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If You Can Only Buy 1 Dividend Aristocrat in 2025, It Should Be This
BarchartThu Jun 12, 6:30PM CDT
Coca-Cola is the top Dividend Aristocrat to own in 2025, boasting a 64-year streak of dividend increases.

Corn Ends USDA Report Day with Gains
BarchartThu Jun 12, 5:05PM CDT
Corn futures closed with contracts fractional to 1 ½ cent gains across most contracts. The front month CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 1 1/2 cents at $4.15. A wet forecast over the next week across the Corn Belt limited much upside movement for the new crop contracts....

Soybeans Close with Weakness on Thursday
BarchartThu Jun 12, 5:05PM CDT
Soybean futures faced pressure post USDA release, as contracts were down 2 to 8 ¼ cents at the close. The cmdtyView Cash Bean price was 7 1/2 cents lower to $9.95 3/4. Soymeal futures were up 10 to 50 cents/ton, as Soy Oil posted losses of 28 to 41 points....

Wheat Closes with Mixed Action
BarchartThu Jun 12, 5:05PM CDT
The wheat complex posted mixed action on Thursday, as winter wheat contracts gave into weakness. Chicago SRW futures posted losses of 7 to 8 cents on the day. Kansas City HRW contracts were 2 to 4 cents lower on at the close. Minneapolis spring wheat futures found some strength, with...

Cattle Face Mixed Action, as Front Months Supported by Cash Trade
BarchartThu Jun 12, 5:05PM CDT
Live cattle futures saw June with 37 cent gains on Thursday, trying to keep up with the cash market, as other contracts were down 67 cents to $1.07. Cash trade has been reported at $235-238 in the South so far this week, with dressed action at $380 in the North....

Cotton Faces Pressure, Despite Smaller Stocks Estimates
BarchartThu Jun 12, 5:05PM CDT
Cotton futures posted losses of 18 to 33 points on Thursday, despite a fairly bullish WASDE report. Crude oil prices were up 82 cents/barrel, with the US dollar index falling $0.754 to $97.850. USDA showed a 400,000 bale increase to the US export figure for 2024/25, dropping stocks by the...

Hogs Close with Marginally Mixed Action
BarchartThu Jun 12, 5:05PM CDT
Lean hog futures closed Thursday with contracts down 27 to a nickel higher. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was reported at $105.95 on Thursday afternoon, down $1.38 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 94 cents on June 10, at $100.91. Pork export sales...
U.S. EPA Set to Propose Biomass-Based Diesel Quotas Below Industry Expectations, Sources Say
Successful FarmingThu Jun 12, 4:26PM CDT
U.S. EPA Set to Propose Biomass-Based Diesel Quotas Below Industry Expectations, Sources Say
Looking Like Summer: Warm, Humid And Stormy | Weather.com
Weather ChannelThu Jun 12, 4:20PM CDT
Looking Like Summer: Warm, Humid And Stormy | Weather.com
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Weather ChannelThu Jun 12, 4:16PM CDT
Eastern Pacific vs Atlantic Hurricane Seasons | Weather.com
Cattle futures mostly lower heading into Friday
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Jun 12, 3:52PM CDT
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle closed mostly lower, watching direct business develop. August live cattle closed $1.07 lower at $216.95 and October live cattle closed $.67 lower at $214.35. August feeder cattle closed $.17 higher at $311.25 and September feeder cattle closed $.25 lower at $310.55. ...
Wean-to-finish pig mortality trending the wrong way
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Jun 12, 3:52PM CDT
A swine veterinarian says mortality rates in wean-to-finish pigs are on the rise. Dr. Dave Baumert is with Zoetis Pork. “Pigs from the time they start in the nursery to when they eventually go to market, mortality if we looked at those numbers ten to fifteen years ago they were...

Stocks Settle Higher as Bond Yields Fall on Fed-Friendly US Economic News
BarchartThu Jun 12, 3:49PM CDT
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up +0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.24%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.24%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +0.32%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

GameStop Is Plunging on a $1.75B Note Offering. How Should You Play GME Stock Here?
BarchartThu Jun 12, 3:37PM CDT
GameStop stock tanks as company announces plans of a convertible notes offering. Wedbush says Bitcoin strategy is not an adequate reason to buy GME shares.
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Lucid Motors Just Nabbed a Major New Deal for US-Made Battery Materials. Does That Make LCID Stock a Buy?
BarchartThu Jun 12, 3:22PM CDT
As Lucid locks in U.S.-made graphite, could its new deal with Graphite One give LCID stock the charge it has been missing?