COT Reports / Agricultural Commodities

Agricultural Commodities
The COT Report for Agricultural Commodities shows the positioning of major market participants (banks, funds, producers). Extreme positioning can indicate potential market trend reversals.

Understand how big banks, hedge funds, and commercials are positioning themselves in Agricultural Commodities. Analyze institutional money flows to identify historical extremes and gain a deeper understanding of underlying market dynamics.

How to Read Agriculture Data

The Role of Seasonality: Agricultural markets are heavily largely driven by seasonal cycles like planting seasons, harvest times, and weather patterns. The positioning of "Commercials" (farmers and large wholesalers) often directly reflects these predictable cycles, making non-commercial deviations more interesting.

Trend Exhaustion: When "Non-Commercials" (speculators) build up massive, extreme net-long positions—often driven by news of crop failures or droughts—it typically signals the final phase of a trend. A sudden shift in sentiment from these levels can lead to violent price drops.

Class III Milk (DL)

DL

Tracks Class III Milk futures, representing milk used primarily for industrial cheese processing.

Cocoa (CC)

CC

Tracks Cocoa futures, the key raw material for chocolate production, heavily influenced by West African weather.

Coffee (KC)

KC

Tracks Arabica Coffee futures, a globally traded agricultural staple highly sensitive to weather in Brazil.

Corn (ZC)

ZC

Tracks Corn futures, one of the most widely grown crops used for livestock feed, ethanol, and human consumption.

Cotton #2 (CT)

CT

Tracks Cotton futures, the world's most important natural fiber for the textile and apparel industry.

Feeder Cattle (GF)

GF

Tracks Feeder Cattle futures, representing young cattle sent to feedlots to be fattened for slaughter.

KCBT Wheat (KE)

KE

Tracks Hard Red Winter (KCBT) Wheat futures, a high-protein wheat primarily used for bread baking.

Lean Hogs (HE)

HE

Tracks Lean Hogs futures, representing market-weight pigs destined for pork production.

Live Cattle (LE)

LE

Tracks Live Cattle futures, representing cattle that have reached slaughter weight for beef production.

Oats (ZO)

ZO

Tracks Oats futures, predominantly used for horse and livestock feed as well as human cereal consumption.

Rough Rice (ZR)

ZR

Tracks Rough Rice futures, a staple food crop essential for global food security.

Soybean Meal (ZM)

ZM

Tracks Soybean Meal futures, a high-protein feed used extensively in the global poultry and livestock industries.

Soybean Oil (ZL)

ZL

Tracks Soybean Oil futures, widely used for cooking, food processing, and biodiesel production.

Soybeans (ZS)

ZS

Tracks Soybean futures, a vital oilseed crop crushed into meal for animal feed and oil for consumption and biofuels.

Spring Wheat (MW)

MW

Tracks Hard Red Spring Wheat futures, known for its high protein content and used for specialty breads and pizza dough.

Sugar #11 (SB)

SB

Tracks Sugar #11 futures, the global benchmark for raw cane sugar used as a sweetener and for ethanol production.

Wheat (ZW)

ZW

Tracks Soft Red Winter (Chicago) Wheat futures, the global benchmark used for cookies, crackers, and animal feed.

Latest Agriculture News

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