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Lean hog futures closed out the Monday session with contracts up 82 cents to $1.10. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Monday afternoon due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 11 cents at $110.26 on July 31. USDA’s FOB plant pork cutout report...

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October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Monday closed up +0.07 (+0.43%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) closed up +3.80 (+0.82%). Sugar prices settled higher on Monday as short covering emerged after reports said that Pakistan is looking to buy 100,000 MT of sugar this...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) on Monday closed up +4.35 (+1.53%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) closed up +91 (+2.73%). Coffee prices rallied sharply on Monday as below-average rainfall in Brazil sparked some short-covering in coffee futures. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that Brazil's largest arabica coffee-growing area, Minas...

Lean hog futures are trading with Monday gains of 65 cents to $1. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Monday morning due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 11 cents at $110.21 on July 31. Commitment of Traders data indicated a total of...

Live cattle futures are down a nickel to 77 cents early on Monday. First Notice day if today for August. Cash trade was picked up last week to $235-236 in the South, up $3 to $5 from last week, as Northern trade reported at $247, up $2. Feeder cattle futures...

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) today is up +0.10 (+0.62%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) is up +4.00 (+0.86%). Sugar prices are moving higher today as short covering emerged after reports said that Pakistan is looking to buy 100,000 MT of sugar this week...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) today is up +3.80 (+1.34%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) is up +73 (+2.19%). Coffee prices are climbing today as below-average rainfall in Brazil has sparked some short-covering in coffee futures. Somar Meteorologia reported today that Brazil's largest arabica coffee-growing area, Minas Gerais,...

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Lean hog futures closed 22 to 62 cents higher across the nearby contracts on Friday, as August was still down $1.35 last week. USDA’s national base hog price was back down $2.76 from the previous day, at $108.91 on Friday afternoon. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 14 cents...

Live cattle futures posted gains across most contracts, with 50 cent to $2.35 gains in the nearbys, with August carrying the load. First Notice day if today for August. August was up $3.65 last week. Preliminary open interest was down 14,967 contracts, mainly due to an exodus in August ahead...