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Opinions are solely the writer’s. Derrick Hermesch is a commodity futures broker with Pinion. He can be reached at 785-338-9605. This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell any market.
Archives
- Eight is Enough (12/8/23)
- In Complete Control, or Complete Loss of Control? (12/1/23)
- The Ties That Bind (11/17/23)
- Cattle Futures Crunched (11/10/23)
- Soybeans Pack a Bag, Destination Unknown (11/3/23)
- Case of the Mondays Hits Cattle (10/27/23)
- Five-Dollar Corn (10/20/23)
- War Woes (10/14/23)
- Follow Through for Bonds and Stocks (10/6/23)
- Bonds Break (9/29/23)
- Fed Remains Flat (9/22/23)
- Jason, Freddy Krueger and Inflation (9/15/23)
- Beef Prices March Higher (9/8/23)
- Jobs Added for August, But Revised Lower for June-July (9/1/23)
- Hot Temps in August Rally Soybean Prices (8/25/23)
- Hot Temps in August Rally Soybean Prices (8/18/23)
- Fed Dodging Bullets (8/11/23)
- Bumpy Ride for Grain Commodities (8/5/23)
- Black Sea No Longer Navigable for Ukraine (7/21/23)
- Hokey Pokey Wednesday WASDE Report (7/14/23)
- Supreme Court Rules Against EPA (5/27/23)
- Grains Drop on Supply, Better Weather (5/19/23)
- Silver Gets Smashed (5/14/23)
- Wheat Flies on Drone Attack (5/5/23)
- Crude Blasts Up as OPEC Cuts (4/7/23)
- Cattle Bolt on Low Supplies (3/31/23)
- Beans Smashed, Wheat Sprouts (3/24/23)
- Crude Crashes (3/17/23)
- Stock Futures Get Smashed (3/10/23)
- Double Trouble from Hurricanes (3/3/23)
- Cattle: Frozen and Mad (2/24/23)
- Metals Tarnished by Dollar Strength (2/17/23)
- Wheat Wakes Up on Russian News (2/10/23)
- Orange Juice Catches on Fire (2/4/23)
- Traders High on Coffee and Sugar (1/27/23)
- More Gas, Lower Prices (1/20/23)
- Atmospheric Rivers Drench California (1/13/23)
- Two Kings Unthroned (1/7/23)
- 2022 Year-End Review (12/30/22)1
- Zelenskyy Asks Congress for Aid (12/23/22)
- Covid Returns, China Descends (12/17/22)
- Leaders Xi, Putin, Biden, bin Salmon Drive Crude on Wild Ride (12/10/22)
- Freight Strike Derailed (12/2/22)
- Crude on a Rollercoaster (11/25/22)
- Crude Swings as Missiles Hit Poland (11/18/22)
- War Commodities Tumble as Russia Retreats (11/11/22)
- Wheat Drops as Putin Waffles (11/4/22)
- Turbulent Commodities (6/24/22)
- Heat Hurting Agriculture (6/17/22)
- Ukraine Can’t Export Grain (6/17/22)
- Crude Oil Boils as War Continues (5/7/22)
- Russia Halts Gas to Poland (4/29/22)
- Hot Commodities Heat Up Further (4/15/22)
- Food Inflation Accelerates (4/10/22)
- Wheat and the War (2/27/22)
- Gas Blasts 50% Higher (2/4/22)
- Crude Moves with Russian Troops (1/23/22)
- Lumber Goes Viral (1/14/22)
- Crude Oil Boils (1/7/22)
- Past, Present and Futures Review (12/31/21)
- End-of-Year Gratitude (12/23/21)
- Inflation Rate Blasts Toward 10 Percent (12/17/21)
- Inflation Flies to Highest Level Since 1982 (12/10/21)
- Fuels Fall as Omicron Cases Rise (12/3/21)
- Crude Crashes on COVID Worries (11/26/21)
