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October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) today is down -0.13 (-0.79%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) is down -2.30 (-0.49%). Sugar prices are moving lower today, with London sugar posting a 1-week low. Signs of stronger global sugar production in Brazil are weighing on sugar...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) today is up +2.70 (+0.92%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) is up +4 (+0.12%). Coffee prices today are moving higher. Arabica coffee is climbing today on tariff risks after President Trump delayed the implementation of 50% tariffs on Brazil exports by a week,...

Lean hog futures settled the Wednesday session with contracts up 40 to 50 cents and August down 22 cents at the final bell. USDA’s national base hog price was up $1.20 from the previous day, at $113.34 this afternoon. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 11 cents at $110.41...

Live cattle futures continued to rally on Wednesday, as contracts were $3.15 to $3.35 higher across the front months. Preliminary open interest was up another 2,0390 contracts on Wednesday. Cash trade has picked up this week to $235 in KS, up $3 to $5 from last week. This morning’s Fed...

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Lean hog futures closed out the Wednesday session with contracts up 40 to 50 cents and August down 22 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was up $1.20 from the previous day, at $113.34 this afternoon. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 11 cents at $110.41 on July 28....

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.14 (-0.84%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) closed down -5.30 (-1.12%). Sugar prices were under pressure Wednesday on signs of stronger global sugar production in Brazil after Brazil's ministry of agriculture and livestock said that...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) on Wednesday closed down -3.10 (-1.05%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) closed up +66 (+1.97%). Coffee prices settled mixed on Wednesday, with robusta coffee climbing to a 2-week high. Arabica coffee was under pressure for a second day Wednesday after Commerce Secretary Lutnick...

Live cattle futures are posting 1.70 to $1.92 gains so far on at midday. This morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange online auction from Central Stockyards, showed $237 sales on 215 of the 1,526 head offered, out of TX and KS. Feeder cattle futures are trading with contracts up $1.15 to $1.40...

Lean hog futures are back up 40 to 50 cents in most front months on Tuesday, with August down a nickel. USDA’s national base hog price was up $8.76 from the on Tuesday AM report, at $114.30 this morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 11 cents at $110.41...

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