Silver, gold, platinum and copper all took it on the chin after the retail sales report was released by the Census Bureau Thursday. The report…
Natural gas prices have nearly doubled in the past 12 months, reaching $5.06 per million British Thermal Units (BTUs) early Friday morning. (A…
November lumber traded at $614 per 1,000 board feet as of midday Friday, up roughly $100. Drought fears continued to escape the Corn Belt, so …
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s annual Wyoming speech sent metals, stock indexes, energy and Treasury bond futures sharply higher on Friday.
Threats of a slowing world economy due to COVID-19 concerns pushed crude oil down this week. Reduced air travel, a slowdown in Chinese oil imp…
The “average” American chose to ignore the magnitude and urgency of climate change, while some even dared to deny it. Until this year’s drough…
So far, North American pig farms have been free of African Swine Fever. No longer. It has been found in the Dominican Republic.
The World Gold Council is reporting U.S. dollar dumping and record gold-buying, which has stimulated sudden interest in accumulating precious metals.
Floods in northwest Germany and Belgium early last week caused “devastation beyond words,” according to Chancellor Angela Merkel. It was viewe…
As of Friday, the intensity and number of extreme wildfires are breaking records in our Northwest and British Columbia. Much of our country is…
Rain makes grain. Corn, especially, was the crop most in need of moisture this summer, and we sure got a dose in the driest regions.
The unprecedented heat wave hitting all of California, a wide swath of our northwest and British Columbia has come slightly sooner than climat…
Rain fell on some of the driest regions of the Corn and Soybean belts this week, which pushed our plants higher but prices lower. Virtually al…
Following the two biggest bull markets in the history of copper and lumber trading, these two key components of the construction industry got …
News from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week elevated concerns our buying power may be in trouble. The Consumer Price Index rose more ye…
This week’s ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat company caused a substantial loss of weight and profitability.
The King of Commodities performed with grandeur this week as decisions to love it or leave it sent prices limit down on Tuesday, then locked l…
Corn continued its rally, and expectations of higher prices for consumers for corn products contributed to heavy buying. By midweek, China bou…
The Department of Labor released its closely watched consumer price index for April, which jumped 4.2% — the biggest in any 12-month period si…
Dry weather in Brazil, fears of drought in our corn belt and extremely tight supply fueled the perfect storm to drive corn prices into the str…
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While all metals could play a role in supporting our post-pandemic economy, the demand for copper — also known as the red metal — may beat all…
Led by President Biden, leaders of 40 nations discussed a proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% from levels established in 2005. …
This week virtually everything went up — all commodities (agricultural and financial), real estate, wages, stock market, bonds, foreign curren…
Corn blasted to its highest levels since 2013 with export demand and fears of the potential for hot, dry weather in the corn belt in coming weeks.
Farmers were loving the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wednesday for reporting an unexpected drop in acreage to be planted with corn and soybe…
The Suez Canal — which connects Europe to Asia — is blocked by a ship run aground. Specialist dredgers are attempting to dig it out. Nine bill…
Petroleum’s horrendous tumble this week began Monday, fueled by a strong U.S. dollar and general concerns about slackening demand. The decline…
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