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Grains see another bloodbath on Tuesday with new lows for the move scored across the complex. Don Roose of U.S. Commodities says funds are aggressively selling and are record short for this time of year.
The idea of venture capital is not commonly discussed in coffee shops across farm country. In terms of ROI, investing a small amount of capital or services at the earliest stage is the most valuable investment.
Hot, dry weather is forecasted for Russia and Ukraine while flooding in the U.S. Midwest shuts down rail lines and submerges fields and towns. China’s corn and soybean crops are getting some relief after a heatwave.
Grains break to new lows on fund selling says Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag. He says the market is totally disregarding lower crop ratings and flooding in the Northwestern Corn Belt.
A new 75,000-square-foot green ammonia fertilizer production and distribution facility is online in Boone, Iowa. The modular plant creates 82-0-0 anhydrous ammonia from air, sun, and water.
Crop conditions continue to fall as extreme weather plagues this year’s growing season.
The new 6M tractor can be customized to provide farmers large tractor features - such as integrated connectivity and Intelligent Power Management - on a midsized machine.
Shawn Hackett, Hackett Financial Advisors, says corn and beans took out the March lows and may have put in exhaustion lows. “It looks to me like the grain markets are washed out here,” he states.
Live cattle futures were able to trade to multi-month highs in yesterday’s trade as a red-hot cash trade starts to lure in more Fund participation.
Grain markets had a bullish reversal in yesterday’s trade but failed to find follow-through buying in the overnight and early morning trade. Will buyers show up at the 8:30 open again?