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Corn Fades Lower on Friday

5 days 10 hours ago
Corn futures fell into the end of the month, with contracts down 1 ¼ to 4 cents on Friday. December was down 8 ¼ cents for the week and 53 cents for the month. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up ¼ cent at $4.14. Acres left to...

Cotton Slipping Lower on Friday

5 days 10 hours ago
Cotton futures closed Friday with losses of 32 to 67 points on the session, as December was own 237 points for the week. Crude oil was up 95 cents per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.066 lower. The large managed money speculators and cotton futures and...

Soybeans Close Friday with Mixed Trade, Falling from Early Highs

5 days 10 hours ago
Soybeans were mixed on Friday with contracts anywhere from 2 ½ cents higher to fractionally lower. November was down 34 ¼ cents this week, with the monthly loss at 70 ¾ cents. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 1/2 cents at $11.63 1/2. Soymeal futures were 70...

Wheat Closes Friday with Slight Losses

5 days 10 hours ago
The wheat complex wound up lower across the three markets on Friday. Chicago SRW contracts was mixed, down ¼ to 5 cents higher on the day, as December was 21 ½ cents lower on the week. KC HRW futures were down a penny in the front months and higher in...

Zombies are real—just ask the parasites taking over the bodies and brains of insects and rodents

5 days 11 hours ago
Zombies have taken many forms in popular culture. In Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video, corpses climb out of their graves and perform an impressively coordinated dance. In HBO's "The Last of Us," a fungus infects humans, takes over their bodies and turns them into hosts that help spread the infection. Even Plankton has tried his hand at taking control of another organism in "SpongeBob SquarePants."

Crude Oil Prices Sink on Hopes Diplomacy Can End US-Iran Conflict

5 days 11 hours ago
December WTI crude oil (CLZ26 ) is down -7.23 (-6.95%) today, and December RBOB gasoline (RBZ26 ) is down -0.2337 (-7.40%). Energy prices are sharply lower today, with Dec WTI crude oil falling to a 2-week low and Dec gasoline dropping to a 3-month nearest-futures low. Crude prices are slumping...