agricultural commodity in August to the biggest loser in both September and October, switched back to a top-of-the-table position...
Read MoreThe table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison. For commentary on the data, click here. For...
Read MoreHedge funds expanded bearish betting on Chicago wheat to the highest in more than three years, encouraged by the worst US export performance in at least 32 years – indeed with the country said to be, unusually, importing the...
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