Soybeans End Firm On Export Demand

Following firm trading overnight, soybeans extended gains on improved export demand. Commodity fund traders were estimated buyers of; 3,000 soybeans, 1,000 soymeal and 2,000 soyoil contracts.     Ahead of the morning open, the USDA announced old crop export sales totaling 132,000 MTs to China and another 960,000 MTs to unknown, with another 120,000 MTs…

Hogs End Sharply Mixed At Midweek

It was a sharply mixed day of trade in the hog market that left October just above contract lows at the close, while the rest of the market posted modest gains. Open interest in October hogs has been declining since the index fund roll earlier this month, but remains historically large. At the end of…