- The Staff of Life Lifted by Shrinking Supplies (11/19/21)
- Inflation Flies Over Six Percent, Gold Goes Wild (11/12/21)
- Soy Sinks on Dollar, Fertilizer Costs (11/5/21)
- Thanksgiving Dinner Costs an Arm and a Leg (10/29/21)
- Ready For Thin Crust? (10/22/21)
- Inflation Steps on the Gas (10/15/21)
- Food Costs More Dough (10/8/21)
- Wheat the Winner in Grain Markets (10/1/21)
- Oats Blow Up (9/24/21)
- Silver Gets Slammed as Buck Gets Boosted (9/17/21)
- Jackson Hole Talk Moves Financials Higher (8/27/21)
- Oil Slides on Demand Destruction (8/20/21)
- Climate Crisis Worsens Faster than Predicted (8/13/21)
- African Swine Fever Presses Pigs Lower (8/6/21)
- Hi-Yo Silver Away (7/30/21)
- Floods and Fires Devastate Beyond Words (7/23/21)
- Water Wars Brewing (7/17/21)
- Corn Crash Continues (7/9/21)
- Brutal Heat Threatens Humans, Entire Civilization (7/2/21)2
- Copper Crushed, Lumber Lunges (6/18/21)
- Inflation Fears Drive Speculation (6/11/21)
- Cattle Hacked by Russians (6/4/21)
- King Corn Takes Wild Ride (5/28/21)
- China Breaks Corn-Buying Record (5/21/21)
- Commodities Boom or Bubble? (5/14/21)
- King Corn Pops to New Highs (5/7/21)
- The Red Metal is on Fire (4/30/21)
- World Leaders Pledge Huge Cut in Emissions (4/23/21)
- Futures Flying – Inflation Returning? (4/16/21)
- Corn Screams Big Demand, Weather Fears, Supply Concerns (4/9/21)
- Report Sends Crops on Wild Elevator Ride (4/2/21)
- Cargo Ship Stuck in Suez Canal (3/26/21)1
- Crude Crashes as Demand Slides (3/19/21)1
- U.S., China Agree to Talk (3/12/21)
- Crude Catapults Over $66 (3/5/21)
- Biden Meets World Leaders, Plans Cooperation (2/26/21)1
- Freezing Commodities (2/19/21)
- My Virus Valentine (2/12/21)
- Silver Slashed after Massive Surge (2/5/21)
- China Breaks Records for Buying US Commodities (1/30/21)
- Janet Yellin’ at the Pandemic (1/22/21)
- Wheat Explodes on Russian Rumors (12/11/20)
- COVID - Good News and Bad News (11/13/20)
- Gasoline Rallies, Sputters as COVID Expands (10/16/20)
- Soy Surges as Crop Size Shrinks (10/2/20)
- China Boosts Pork and Beans (9/4/20)
- Volatility: A New Normal? (8/21/20)
- Lumber Boosted by DIY Demand (7/10/20)
- Corn Rockets Higher (7/2/20)
- Hog Prices Wallow (6/26/20)
- Fuel Prices Fire Higher (6/19/20)
- Stocks Sickened by COVID Concerns (6/12/20)
- Jobs & Stocks Bounce Back (6/5/20)
- Gasoline Spurts Higher (6/1/20)
- Coffee Crash (5/25/20)
- Meat Prices Move Higher (5/8/20)
- Crude Oil Worse than Worthless (4/24/20)
- Egg Market Scrambles Higher (4/10/20)
- Interest Rates Plummet as Virus Cases Rise (3/6/20)
- Markets Feverish over Coronavirus (2/28/20)
- Brits Bolster Boris (12/13/19)
- Slow Corn Harvest (11/22/19)
- Chinese Talks Lift Soybeans (10/11/19)
- Meat Markets Sizzling (9/27/19)
- Hi Ho Silver! (9/6/19)
- O.J. Jumps on Hurricane Threat (8/30/19)
- Cattle Market Slaughtered (8/16/19)
- Oil Demand Drying Up (8/9/19)
- Fed Cuts, First Since ‘08 (8/2/19)
- USDA Shocks Markets (6/28/19)
- Gold Blasts to New Highs (6/14/19)
