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Cotton price action is up 93 to 160 points across most nearby contracts on Monday morning. Futures posted Friday losses of 115 to 144 points in the nearbys, with May down 354 points last week. Crude oil...

Lean hogs were in freefall mode last Friday, as contracts were down $3.45 to the $4 limit, with April steady and held up by the index. Monday will have expanded limits of $6. The national average base...

The soybean market is showing steady to 3 cent higher trade on Monday morning. Soybeans were in full collapse mode on Friday, as contracts were down 32 to 35 cents across most contracts. May lost 46 cents...

Corn is showing fractional to 2 cent losses early on Monday. The corn market closed out the Friday session with contracts up 1 to 3 cents across the front months. May was up 7 cents last week despite all...

Wheat futures are trading with contracts higher early on Monday. The complex closed Friday with contracts down across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures were down 7 to 8 cents on the day, as May closed...

Live cattle futures will look to react to continued sharp weakness in the stock market from overnight. They posted Friday losses of $5.42 to the $6.50 limit, as April was down $6.20 on the week. Monday...

A risk-off trade in the outside markets induced more panic on Sunday night, however, grain markets have largely traded as a spectator to the broader market volatility. A potential silver lining?

Phil Streible covers the sharp pullback across commodities and what potential Chinese stimulus could mean for the next move. Are these discount levels a buying opportunity?

Earnings season is here and we’ve got the first batch of big name companies reporting earnings this week including JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Delta Airlines.