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May cocoa settled higher on Friday at 2931, up 12. March cocoa settled higher also at 2969, up 14. However, March cocoa has declined during post-settlement trading and is now down 35 at 2920. May N.Y. coffee settled lower on Friday at 166.50, down 0.95. Trading was choppy. In other N.Y. soft...

May cotton is trading at 62.89, up 0.08 Friday morning. Market talk about exports and global economic growth outlook has kept trading active. All N.Y. soft commodities are closed on Monday for the President's Day holiday. Trading in advance of the Monday holiday is expected to be choppy.

N.Y. soft commodities were generally higher across the board on Thursday. N.Y. sugar futures traded higher most of the day Thursday. May sugar ended the session on a firm note, trading at 18.82, up 0.20. May cocoa traded higher on Thursday. May cocoa ended trading at 2914, up 30. May coffee...

N.Y. cotton settled Wednesday weak. The last trade is 62.29 down 0.60. Cotton traded mostly lower on Wednesday in fairly light trading. N.Y. coffee ended Wednesday's trading session nearly unchanged after Tuesday sharp decline. May coffee settled at 162.30 up 0.05. Trading is expected to be...

N.Y. Cotton is trading lower early Wednesday. Last in May Cotton is 62.10 down 0.79. Market talk that farmers are hedging some current inventory at these levels has led to a stalling of prices. Less than stellar global growth and a generally over-supplied market has brought in some sellers after...

N.Y. Sugar futures traded lower most of the day Tuesday. May Sugar settled at 14.69, down 0.10. May Cocoa ended Tuesday's session slightly higher after a range-bound back and forth trading session. May Cocoa settled at 2868, up 2.0. Coffee Futures traded sharply lower Tuesday as general selling...

Daniel Binder of Jefferies issued an outlook for Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) on Wednesday. Binder notes that during the company's third quarter fiscal 2015 release, management stated that its new loyalty program and other initiatives will provide a 2 percent to 3 percent comp store...

March Coffee was trading slightly higher at $175.00 and March Cocoa was unchanged at $28.57. March Cotton was up $0.50 at $61.00 on firm export sales and a reduction in Chinese acreage. March Sugar was trading slightly higher at $15.11, hovering near contract lows in subdued pre-holiday week...

Even casual participants in the financial markets know that it has been nearly impossible to go a single trading day over the past several weeks without hearing about corn. Google Trends shows search volume for the word "corn" is spiking. The surge in Internet searches on the agricultural...

This morning on CNBC, Warren Buffett spoke on the dangers of inflation, which he says is “creeping” into everything. “Copper has moved up very dramatically,” Buffett said when speaking about taw materials, noting that the price increases will work their way into finished goods. Consequently, the...

While precious metals and oil nab most of the financial headlines, cotton has outperformed them both, doubling in price over the past year. The May contract has experienced intraday price swings of more than $100 a bale in recent trading. “The U.S. is the biggest exporter in the world and they are...