The Latest Breaking News from USDA

USDA will come out with its version of supply and demand numbers at noon (ET) Friday. However, we already know what the S&D situations were at the end of October by looking at national cash indexes.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Thursday closed up +0.17 (+0.77%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed up +7.10 (+1.28%). Sugar prices posted moderate gains Thursday as a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 2-1/2 week high against the dollar prompted short...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Wednesday closed up +0.13 (+0.59%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed down -0.10 (-0.02%). Sugar prices Wednesday recovered from early losses and settled mixed after a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 1-week high sparked short...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) Wednesday closed down -1.40 (-0.56%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) closed down -65 (-1.49%). Coffee prices on Wednesday posted moderate losses as the rally in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 4-month high undercut most commodity prices, including coffee. Losses in coffee...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is up +0.06 (+0.27%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is up +0.10 (+0.02%). Sugar prices today recovered from early losses and are slightly higher after a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL) to a 1-week high sparked short...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Tuesday closed down -0.03 (-0.14%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed up +0.40 (+0.07%). Sugar prices on Tuesday settled mixed. Sugar has been under pressure recently, with NY sugar posting a 2-week low Monday and London sugar posting a...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) Tuesday closed up +4.20 (+1.71%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) closed up +54 (+1.25%). Coffee prices on Tuesday settled moderately higher due to the concern that abnormally dry conditions in Brazil will curb the country's coffee production. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that rainfall...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is up +0.04 (+0.18%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is up +1.40 (+0.25%). Sugar prices today recovered from early losses and are slightly higher as a decline in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 2-week low sparked...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) today is up +3.65 (+1.48%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) is up +47 (+1.09%). Coffee prices today are moderately higher due to the concern that abnormally dry conditions in Brazil will curb the country's coffee production. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that rainfall in...