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Evening markets: corn leads grains higher. But softs melt
Agrimoney.com  8 hrs ago  Comment 
Grains and oilseeds enjoy a stronger day, boosted by upbeat demand news on corn. But sugar and arabica coffee drop to levels not seen since 2010
Soft commodities languish after glut
Financial Times  May 13  Comment 
It is a lot easier for growers to increase production in response to rising prices than to cut it when prices fall, so the price weakness could last
Evening markets: grains and softs manage gains - but not soy
Agrimoney.com  Apr 19  Comment 
Weather fears bring buyers to wheat and, especially, corn, while cocoa is lifted to multi-month highs by strong grinding data. But soy eases - for now
COMMODITIES-Most markets lifted by falling dollar, easy money
Reuters  Apr 9  Comment 
* Most metals-precious and base, oil, grains and softs gain     
Brokers warm to softs, as grain price hopes cut
Agrimoney.com  Apr 3  Comment 
Commerzbank echoes rivals in proving upbeat on futures in arabica coffee, cocoa and sugar, contrasting with the gloom over grain and oilseed prices
Commerzbank fuels ideas of softs beating grains
Agrimoney.com  Apr 3  Comment 
The bank echoes other banks in proving upbeat on futures in arabica coffee, cocoa and sugar, contrasting with the gloom over grain and oilseed prices
Evening markets: grains slump under weight of extra supplies
Agrimoney.com  Mar 28  Comment 
The US finds 400m bushels more corn in its silos than the market had expected. Corn slumps limit down. Soft commodities sag too - for now, at least
ICE to study cutting soft commodities trading hours
Reuters  Mar 23  Comment 
IntercontinentalExchange Inc will consider cutting trading hours for soft commodities in a bid to improve liquidity, president and chief operating officer of ICE...
ICE to study cutting soft commodities trading hours
Reuters  Mar 22  Comment 
IntercontinentalExchange Inc will consider cutting trading hours for soft commodities in a bid to improve liquidity, president and chief operating officer of ICE...
XxICE will consider cutting trading hours for soft commodities
Reuters  Mar 22  Comment 
Evening markets: corn futures defy Cyprus woes. Softs sucumb
Agrimoney.com  Mar 18  Comment 
Concerns for US plantings help corn futures rise on what is a dismal day for most commodities. But coffee and sugar post hefty losses




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Soft Commodities (or "Softs") refers to a specific, non-metal, non-energy set of commodities. Different financial services define soft commodities differently, though nearly all agree that the category includes cocoa, coffee, cotton, sugar, and orange juice. Often, the category is defined as tropical agricultural commodities, though the common classification of lumber as a soft commodity runs antithetical to this definition.

In this sense, it is perhaps more useful to think of the category in terms of what it contains and what it is NOT (metal commodities, energy commodities) rather than a single underlying definition.

On Wikinvest, Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Sugar, Orange Juice, and Lumber are all classified as "softs".

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