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May arabica coffee (KCK24 ) on Friday closed up +5.75 (+2.78%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK24 ) closed down -22 (-0.58%). Coffee prices on Friday settled mixed, with arabica posting a new 5-3/4 month high. Arabica coffee prices are rallying due to the concern that recent heavy rain in...

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) this morning is down -0.39 (-1.74%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) is down -4.50 (-0.69%). Sugar prices this morning are moderately lower and dropped to 1-week lows. Sugar is weighed down by negative carryover from Wednesday when Vietnam's Office...

May arabica coffee (KCK24 ) this morning is up +4.60 (+2.22%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK24 ) is down -13 (-0.35%). Coffee prices this morning are mixed, with arabica climbing to a new 5-3/4 month high. Arabica coffee prices have support by concern that recent heavy rain in Brazil's...

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Fat cattle futures were 25 cents to $1.05 higher across the front months. April gapped higher at the open and traded from +13 to +92 cents for the day. Short covering was noted, with preliminary open interest dropping 3,502 contracts on the day. Nearby feeders were $1.30 to $2 stronger...

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) on Thursday closed up +0.14 (+0.63%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) closed up +3.00 (+0.46%). Sugar prices Thursday finished moderately higher. Strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) boosted sugar futures after the real on Thursday climbed to a...

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) this morning is up +0.08 (+0.35%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) is up +1.40 (+0.22%). Sugar prices today are slightly higher. Strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) has boosted sugar futures after the real today climbed to a...

A human case of avian influenza in Texas this week has prompted Congress to gather information about risks to public health and agriculture.

Bird flu in cows and goats has raised alarm in the U.S. To date, four people are thought to have caught the virus from cattle, but the risk to the general public is low.

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.10 (-0.45%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) closed up +3.80 (+0.59%). Sugar prices on Wednesday settled mixed. Better-than-expected sugar production in Thailand weighed on coffee prices Wednesday after Vietnam's Office of the Cane and Sugar...

May arabica coffee (KCK24 ) on Wednesday closed up +5.85 (+2.96%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK24 ) closed up +149 (+4.07%). Coffee prices Wednesday rallied sharply for a second day, with arabica posting a 3-1/2 month high and robusta posting a new record high. Concern that excessive dryness in...