Soybean Sales Increase Behind Continued Chinese Demand
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 9:23AM CST
Chinese soybean demand continues to drive both sales and export. China purchased over 80% of the soybeans sold and received over 70% of the soybeans exported last week. Corn, soybean, and wheat sales all increased from last week, but exports for all...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), WEET: 38.15 (unch)
Brazilian Soybean Crop Lowered On Drought Conditions
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 1:32PM CST
The February USDA supply and demand report has historically had little impact on the market; DTN's senior analyst Darin Newsom bluntly stated, "If a report is released and nobody pays attention, does it make a sound?" This year though there...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), WEET: 38.15 (unch)
Soybean Exports Surge Behind Chinese Demand
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 10:24AM CST
Soybean exports eclipsed 2 million metric tons (MT) for the seventh time in the 2014/15 marketing year, a feat that had only been accomplished five times prior to September 2014. Exports for wheat also increased from last week, but corn...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), WEET: 38.15 (unch)
Teucrium Soybean Fund (SOYB) : Stop Loss lowered to 20.2
Trading Central - Thu Feb 05, 8:21AM CST
We have lowered our stop loss from $22.10 to $20.20 (previous high + start of gap)
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20)
Strong U.S. Dollar Headwind For Farmers
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 5:55PM CST
Grain prices declined throughout January, primarily due to the large South American crop soon becoming available for export. China cancelled 570,000 metric tons of U.S. soybean orders within the last three weeks, according to the USDA, in favor of...
WEAT: 11.33 (+0.21), SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), DBA: 23.57 (+0.21), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33)
Move Over Crude, There's A New Oil In Town
Jeff Malec - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 5:17PM CST
Move over crude oil , there's another oily commodity market that's doing it's own swan dive of late. Who? None other than good old soybean oil. It has since rebounded a little from the 29 mark, but a 14% drop doesn't quite live up to the 50% drop...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20)
Corn Exports Highest Since October
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 10:19AM CST
Corn exports increased for the second week in a row, the highest volume since the beginning of harvest. Corn sales decreased after large increases the past two weeks, but remain above the 10-week average. Soybean sales increased significantly from...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), WEET: 38.15 (unch)
Commodities And The Coldest Weather Of Winter Coming
James Roemer - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 12:20PM CST
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), NIB: 38.10 (+0.25), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39)
Corn Sales At Highest Level Since 2013
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 10:37AM CST
Corn sales exploded this week, increasing to over 2,000,000 metric tons (MT) of the first time since October 2013. Wheat sales also increased, but soybean sales fell to their lowest level since September 2014 due to large returns from China...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), WEET: 38.15 (unch)
ETF Deathwatch For January 2015: The Year Begins At 322
Ron Rowland - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 3:37PM CST
ETF Deathwatch begins 2015 with 322 products on the list, consisting of 222 ETFs and 100 ETNs. Fourteen names joined the lineup this month and nineteen exited. Just nine came off due to improved health, while the other ten met their death and no...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), HEFA: 26.82 (+0.18), FDTS: 32.74 (+0.32), RTR: 37.27 (+0.45), PEX: 40.72 (+0.27), MLPJ: 14.60 (+0.16), FMB: 51.97 (-0.03), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)
Corn Sales Rebound Following Marketing Year Low
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 9:43AM CST
Corn sales rebounded mightily after reporting a marketing year low last week. Soybean sales also increased for the second consecutive week. The back to back increases were needed as prior to last week, soybean sales had declined five weeks in a row....
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), WEET: 38.15 (unch)
Brazil Must Focus On Lower Commodity Exposure And Higher Foreign Direct Investment
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 6:57AM CST
FBZ: 13.92 (unch), SGG: 37.95 (+0.11), SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), CANE: 11.70 (unch), JO: 29.81 (-0.02), UBR: 25.68 (+0.84), SGAR: 26.08 (unch), DBBR: 12.77 (+0.26), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), CAFE: 20.95 (+1.13)
2014 Commodity Exposure: Futures Vs. ETFs
Jeff Malec - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 6:26PM CST
Throughout the year, we track a simple strategy of buying the 12 month out Futures contract against the commodity ETFs that supposedly track those very same futures, to see just how the performance lines up; knowing that ETFs typically are the ones...
