Week of March 22 – 28

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

Our first article is from March 24th, 2020 out of the Knoxville News Sentinel. It is a chart that shows the changes in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

  • Crude oil (bbl) – increased $3.23
  • Ethanol (gal) – decreased $10.08
  • Heating oil (gal) – increased $0.97
  • Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $0.12
  • Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $31.98

Metals:

  • Gold (oz) – increased $5.59
  • Silver (oz) – increased $7.09
  • Platinum (oz) -increased $0.80
  • Copper (lb) – decreased $3.24
  • Palladium (oz) – increased $1.06

Agriculture:

  • Cattle (lb) – increased $3.04
  • Coffee (lb) – increased $1.88
  • Corn (bu) – decreased $0.07
  • Cotton (lb) – decreased $2.85
  • Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $0.69
  • Orange juice (lb) – increased $4.45
  • Soybeans (bu) – increased $2.49
  • Wheat (bu) – increased $4.31

Our second article is also from the Knoxville News Sentinel on March 27th, 2020. This is also another chart that shows the change in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

  • Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $7.72
  • Ethanol (gal) – increased $6.83
  • Heating oil (gal) – decreased $4.33
  • Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $1.33
  • Unleaded gal (gal) – decreased $0.55

Agriculture:

  • Cattle(lb) – decreased $2.77
  • Coffee (lb) -decreased $3.72
  • Corn (bu) – increased $0.07
  • Cotton (lb) – decreased $1.24
  • Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $3.08
  • Orange juice (lb) – increased $0.45
  • Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.14
  • Wheat (bu) – decreased $1.90

Metals:

  • Gold (oz) – increased $1.09
  • Silver (oz) – decreased $1.33
  • Platinum (oz) – decreased $1.16
  • Copper (lb) – decreased $0.94
  • Palladium (oz) – decreased $0.55

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