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Cotton futures are trading with mixed Friday action with contracts up 6 points to 10 points lower at midday. Crude oil futures are up 11 cents/barrel to $61.85 at midday, with the US dollar index up $0.021 to $98.750. The Thursday online auction from The Seam showed 832 bales sold...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.32 (-2.09%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) is down -6.70 (-1.53%). Sugar prices today reverted to weakness, with NY sugar falling to a new 4.5-year low and London sugar falling to a new 4.25-year low. Sugar...

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Soybeans are posting Friday AM losses limited to just 1 to 2 cents. Futures saw 10 to 13 cent gains across most contracts on Thursday. Open interest was down 4,071 contracts, mostly in the November contract. November options expire today. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 10 3/4...

Cotton prices are down 10 to 16 points to kick off Friday trade. Futures closed the Thursday session with contracts 25 to 33 point gains. Crude oil was up another $3.25/barrel, following increasing US sanctions on Russian oil companies and reports that Chinese buyers are limiting purchases. The US dollar...

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