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The cattle futures market is heading into the 2025 grilling season, which begins at the end of May. Animal protein prices tend to rise to annual highs as the barbecues come out of storage, and the aroma of sizzling meats fills the late spring and summer air.

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) Thursday closed up +0.37 (+2.16%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed up +9.50 (+1.96%). Sugar prices Thursday settled moderately higher as a +3% rally in WTI crude oil (CLM25 ) sparked short covering in sugar futures. Higher crude prices...

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July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) Wednesday closed down -0.31 (-1.78%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed down -8.40 (-1.70%). Sugar prices on Wednesday posted moderate losses, with London sugar falling to a 3-1/2 month low on expectations of larger global sugar supplies. Last Friday,...

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) Wednesday closed down -5.75 (-1.47%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) closed down -17 (-0.32%). Coffee prices on Wednesday settled moderately lower. Coffee prices have been on the defensive since Tuesday when Conab, Brazil's crop forecasting agency, raised its Brazil 2025 coffee production estimate...

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) today is down -0.29 (-1.66%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) is down -5.80 (-1.17%). Sugar prices today are moderately lower, with London sugar falling to a 3-1/2 month low on expectations of larger global sugar supplies. Last Friday, July...

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) today is down -4.15 (-1.06%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) is up +23 (+0.43%). Coffee prices today are mixed. Arabica coffee is under pressure today from weakness in the Brazilin real (^USDBRL ). The real today fell to a 2-week low against the...

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) Tuesday closed down -0.03 (-0.17%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed up +4.10 (+0.84%). Sugar prices on Tuesday fell from early highs and settled mixed. Long liquidation in NY sugar futures emerged Tuesday after the Brazilian real (^USDBRL )...

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) Tuesday closed up +1.60 (+0.41%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) closed down -35 (-0.66%). Coffee prices on Tuesday settled mixed. Arabica coffee moved higher Tuesday on carryover support today from Monday on signs of lackluster rainfall in Brazil. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that...