WEAT: 11.33 (+0.21), SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), NIB: 38.10 (+0.25), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), CANE: 11.70 (unch), BAL: 43.12 (+0.32), JO: 29.81 (-0.02), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33)
USDA Lowers 2014 Corn Yield And Production
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 12:50PM CST
The USDA's estimate for the 2014/15 average corn yield decreased 2.4 bushels per acre from last month, resulting in a 121 million bushel decrease in ending stocks. Although this is a significant drop in production, 2014/15 remains the largest corn...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), WEET: 38.15 (unch)
Soybean Sales And Exports Boosted To Start The New Year
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 10:43AM CST
Soybean sales and exports increased this week after both reported multiple week lows in last week's report. Wheat exports were also greatly improved, most likely due to the recent duty application on Russian wheat. Corn exports and sales both...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), WEET: 38.15 (unch)
Will Crude Oil Prices Bottom? Commodities And Brazil Dryness Creeping Back
James Roemer - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 12:26PM CST
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), NIB: 38.10 (+0.25), RDS.B: 69.26 (+0.86), RDS.A: 66.32 (+0.97), JO: 29.81 (-0.02), CANE: 11.70 (unch), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), LNG: 74.48 (+0.90), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45)
Grains: Fourth Quarter Review And The Outlook For 2015
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 5:25AM CST
AGA: 25.56 (-0.39), WEAT: 11.33 (+0.21), RJA: 7.09 (+0.08), SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), BG: 82.22 (+1.78), DAG: 4.69 (+0.06), ADM: 48.10 (+0.66), MOO: 55.44 (+0.51), DBA: 23.57 (+0.21), JJG: 36.65 (+0.54), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33)
Teucrium Soybean Fund (SOYB) : Short Sell @ 21
Trading Central - Wed Dec 31, 8:47AM CST
We SHORT SELL Teucrium Soybean Fund (SOYB) @ 21.00 # TECHNICAL VIEW # *the fund is capped by a declining trend line *the fund has broken below the 20-day moving average *the RSI is capped by a declining trend line ENTRY: 21.00 STOP: 22.10 (-5.24%)...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20)
Corn Sales Increase To Highest Level In 10 Weeks
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 9:46AM CST
Corn sales increased to the third highest total of 2014 and the second highest total thus far in the 2014/15 marketing year. Soybean sales decreased slightly, while wheat sales decreased more substantially. Soybean exports increased above 2 million...
SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), WEET: 38.15 (unch)
Cuba: A New Customer For The U.S. Farmer
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 5:06AM CST
On Wednesday, December 17, United States President Barrack Obama announced a normalization of relations with Cuba. The island nation had been a pariah in the eyes of America since 1960, the days of President Kennedy. Mixed reviews met the...
AGA: 25.56 (-0.39), SGG: 37.95 (+0.11), JO: 29.81 (-0.02), BAL: 43.12 (+0.32), DAG: 4.69 (+0.06), RGRA: 18.94 (-0.07), DBA: 23.57 (+0.21), ADZ: 33.50 (unch), USAG: 21.03 (+0.12), JJN: 19.36 (+0.08), WEAT: 11.33 (+0.21), RJA: 7.09 (+0.08), SOYB: 20.03 (+0.20), DIRT: 36.61 (+0.42), FUD: 21.37 (+0.21), TAGS: 30.30 (+0.45), UAG: 21.09 (+0.09), CANE: 11.70 (unch), NINI: 25.79 (+0.13), AGF: 13.35 (+0.28), JJG: 36.65 (+0.54), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), JJA: 40.54 (+0.51)