- Job Market Shakier (6/7/19)
- Drama at the Border (5/31/19)
- Biggest Trade War in History (5/10/19)1
- Big Bets on Fake Meat (5/3/19)
- New Jobs Slow to Trickle (3/8/19)
- Gasoline Gears Higher (2/15/19)
- Building Materials on the Rise (2/8/19)
- Chinese Trade Deal on Horizon (2/1/19)
- Give Thanks for a Bountiful Harvest (11/23/18)
- Soybeans Surge on China Talks (11/5/18)
- Bubble Burst or Only a Correction? (10/26/18)
- Relief at the Pump on the Way (10/19/18)
- Around the Clock Market Turmoil (10/12/18)
- New Trade Deal – Big Fanfare, Small Gains (10/5/18)
- Silver Shines on Inflation Prospects (9/28/18)
- Florence Chases Hogs to Higher Levels (9/14/18)
- Swine Fever Heats up Hog Market (9/7/18)
- Hogs get Butchered (8/24/18)
- Refineries Pump out Gasoline (8/17/18)
- Brighter Outlook for Farmers (7/27/18)1
- U.S. to be Largest Oil Producer (7/13/18)
- Trade War Begins, Traders Buy Beans (7/6/18)
- Platinum Market Tarnished (6/22/18)
- Soybean Market Scorched by Trade Talk (6/15/18)
- Pork Market Sizzles Higher (6/8/18)
- Trade Winds Shift, Markets Hold Steady (5/31/18)
- North Korea Tensions Rocket Higher (5/25/18)
- Global Corn Shortage Looms (5/18/18)
- No Deal with Iran – Energy Markets Explode (5/11/18)
- Oil Market on Edge over Iran Deal (5/4/18)
- Coffee and Sugar Swirl Lower (4/20/18)
- Drumbeats of War Send Oil Higher (4/13/18)
- Grain Acres Slashed (3/30/18)
- Trade Wars: China Strikes Back (3/23/18)
- Wheat Prices Wither (3/16/18)
- Corn Market Pops (3/9/18)
- Trump Tariffs Tank Markets (3/2/18)
- Stock Bears Win Big (2/9/18)
- Wheat Market Rises (2/2/18)
- Downward Dollar Makes Heyday for Traders (1/26/18)
- Florida Freeze Threatens OJ (1/19/18)
- Milk Market Frothy (11/24/17)
- Bitcoin Futures on the Way (11/3/17)
- OJ Squeezes Higher, Coffee Spills Lower (10/13/17)
- Oil Drops as Nate Advances (10/8/17)
- Say Goodbye to 0% Interest Rates (9/22/17)
- Florida Oranges Decimated (9/15/17)
- Hurricane Markets (9/8/17)
- Hurricane Harvey Hits Texas (8/25/17)
- Corn Can’t Pop (8/18/17)
- ‘Fire and Fury’ Unleashed on Gold & Stocks (8/11/17)
- Weedkiller Causes War (8/4/17)
- Lumber Market on Fire (7/21/17)
- Grains Take a Nosedive (7/14/17)
- North Korea Sends Rocket Sky High (7/7/17)
- Storm Cindy Dumps Rain (6/23/17)
- Oil Dumps on Supply Jump (6/9/17)
- Weather Worries Farmers (6/2/17)
- Budget Cut Takes Aim at Agriculture (5/26/17)
- Dollar Drops on Trump Scandal (5/19/17)
- Silver Strikes New Low (5/12/17)
- Wheat Storms Higher after Snow (5/5/17)
- Beef Slices Higher (4/21/17)
- Commodities get Trumped Up (4/14/17)
- Gold Soars on Syrian Strike (4/7/17)
- Record Soybeans to be Planted (3/31/17)
- Stormy Outlook for USDA (3/17/17)
- Oil Drills New Low (3/10/17)
- Bio-Fueled Grain Rally (3/3/17)
- Gold and Silver Streak Higher (2/24/17)
- Heat Wave Deflates Gas Prices (2/17/17)
- Copper Strikes a New High (2/10/17)
- Lumber Knocks Higher (2/3/17)
- Border War Escalates with Mexico (1/27/17)
- Beans Explode (1/13/17)
