European Futures Market Overview

KC Wheat Examined

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The corn market rallied off early session lows on Wednesday, with contracts closing the day up 1 1/4 to 3 cents. Near record ethanol output and continued spillover strength in wheat helped. The national...

Soybeans continued to see weakness on Wednesday as contracts posted losses of 4 ½ to 19 ¼ cents. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was down 7 1/12 cents at $9.39. Soymeal futures were...

Cotton futures ended the midweek Wednesday session with contracts rallying 65 to 157 points. The outside markets were pressure factors but were shrugged off. The US dollar index is up 457 points, with...

Lean Hog futures closed out the Wednesday session with contracts up 57 cents to $1.52. The national average base hog negotiated price was up $2.55 in the Wednesday PM report at $85.04. The CME Lean Hog...

The wheat complex continues to extend higher as the Black Sea tensions heighten, with all three markets closing higher. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 3/4 to 5 cents across the board at the close. KC HRW...

Live cattle futures rounded out Wednesday trade with contracts within 27 cents on either side of unchanged. Cash trade came across at mostly $185 across the country last week, down $1 to $3. Action early...