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National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Harold Wolle expressed concerns to the International Trade Commission, stating that imposing tariffs on 2,4-D could limit imports, increase prices, and...
Tommy Grisafi, Advance Trading, says grains trade quiet and rangebound ahead of planting season, with one eye on weather. Cattle saw huge market losses for the week, and he thinks that volatility may continue.
Markets get overextended and need to equalize, says Jerry Gulke, president of The Gulke Group. “The stock market got too high and is correcting, and grains got too low and might be in the same process,” he explains.
Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.
The Biden administration will release a preliminary climate model for its SAF subsidy program in the coming weeks that is more restrictive than the corn-based ethanol producers had hoped.
The intricacies of modern planting systems complicate preparing for the first day in the field. Farmers now have to worry about components and systems that didn’t exist 10 years ago.
Grains are mostly higher early and Darin Newsom with Barchart, chalks it up to fund short covering. The dollar rallies with interest rate concerns tied to non-farm payroll data, while cattle see more fund selling.
Jeff Hoogendoorn, Professional Ag Marketing, says corn may trade range bound until more is known about the weather for the 2024 planting season, but with only 90 million acres planted it will be sensitive to any issues.
Sid Miller, commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture, says the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza impacting beef cattle in the state’s panhandle – where dairy cows have been infected – is minimal.
Purdue’s Ag Economy Barometer Index is up for March - something Jim Mintert says is a result of increased farmer optimism for the future.