Lean hogs are back to lower trade on Wednesday, despite showing gains early in the day. Contracts are down a tick to 30 cents in most contracts, with June up 7.…

Lean hog futures closed the Friday trade with contracts a dime to 25 cents lower in the nearbys. February was up just 7 cents this week, as April was 97 cents…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed up +0.03%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.58%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +0.34%.  March E-mini S&P…

February Nymex natural gas (NGG26) on Friday closed up by +0.230 (+4.56%).Feb nat-gas prices settled sharply higher on Friday but remained below Thursday's 3-year nearest-futures high.  Nat-gas prices have surged…

Live cattle futures are up $1.70 to $2.42 so far on Friday. Cash trade has seen a few cattle exchange hands at $233-234 live, with $365 dressed. The Wednesday Fed Cattle…

Live cattle futures were up $1.60 to $2.52 on Friday, with February up $2.75 this week. Cash trade found its footing on Friday at $233 to $236.50 live and $370 dressed.…

Corn futures posted 5 to 6 ½ cent gains across most contracts on Friday, as the late week strength took the weekly gain to 5 ¾ cents. This morning’s Export…

The wheat complex was in rally mode across the three exchanges on Friday, led by the winter wheat contracts. Chicago SRW futures were 12 to 14 cents in the green…

The dollar index (DXY00) on Friday tumbled to a 3.5-month low and finished down by -0.82%.  Friday's yen strength undercut the dollar after the yen whipsawed from a 1-week low…

Cotton prices are up 6 to 10 points so far at Friday’s midday. Crude oil futures are up$1.79 per barrel at $61.18. The US dollar index is down $0.584 to…

The wheat complex is in rally mode across the three exchanges on Friday, led by the winter wheats. Chicago SRW futures are 11 to 13 cents in the green at…