The Latest Breaking News from USDA

July arabica coffee (KCN24 ) on Friday closed up +8.70 (+4.40%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN24 ) closed up +98 (+2.87%). Coffee prices Friday rallied to 2-week highs and finished sharply higher. Insufficient rainfall in Vietnam and Brazil may curb global coffee production and has sparked fund buying of...

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) today is down -0.23 (-1.25%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) is down -2.70 (-0.50%). Sugar prices today are moderately lower but remain above Thursday's significant lows. NY sugar on Thursday fell to a 1-1/2 year nearest-futures low, and London...

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) this morning is down -0.19 (-1.01%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) is down -8.80 (-1.59%). Sugar prices this morning are moderately lower but remain above Tuesday's major lows. Ramped-up sugar production in Brazil is undercutting prices. Unica reported today...

July arabica coffee (KCN24 ) this morning is down -2.20 (-1.10%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN24 ) is down -53 (-1.54%). Coffee prices this morning are posting moderate losses on a rebound in ICE coffee inventories from historically low levels. ICE-monitored robusta coffee inventories on February 21 fell to...

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.24 (+1.29%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) closed up +3.00 (+0.55%). Sugar prices Tuesday recovered from early losses and settled moderately higher as a fall in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 1-week low...

The annual grilling season, when beef and pork demand tend to peak, begins in a few short weeks at the end of May on the Memorial Day weekend. Cattle prices remain near record highs, and hog futures have experienced a seasonal rally. Time will tell if higher highs are on…

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) this morning is up +0.24 (+1.29%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) is up +3.30 (+0.60%). Sugar prices this morning recovered from early losses and are moderately higher after a fall in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 1-week...

July arabica coffee (KCN24 ) this morning is up +2.40 (+1.22%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN24 ) is up +15 (+0.44%). Coffee prices are moderately higher as today's fall in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 1-week low has sparked some short covering in coffee futures. Coffee prices...

A few key economic indicator markets seem to be telling us the consumerism that has underpinned the US economy could be waning.