Week of February 16 – 22

Here is whats going on in the agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from February 19th, 2020. This article is a chart of the stock market price changes from the business section of The Daily Times.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

  • Crude oil (bbl) – no change
  • Ethanol (gal) – increased $0.52
  • Heating oil (gal) – decreased $1.52
  • Natural gas (mm btu) – increased $7.84
  • Unleaded gas (gal) – increased $1.99

Agriculture:

  • Cattle (lb) – increased $0.50
  • Coffee (lb) – decreased $2.25
  • Corn (bu) – increased $1.39
  • Cotton (lb) – increased $0.73
  • Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $1.73
  • Orange juice (lb) – decreased $0.45
  • Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.17
  • Wheat (bu) – increased $4.42

Metals:

  • Gold (oz) – increased $1.09
  • Silver (oz) – increased $2.35
  • Platinum (oz) – increased $2.59
  • Copper (lb) – increased $0.17
  • Palladium (oz) – increased $7.74

Our second article is from February 21, 2020. This is also a chart from the Daily Times that shows the changes in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

  • Crude oil (bbl) – increased $0.90
  • Ethanol (gal) – decreased $1.77
  • Heating oil (gal) – decreased $0.54
  • Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $1.79
  • Unleaded gas (gal) – increased $0.38

Agriculture:

  • Cattle (lb) – decreased $0.99
  • Coffee (lb) – decreased $3.72
  • Corn (bu) – decreased $0.52
  • Cotton (lb) – increased $0.31
  • Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $0.70
  • Orange juice (lb) – decreased $1.86
  • Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.50
  • Wheat (bu) – decreased $0.93

Metals:

  • Gold (oz) – increased $0.57
  • Silver (oz) – increased $0.09
  • Platinum (oz) – decreased $2.54
  • Copper (lb) – decreased $0.67
  • Palladium (oz) – increased $0.10

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