- Platinum & Palladium White Hot (1/6/17)
- Winter Beverages Warm Up (12/23/16)
- 2017: The Year of Rising Rates? (12/16/16)
- Hog Market Sizzles (12/9/16)
- Oil Booms on OPEC Cuts (12/2/16)
- Give Thanks for Low Food Prices (11/24/16)
- Turmoil Follows Trump Triumph (11/11/16)
- Election Presents Golden Opportunity (11/4/16)
- Oil Market Slides Down (10/28/16)
- Beef Bounces Back (10/21/16)
- Corn Rallies, Despite Record Harvest (10/14/16)
- Sugar Rushes Higher on Global Shortfall (9/23/16)
- Gasoline Explodes after Pipe Leak (9/16/16)
- Oil Swings on Supply Shocks (9/9/16)
- Housing Hoists Lumber Higher (8/26/16)
- Gasoline Revs Up (8/19/16)
- Corn & Bean Crops Shatter Records (8/12/16)
- Natural Gas Rises (7/29/16)
- Bad Week in Corn and Beans (7/22/16)
- Bargain Barbecue (7/15/16)
- Gasoline Market Gutted (7/8/16)
- Silver Sparkles, Gold Booms (7/1/16)
- 'Brexit' Reaches Breaking Point (6/17/16)
- Florida's OJ not so Sunny (6/10/16)
- Pork Gets Pricey (6/3/16)
- Crude Rebounds to $50 (5/27/16)
- Milk Turns Sour (5/22/16)
- Corn Planting Pressures Prices (5/6/16)
- Grains go for Elevator Ride (4/22/16)
- Sour Outlook Boosts Orange Juice Prices (4/8/16)
- Crude Spurts Higher (3/11/16)
- Gold Vaults to One-Year High (3/4/16)
- Refinery Cutbacks Supercharge Gasoline (2/26/16)
- Oil Deal Slips Away (2/19/16)
- Gold Bugs are Buying (2/5/16)
- Petro Catches on Fire (1/22/16)
- Diesel in a Deep Dive (1/15/16)
- 2015: A Year of Commodity Volatility (1/3/16)
- Fed Rate Hike Sends Dollar Climbing (12/18/15)
- Meat Markets COOL off (12/11/15)
- OPEC Dumps Oil on Markets (12/4/15)
- Turkey Prices Trot Higher (11/20/15)
- Orange Juice Market Shines (11/13/15)
- Hot Jobs Melt Gold (11/6/15)
- Hog Market Sees Red (10/30/15)
- Energy Prices Cool Down (10/23/15)
- Flu Fears Scramble Egg Prices (10/16/15)
- Trade Deal Could Boost Exports (10/9/15)
- OJ Squeezed Lower (10/2/15)
- Coffee Jitters Crash Market (9/13/15)
- Crude Spurts, Sputters, and Swings (9/4/15)
- Stock Futures gone Wild (8/28/15)
- They Just Keep Drilling, and Drilling, and Drilling... (8/21/15)
- Land Values Creep Higher (8/7/15)
- Fire Sale in Gold (7/24/15)
- Greeks Back to the Table (7/10/15)
- Fireworks in the Grains (7/2/15)
- Rain, Rain, Go Away (6/26/15)
- Oil Slides Again (6/5/15)
- Steak and Eggs -- Oh My (5/29/15)
- Soybeans Stuck Lower (5/22/15)
- Corn Prices in the Dirt (5/8/15)
- Crude Oil Spurts to New High (5/3/15)
- Bird Flu Spreads its Wings (4/24/15)
- Summer Gas Prices Look Lower (4/13/15)
- Saudis Strike, Crude Spikes (3/27/15)
- Beef Market Sizzling (3/22/15)
- Crude Glut Weighs on Prices (3/6/15)
- Tougher Outlook for Farmers (2/27/15)
- Thermometers Drop, Heating Fuels Pop (2/20/15)
- Pits Close, End of an Era (2/13/15)
- Is a Crude Bottom Forming? (2/6/15)
- Global Turmoil Roils Commodities (1/30/15)
- Everything's Cheaper! (1/23/15)
- Swiss Bank on the Franc (1/16/15)
- Market Drivers in 2015 (1/2/15)
- 2015: A Year of Rising Commodities Demand? (12/26/14)
