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10 October 2013 – Policy

Target: Rich, Sugar, Foreigners

By Gary Blumenthal for Ag Perspectives

Rich and Sugar Targeted The House voted to go to conference with the Senate over the 2013 Farm Bill, and on Saturday will consider explicit instructions to its conferees on issues for which they should fight. One would instruct House conferees to concede to the Senate's restriction on crop insurance subsidies to anyone with an adjusted gross income of $750,000 or more. Of course, this could also have the effect of reducing from the pool the number of larger, efficient producers who incur fewer crop losses. The more challenging instruction yet to be decided would push reform of the sugar program. The amendment was rejected during previous floor action, and there are limits in conference when actual House and Senate bill language are rou...

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02 March 2026 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

Friday’s CFTC report showed funds further expanding long positions across the major ag futures contracts for the sixth straight week. Funds added 176,000 contracts (60 percent) to their all-ags net long position, with strong and mostly uniform buying across the ag sector.  The soy co...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Energy, Softs, North America
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22 February 2026 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

Friday’s CFTC report showed funds expanding long positions across the major ag futures contracts for the fifth straight week. Funds added 95,000 contracts to their all-ags net long position, with buying in the soy complex driving about two-thirds of the increase.  The soy complex saw...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Energy, Softs, North America
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat
17 February 2026 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

The attached PDF offers graphical depiction and seasonal analysis of managed money and commercial traders' net position in key agricultural commodity markets. The data is, of course, taken from the CFTC's weekly Commitment of Traders report, using the futures only data. WPI recently completed a...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Energy, Softs, North America
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat
02 March 2026 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

Friday’s CFTC report showed funds further expanding long positions across the major ag futures contracts for the sixth straight week. Funds added 176,000 contracts (60 percent) to their all-ags net long position, with strong and mostly uniform buying across the ag sector.  The soy co...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Energy, Softs, North America
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat
22 February 2026 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

Friday’s CFTC report showed funds expanding long positions across the major ag futures contracts for the fifth straight week. Funds added 95,000 contracts to their all-ags net long position, with buying in the soy complex driving about two-thirds of the increase.  The soy complex saw...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Energy, Softs, North America
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat
17 February 2026 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

The attached PDF offers graphical depiction and seasonal analysis of managed money and commercial traders' net position in key agricultural commodity markets. The data is, of course, taken from the CFTC's weekly Commitment of Traders report, using the futures only data. WPI recently completed a...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Energy, Softs, North America
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat
09 February 2026 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

WPI recently expanded our analysis of the weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders data to include reports on the regime (trending, cyclical, or transition) of each commodity we include. This addition will make it easier for clients to draw actionable inferences from the data that can support trading...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Softs, North America
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