Week of April 5 – 11

Here is what is going on in the Agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from April 7th, 2020 out of the Knoxville News Sentinel. This article is a chart that shows the change in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

  • Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $7.97
  • Ethanol (gal) – increased $0.58
  • Heating oil (gal) – decreased $2.33
  • Natural gas (mm btu) – increased $6.79
  • Unleaded gal (gal) – increased $1.45

Agriculture:

  • Cattle(lb) – decreased $5.10
  • Coffee (lb) -increased $1.20
  • Corn (bu) – decreased $0.91
  • Cotton (lb) – increased $4.06
  • Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $6.82
  • Orange juice (lb) – decreased $2.67
  • Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.15
  • Wheat (bu) – increased $1.18

Metals:

  • Gold (oz) – increased $2.65
  • Silver (oz) – increased $4.68
  • Platinum (oz) – increased $1.95
  • Copper (lb) – increased $1.13
  • Palladium (oz) – decreased $1.37

Our second article is from April 10th, 2020 which is also from the Knoxville News Sentinel, which is also another chart that shows the change in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

  • Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $9.29
  • Ethanol (gal) – increased $5.04
  • Heating oil (gal) – decreased $3.77
  • Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $2.80
  • Unleaded gal (gal) – decreased $0.10

Agriculture:

  • Cattle(lb) – increased $1.27
  • Coffee (lb) -decreased $0.95
  • Corn (bu) – increased $0.53
  • Cotton (lb) – increased $0.98
  • Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $5.93
  • Orange juice (lb) – increased $5.23
  • Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.99
  • Wheat (bu) – increased $1.50

Metals:

  • Gold (oz) – increased $4.25
  • Silver (oz) – increased $5.60
  • Platinum (oz) – increased $2.06
  • Copper (lb) – decreased $0.02
  • Palladium (oz) – increased $0.70

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