- Ruble Turns to Rubble (12/19/14)
- Corn Prices Sweeten (12/14/14)
- China on the Rise (12/5/14)
- OPEC Swamps Crude Prices (11/28/14)
- Drivers Warm to Cheap Gasoline (11/21/14)
- Cold Snap causes Flurry in Commodities (11/14/14)
- Dropping Oil Pressures Producers (11/7/14)
- Low Gas Prices are a Treat (10/31/14)
- Lower Heating Costs Loom (10/24/14)
- What is Deflation? (10/17/14)
- Big Crops get Bigger (10/3/14)
- Scotland Sends British Pound Reeling (9/14/14)
- Russia Sows Discord in Wheat Market (8/29/14)
- Housing Hoists Lumber Prices (8/22/14)
- Corn Climbs, Finally! (8/15/14)
- OJ Prices Squeezed Lower (8/8/14)
- Hogs Grind Lower (8/1/14)
- Cattle Stampede Higher (7/25/14)
- Downed Jet Fuels Commodities Rise (7/18/14)
- Cattle Market Slaughtered (7/11/14)
- Soy Market Swamped (7/4/14)
- US Crude Flows Abroad (6/29/14)
- Gold Gets Boost from Fed (6/20/14)
- Crude Boils Higher (6/13/14)
- Euro Goes Negative (6/6/14)
- Grains Get Crushed (5/30/14)
- Crude Awakening for Markets (5/23/14)
- Corn Down on Farmer Selling (5/16/14)
- Natural Gas Losing Steam (5/9/14)
- Deluge of Crude (5/5/14)
- Gold Melts on China Fears (4/17/14)
- Chilly Start for Corn Planting (4/11/14)
- More Pigs than Planned (4/4/14)
- Market Stops Yellin' for Gold (3/28/14)
- Breakfast gets Pricier (3/21/14)
- Ukraine Careens toward Rough Breakup (3/14/14)
- Drought Drives Dairy Higher (3/7/14)
- Ukraine and Turbulent Commodities (2/28/14)
- Chinese Go for the Gold (2/21/14)
- Chocolate too Rich for Valentine's Day? (2/14/14)
- Oats Roll Higher (2/7/14)
- Natural Gas Ballooning Wildly (1/31/14)
- Soybeans Sucked Lower (1/24/14)
- Cattle Prices Explode (1/17/14)
- Orange Juice Wakes Up (1/10/14)
- Cocoa & Coffee Lose Steam (1/3/14)
- New Year, New Markets (12/27/13)
- Sugar Market Sours (12/20/13)
- Cold Weather, Hot Markets (12/13/13)
- Wheat Prices Soften (12/6/13)
- Abundance of Commodities (11/29/13)
- Lower Cost Thanksgiving (11/22/13)
- OJ Market Shines (11/15/13)
- FDA Moves to Ban Trans Fats (11/8/13)
- Spooky Selloff in Cocoa, Sugar (11/1/13)
- Pork Market Sizzles (10/25/13)
- Cattle Spooked by Shutdown (10/18/13)
- Ethanol Change Drags Corn Lower (10/11/13)
- Corn Collapses (10/7/13)
- Mideast Calm Sinks Crude (9/27/13)
- Fed Keeps Pump Primed (9/23/13)
- Orange Juice Market Sours (9/6/13)
- Crude Seesaws on Syria (8/30/13)
- Drought Plagues Plains (8/23/13)
- Beans Bounce on Frost Fears (8/16/13)
- Sugar Pops on Brazilian Freeze Scare (8/5/13)
- Corn Crumbles Under $5.00 (7/19/13)
- Crude Gushes Higher (7/12/13)1
- Crude Explodes Over $102 per Barrel (7/5/13)
- Gold Can't Get Off the Mat (6/28/13)
- Corn Grinding Lower (6/14/13)
- Oats on a Roll (6/7/13)
- Orange Juice Spikes (5/31/13)
- Gasoline Market Weak (5/24/13)
- Soybeans Shoot Higher (5/17/13)
- Coffee Prices Buzz Higher (5/10/13)
- Chilly Temps Chase Wheat Higher (5/6/13)
- Spring Fever Helps Beef Demand (4/26/13)
- Gold Gouged (4/12/13)
- Gasoline Prices Slashed (4/5/13)
- USDA Report Shows More Grain (3/29/13)
