We all know how crazy volatile commodity markets have been in recent years, and none more so than the past year or so. Agricultural commodity markets have seen massive price moves in extremely short periods of time, highlighted by corn's more than 90-cent drop in one-and-a-half trading sessions following the March USDA quarterly stocks report. Of course, that can't hold a candle to what went on in metals markets last week when gold dropped nearly $250 in two sessions.The overall volume of trading in commodity markets of every type is declining. There certainly are good reasons for the decline, and they include the following:
The long bullish run in agricultural commodities is coming to an end, assuming that 2013 Northern Hem...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
