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NYSE Liffe reclassifies trading positions
Financial Times  9 hrs ago  Comment 
Exchange’s changes this week have deepened scepticism about data in some quarters of London-based soft commodities market
Evening markets: month-end blues dent softs, but not grains
Agrimoney.com  May 1  Comment 
The likes of cocoa and orange juice slump on drops fuelled by typical end-of-month selling. But grains recoup losses. Soybeans end at a three-year top
Evening markets: month-end blues hurt softs, but not grains
Agrimoney.com  Apr 30  Comment 
The likes of cocoa and orange juice slump on drops fuelled by typical end-of-month selling. But grains recoup losses. Soybeans end at a three-year top
Investing in Soft Commodities
CNBC  Apr 25  Comment 
Sudakshina Unnikrishnan, Director, Commodities Research, Barclays explains why soybeans are an attractive investment opportunity. She adds that investors are unlikely to turn broadly positive on the agricultural markets.
ICE circuit breakers to cover energy, US softs
Reuters  Mar 20  Comment 
* Aim is to reduce market volatility (Adds details, comments, US soft futures IPLs)
Agri sector to follow mining in consolidation wave
Agrimoney.com  Mar 9  Comment 
The soft commodities sector is to look more like the hard commodities industry, developing large companies, and an Africa focus, Norton Rose says
Evening markets: dollar dip helps softs, but grains struggle
Agrimoney.com  Mar 8  Comment 
A tumbling dollar gives commodities a positive backdrop. But the prospect of a key crop report restrains grains, if not soybeans - certainly not cocoa
Evening markets: soft commodities harden, grains wilt
Agrimoney.com  Feb 21  Comment 
Softs tap into the buoyant mood on commodity markets - sugar ends at a three-month high. But grains struggle, undermined by ideas of better supplies
COMMODITIES-Metals, softs, oil drop in pre-holiday profit-taking
Reuters  Feb 18  Comment 
* Investors book profits ahead of U.S. Presidents Day holiday
Speculators favour grains over soft commodities
Agrimoney.com  Feb 13  Comment 
Fast money flowed into US grain and oilseed futures. But speculators turned more negative on the likes of cocoa, cotton and sugar, CFTC data show




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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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