- Cyprus Crisis Ails Euro (3/22/13)
- Orange Juice Market Shines (3/15/13)
- Copper Melts Lower (3/8/13)
- Cattle Weights Clipped by Storms (3/1/13)
- Soybeans Shoot Higher (2/25/13)
- USDA Crop Report Confirms Tight Supplies (2/8/13)
- Corn Pops under Argentine Heat (2/1/13)
- Gasoline Explodes Skyward (1/25/13)
- Energy Markets Shocked Higher (1/18/13)
- Rice Poised to Rebound? (1/11/13)
- Orange Juice Prices Sour (1/4/13)
- Corn's Tumultuous Year: A Look Back (12/28/12)
- Soybeans Sink (12/21/12)
- Orange Juice Gushes Higher (12/14/12)
- Argentine Rains Yield Soybean Gains (12/7/12)
- Copper Rises with Housing (12/2/12)
- Drought Worsens in the Plains (11/23/12)
- Better Crop Batters Bean Prices (11/9/12)
- Sandy Causes Gasoline Spike (11/2/12)
- Crude Sinks as Supplies Rise (10/26/12)
- Break at the Breakfast Table (10/12/12)
- Bacon Shortage to Hit US? (10/5/12)
- Gas Explodes Higher (9/28/12)
- Harvest Pressures Grains (9/21/12)
- Fed Action Rallies Metals (9/14/12)
- Record High for Beans (8/31/12)
- Metals March Higher (8/24/12)
- Miners' Strike Pops Platinum (8/17/12)
- Worst Crop Since '95 Drives Corn to All-time Record (8/10/12)
- OJ Spurts Higher (8/3/12)
- Heat Heaves Markets (7/27/12)
- Deteriorating Yields Blast Corn Higher (7/20/12)
- USDA Chops Crop Sizes (7/13/12)
- Crippling Heat Rallies Corn Market (6/29/12)
- Despite Rains, Grains Hold Gains (6/22/12)
- World Waits for Greek Fate (6/15/12)
- Weather Bakes Beans (6/8/12)
- Oil Slides, Gold Glitters (6/1/12)
- Greek Drama Plagues Euro (5/25/12)1
- Euro Currency Waterlogged (5/18/12)
- Gold Loses its Glitter (5/16/12)
- 24-Hour Markets on the Way (5/4/12)
- Mad Dash Lower for Cattle (4/27/12)
- Gasoline Reverses Course (4/20/12)
- Orange Juice Prices Sour (4/13/12)
- Cocoa Melts Lower (4/6/12)
- Slime Controversy Maims Cattle Market (3/30/12)
- Sugar Surges (3/23/12)
- Interest Rates Move Higher (3/16/12)
- Soybeans 'Hang Tough' (3/9/12)
- A Gory Week for Gold (3/2/12)
- Gasoline Hits New High on Iranian Nuclear Fears (2/26/12)
- Midwest Welcomes Chinese VP (2/17/12)
- Warm Winter Cools Natural Gas (2/10/12)
- Coffee Market in Withdrawal (2/3/12)
- Near-Zero Interest Rates Through 2014 (1/27/12)
- Cattle Selling for Record Prices (1/20/12)
- Orange Juice Squeezes Higher (1/13/12)
- Crude Rockets over $103 (1/6/12)
- Turbulent 2011 Sets Records (12/30/11)
- Snow Plows Cattle Higher (12/23/11)
- Inflationary Era Over? (12/16/11)
- Draghi Drags Down Gold (12/9/11)
- Central Banks to the "Rescue?" (12/2/11)
- Despite Risks, Farmers Persist (11/25/11)
- Crude Gushes Over $100 (11/18/11)
- Cocoa Careens Lower (11/11/11)
- A Halloween Trick for the Eurocurrency (11/7/11)
- Green Light for the Red Metal? (10/28/11)
- Commodities Up, Dollar Down (10/24/11)
- Soybeans Stage Rally (10/17/11)
- Europeans band together (10/7/11)
- Recession Fears Rock Commodities (9/24/11)
- Harvest hits grains (9/19/11)
- Seasons Shift Markets (9/9/11)
- Supply Jitters Send Coffee Higher (9/2/11)
