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Producer, merchant positions in ags, for week to August 6

Markets Extra11 Aug 2019by Markets Extra

Below, details of the shifts in producer, merchant, processor and user positioning in US-traded agricultural commodities, in the week to Tuesday August 6.

Data are for futures and options combined, and sourced from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Data from the previous week’s report are available here.

Producer, merchant net positioning in grains and oilseeds
Contract	Gross long position	Week-on-week change, gross long	Gross short position	Week-on-week change, gross short	Net long position	Week-on-week change, net long
Chicago soybeans	243,198	+28,334	258,022	+2,196	-14,824	+26,138
Kansas City wheat	80,042	+4,658	102,463	-1,759	-22,421	+6,417
Chicago soymeal	136,292	+6,301	199,573	+4,942	-63,281	+1,359
Chicago wheat	44,617	+3,499	108,085	-4,923	-63,468	+8,422
Chicago soyoil	102,691	+8,629	202,602	+553	-99,911	+8,076
Chicago corn	634,075	+50,160	1,063,958	+17,689	-429,883	+32,471
Data in number of contracts

Producer, merchant net positioning in New York-traded soft commodities
Contract	Gross long position	Week-on-week change, gross long	Gross short position	Week-on-week change, gross short	Net long position	Week-on-week change, net long
Cotton	66,756	+7,258	65,837	+2,268	919*	+4,990
Arabica coffee	115,168	-1,882	136,308	-6,979	-21,140	+5,097
Cocoa	114,351	+2,519	157,485	-16,081	-43,134	+18,600
Raw sugar	341,171	+8,519	404,221	+8,451	-63,050	+68
Data in number of contracts

Contract	Gross long position	Week-on-week change, gross long	Gross short position	Week-on-week change, gross short	Net long position	Week-on-week change, net long
Feeder cattle	8,108	+1,000	7,926	-45	182	+1,045
Lean hogs	51,006*	+5,037	159,977	-4,136	-108,971	+9,173
Live cattle	46,545	+1,373	168,558	-4,376	-122,013	+5,749
Data in number of contracts

Contract	Gross long position	Week-on-week change, gross long	Gross short position	Week-on-week change, gross short	Net long position	Week-on-week change, net long
Soft commodities	637,446	+16,414	763,851	-12,341	-126,405	+28,755
Livestock	105,659	+7,410	336,461	-8,557	-230,802	+15,967
Grain and oilseeds	1,240,915	+101,581	1,934,703	+18,698	-693,788	+82,883
Overall position	1,984,020	*+125,405*	3,035,015	*-2,200*	-1,050,995	*+127,605*
Data in number of contracts

* = most extreme on data going back to 2006

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