Corn futures rounded out the Monday trade with contracts up 2 to 3 cents across most contracts, as futures firmed up into the close.    Export Inspections data showed 1.6 MMT (62.99 mbu) of corn shipped in the week that ended on October 2, which was an increase of 3.94% from the week prior and

Cotton futures closed the Monday session with contracts down 10 to 16 points in the front months. The US dollar index was back up $0.380 on Monday to $97.795, with crude oil extending the recent bounce, up $0.85/barrel. The October 3 online auction from The Seam showed 240 sales at an average price of 62.30 cents/lb.

Cotton futures are posting mostly weaker trade on Monday, with losses of 11 to 15 points, and soon to expire October up 21 points. The US dollar index is back up $0.410 on Monday to $97.825, with crude oil extending the recent bounce, up $0.96/barrel. The October 3 online auction from The Seam showed 240 sales

Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering how the body stops its own immune system from turning against itself. Shimon Sakaguchi from Osaka University in Japan, Mary E. Brunkow from the Institute for System Biology and Fred Ramsdell from Sonoma Biotherapeutics, both in the USA, identified specialised

Skip to Main Content National News The Saturday blaze nearly burned to the ground the house listed in property records as owned by Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein on a remote part of Edisto Island, authorities said. Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein presides over a trial in a lawsuit between the Diocese of South Carolina and the

Here are the key events from day 1,320 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. A man carries bags with vegetables he bought from a farmer in the village of Borivske, in the Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine, on October 5, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine [Ed Jones/AFP] Here is how things stand on Monday, October

Israel and Hamas are preparing for indirect negotiations in Egypt, amid hopes for a possible agreement on ending the Gaza war based on Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan. Palestinian group Hamas said on Sunday that its delegation, headed by Khalil al-Hayya, had arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh and would begin the negotiations on Monday “on the

PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister named a government Sunday, bringing back former finance minister Bruno Le Maire to serve at the defense ministry, where he'll help oversee French military support for Ukraine and address threats to European security posed by Russia. Other key positions in the new cabinet, announced by President

A group of countries in the OPEC+ alliance has agreed to a small boost in oil production, citing a steady global economic outlook NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — A group of countries that are part of the OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries has agreed to a small boost in oil production, citing a

If you’re not quite sure why everything is suddenly Dubai chocolate or what exactly a Labubu is, you’re not alone. Trends have such a tenuous connection to our culture at large that posters online have started to identify the phenomenon with word salad: “labubu matcha dubai chocolate crumbl cookie benson boone …” You get the

Food delivery app DoorDash said it has finalized its acquisition of U.K. rival Deliveroo, with the boards of both companies approving the nearly $4 billion deal first announced in the spring By The Associated Press October 2, 2025, 10:00 AM WASHINGTON -- DoorDash has finalized its acquisition of the U.K. food delivery company Deliveroo, saying

Lawsuits filed Thursday by parents of two college students killed in a Tesla crash say they were trapped inside as the car burned and filled with smoke because of a design flaw that makes it difficult to open the doors in fires By BERNARD CONDON AP business writer The parents of two college students killed