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Corn Weakness Persisting on Early Monday Trade

2 days 22 hours ago
Corn price action is down 1 to 3 cents so far on Monday morning. Futures closed out the Friday session with contracts 1 to 4 ½ cents across the board, as December was 5 ½ cents lower. Open interest was up 2,898 contracts on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash...
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Stock Indexes Finish Sharply Lower as Tech Stocks Plunge

2 days 22 hours ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -1.09% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.34%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.50%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -1.14%, and December E-mini...
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Corn Falls on Friday as Spec Longs Continue Exit

2 days 22 hours ago
Corn futures closed out the Friday session with contracts 1 to 4 ½ cents across the board, as December was 5 ½ cents lower. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 3/4 cents at $4.35. Now halfway through October the average close for December futures has been...
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Cattle Rally into the Weekend, as Cash Firms

2 days 22 hours ago
Live cattle futures caught some strength on Friday, with contracts up $1.10 to $1.65 at the close. December was up $1.30 on the week. USDA reported northern dressed sales at $350-355 and $222-227 live. Southern sales were reported at $228. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales...
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Stock Indexes Finish Sharply Lower as Tech Stocks Plunge

2 days 22 hours ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -1.09% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.34%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.50%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -1.14%, and December E-mini...
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Corn Falls on Friday as Spec Longs Continue Exit

2 days 22 hours ago
Corn futures closed out the Friday session with contracts 1 to 4 ½ cents across the board, as December was 5 ½ cents lower. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 3/4 cents at $4.35. Now halfway through October the average close for December futures has been...
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Cattle Rally into the Weekend, as Cash Firms

2 days 22 hours ago
Live cattle futures caught some strength on Friday, with contracts up $1.10 to $1.65 at the close. December was up $1.30 on the week. USDA reported northern dressed sales at $350-355 and $222-227 live. Southern sales were reported at $228. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales...
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Hogs Popping Higher on Friday, with Pork Finally Getting Some Bids

2 days 22 hours ago
Lean hog futures are rallying on Friday with contracts up 45 cents to $1.10 at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $70.35 on Friday morning, down $2.06 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 66 cents on October 14 at $75.09. Export...
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Who really made China's Terracotta Army? Fingerprints reveal new clues

2 days 22 hours ago
The Terracotta Army near Xi'an, China, is a breathtaking sight: thousands of life-size terracotta figures created in the third century B.C. to guard the tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang. They were discovered in 1974, and people have assumed they were built exclusively by men. But new research on this underground army and its chariots, horses and weapons suggests women and children lent a helping hand.