# Weekly Analysis: Grains and Softs Markets

> The DTN weekly grains and softs analysis for the week ending May 11, 2018 reports July oats closed at $2.34, rough rice at $12.655 after a 27.5 cent drop, July cotton at 84.62 cents, and July coffee at 119.40 cents per pound. Rice broke to a new four-week low, signaling a secondary downtrend, while cotton showed warning signs of a possible downtrend.

- Date: 2018-05-13 · published 2018-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10233-weekly-analysis-grains-and-softs-markets
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Technical signals in rice and cotton point to weaker near-term prices, which matters for buyers pricing rice-based and cottonseed-meal-linked feed. Oats weakness adds mild pressure to feed grain alternatives.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral
- OATS: bearish ▼
- RICE: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/technically-speaking/blog-post/2018/05/13/weekly-analysis-grains-softs-markets

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