- Corn Keeps Popping (8/26/11)
- Gold, Bonds Jockey for Top Spot (8/20/11)
- Bloodbath on Wall Street (8/5/11)
- Hot commodities (7/22/11)
- Cotton Collapses (7/15/11)
- Budget woes bolster gold (7/8/11)
- Corn gets crushed (7/1/11)
- Oil prices plunge (6/24/11)
- Ethanol on the way out? (6/21/11)
- Corn rallies to record highs (6/10/11)
- Natural gas rises with hot weather (6/6/11)
- Wheat works higher (5/20/11)
- Grains grind lower (5/13/11)
- What goes up must come down (5/6/11)
- Dollar dives; Silver explodes (4/29/11)
- April rains boost the grains (4/15/11)
- Gold and silver shine as dollar dives (4/8/11)
- King Corn takes the lead (4/1/11)
- Corn sails higher (3/25/11)
- How crude oil affects your wallet (3/4/11)
- Crude oil glides over $100 (3/3/11)
- Silver vaults over $32 (2/22/11)
- King Corn Extends Its Reign (2/14/11)
- Oats Roll Upward (2/4/11)
- Markets Scramble to Buy Food (1/31/11)
- Hu's Driving the Markets? (1/24/11)
- 2010: A Banner Year for Commodities (1/3/11)
- Gold's Rally Put on Pause (12/21/10)
- Jack Frost Sends Markets Skyward (12/14/10)
- Wheat Woes Worsen (12/6/10)
- Island Crises Shake Markets (11/29/10)
- China Clamps Down (11/19/10)
- Silver and Soybeans Slide on China News (11/15/10)
- Commodities Explode as Printing Presses Warm Up (11/8/10)
- Soybeans Prices: No End in Sight? (11/3/10)
- Precious Metals Hammered Lower (10/26/10)
- Stocks, Bonds, and Commodities, Oh My! (10/18/10)
- USDA Report Shocks Grain Markets (10/12/10)
- Gold Rushes over $1,300 (9/27/10)
- Metals Roar to New Highs (9/17/10)
- Corn Supply Dwindles, Leaving Market Hungry for More (9/10/10)
- Corn Can't Be Stopped (9/7/10)
- Commodities rise, but not at the store (8/30/10)
- Cattle Charge Higher (8/23/10)
- Food Crops Up as Crude Drops (8/16/10)
- Grains Soar as Russia Bans Exports (8/6/10)
- Hogs Charge Higher (8/3/10)
- Worldwide Weather Worries Make Wheat Burst (7/26/10)
- Sweetooths Ache as Sugar and Cocoa Rush to New Highs (7/20/10)1
- Soybeans Soar to Six-Month Highs (7/12/10)
- Fireworks Start Early in the Corn Market (7/2/10)
- Harvest Jitters Stir Up the Coffee Market (6/29/10)
- Petroleum Markets Drive Higher (6/21/10)
- Breakfast Beverage Prices Boom (6/11/10)2
- Natural Gas Hits New Highs (6/8/10)
- Crude Hits Two-Week High on Drilling Concerns (6/1/10)
- China Powers Corn Prices (5/25/10)
- Gold Up, Crude Down (5/18/10)
- Panic Grips Markets, Causing Wild Swings (5/10/10)
- China Carries Corn Prices (5/4/10)
- Cotton Jumps as India Cuts Exports (4/23/10)
- Goldman Sachs Breaks Gold's Back (4/19/10)
- Crude, Copper Can't Be Stopped (4/6/10)
- Grain Markets Hit the Dirt (3/30/10)
- Corn Falls as Fuels Swing (3/15/10)
- Earthquake Hits Copper Rich Chile (3/9/10)
- Sugar Can't Stay Energized (2/28/10)
- Copper, Cattle and Crude Climb (2/24/10)
- Soybeans See Hope (2/16/10)
- Global Concerns Hammer Markets (2/5/10)
- Corn Hoping to Rebound (1/30/10)
- China Puts the Brakes On, Slowing Commodities Markets (1/22/10)