The Latest Breaking News from USDA

USDA will come out with its version of supply and demand numbers at noon (ET) Friday. However, we already know what the S&D situations were at the end of October by looking at national cash indexes.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Thursday closed up +0.17 (+0.77%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed up +7.10 (+1.28%). Sugar prices posted moderate gains Thursday as a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 2-1/2 week high against the dollar prompted short...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) Thursday closed up +11.65 (+4.68%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) closed up +179 (+4.16%). Coffee prices rallied sharply Thursday, with arabica climbing to a 3-week high and robusta posting a 1-week high. Coffee prices are seeing support from concern that abnormally dry conditions...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is up +0.24 (+1.09%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is up +7.90 (+1.42%). Sugar prices are moderately higher today as a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL) to a 2-1/2 week high against the dollar fueled short covering...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) today is up +11.40 (+4.58%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) is up +159 (+3.69%). Coffee prices today are sharply higher, with arabica climbing to a 3-week high and robusta posting a 1-week high. Coffee prices are seeing support from concern that abnormally dry...

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March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Wednesday closed up +0.13 (+0.59%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed down -0.10 (-0.02%). Sugar prices Wednesday recovered from early losses and settled mixed after a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 1-week high sparked short...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) Wednesday closed down -1.40 (-0.56%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) closed down -65 (-1.49%). Coffee prices on Wednesday posted moderate losses as the rally in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 4-month high undercut most commodity prices, including coffee. Losses in coffee...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is up +0.06 (+0.27%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is up +0.10 (+0.02%). Sugar prices today recovered from early losses and are slightly higher after a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL) to a 1-week high sparked short...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Tuesday closed down -0.03 (-0.14%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed up +0.40 (+0.07%). Sugar prices on Tuesday settled mixed. Sugar has been under pressure recently, with NY sugar posting a 2-week low Monday and London sugar posting a...

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) Tuesday closed up +4.20 (+1.71%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) closed up +54 (+1.25%). Coffee prices on Tuesday settled moderately higher due to the concern that abnormally dry conditions in Brazil will curb the country's coffee production. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that rainfall...