For example, gold may have a spot price of $1,000, while its futures price may be $1,300. Similarly, the price for securities may trade in different ranges in the stock market and the futures market.

Dairy markets finished the week on a downbeat. Spot cheese prices dipped back into the high $1.60s on persistent and heavy ...

A theme for 2025 might be the power of reversion. Commodity and US Treasury bond indexes show bottoming patterns from ...

Nationally, U.S. pork and beef exports accounted for $2.24 billion in market value to corn, $525 million to distiller’s dried ...

Tariffs set to take effect tomorrow may have contributed to market movement, while increased cheese production capacity ...

Opinion: Grain farmers seem to be totally dependent upon government checks to make it from harvest to the next planting season. Is this what is in store for ranchers too?

The corn market expects a bearish outlook for the ... In that year, the corn spot price declined by 1.08%, the soybean spot price fell by 22.85%, and the wheat spot price dropped by 12.26%.

Mexico is the largest buyer of U.S. corn and remains at a record pace thus far in ‘24/’25. A disruption in that trade would be a boon for corn prices ... re-enter the market while global ...

New-home sales fell to the lowest level in 3 months, as buyers have grown frustrated with high mortgage rates and high home prices ... the brightest spot in the U.S. housing market.

By Peter Duru, Makurdi They are known for being the easiest source of affordable and cheap food for many, including artisans, students, traders, civil servants, transporters as well as commercial ...

In its latest Grain Export Inspections report, the USDA said that its expects corn inspections to total 1.35 million metric tons, while soybean inspections are seen at 695,158 tons. For corn, this ...

Dairy: Milk cow numbers are expected higher in 2025 versus 2024, with 0.3% growth in milk per cow production, output is seen at 226.9 billion pounds, up 0.5%. The incidence of HPAI in dairy cattle in ...