NEW ORLEANS – Life-threatening flooding was likely in New Orleans and communities west along Interstate 10 Wednesday night as the core of Hurricane Francine moved over the region, dropping multiple inches of rain in just hours.The National Weather Service office serving the area issued a Flash Flood Emergency, the agency’s...

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A decaying Francine still has the potential to produce widespread rainfall, gusty winds and even a tornado threat as far north as the Middle Mississippi River Valley as the storm’s moisture envelope slowly pushes northward through the end of the week.Francine made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday...

Erie Indemnity is set to become a member of the S&P 500.

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BATON ROUGE, La. – Hurricane Francine barreled into southern Louisiana on Wednesday evening as a category 2 storm, making landfall with destructive 100 mph winds and dangerous storm surge along the Bayou state's coastline.The eye of Francine moved onshore at 5 p.m. CT in Terrebonne Parish continuing to bring hurricane-force...

Corn futures closed out the Wednesday session with contracts fractionally to 1 ½ cents higher. December settled at $4.04 ¾. The cmdtyView cash index was up ½ cent on the day to $3.69 ¼. EIA data released this morning showed 1.08 million barrels per day of ethanol production for the...

Soybeans pulled out of the Wednesday session with gains of 2 ¼ to 5 cents across the board at the close. Soymeal futures helped out with gains of $2.30 to $2.90/ton. Soy Oil futures saw losses of 21 to 53 points across the board on the day. The weekly Export...

The wheat complex posted gains across the tree exchanges on Wednesday. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 ¾ to 5 cents at the close. KC HRW was a penny to 4 ¼ cents higher across the board. MPLS spring wheat was 5 to 6 ½ cents in the green on...

Cotton futures ended the Wednesday session with contracts up 60 to 192 points across the board. The dollar index was up just 112 points on the day, with crude oil futures back up $1.68/barrel. Now Hurricane Francine will make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday as a category 1. The Seam...

Live cattle futures ended Wednesday with gains of 57 to 90 cent gains across the board. Cash trade has yet to kick off this week, with some light sales of $180-181 reported in the South. Wednesday’s Fed Cattle Exchange showed no sales on the 1,422 head listed, with bids of...

Lean hog futures posted gains of 15 cents to $1.20 in most nearbys on Wednesday, with some deferreds steady to a quarter lower. The national average base hog price was reported at $77.25 on Wednesday afternoon, down $1.09 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was $85.56 on...