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National reporter Michelle Rook talks daily with industry analysts to break down crop and livestock commodity markets. Listen below to learn what’s happening with the markets when they open, at midday and again at close.
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Grains end higher for a third day on speculative short covering and corrective buying. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, says wheat is also putting in risk premium. Can it continue to lead row crops higher?
Grain and livestock futures try to extend gains for a third day. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, says there are several fundamentals driving it but technically markets have also seen strong action.
Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, says the wheat market is adding risk premium and if it keeps going corn and soybeans could follow producing a sustained fund short covering rally.
A risk on day resulted in higher closes in both grain and livestock futures. What drove the buying, and will it continue? Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, has details.
Cattle rally with bullish placements in the Cattle on Feed report and steady Southern cash says Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek. Hogs fail after a chart breakout. Grains rally on EU weather/frost & short covering.
Grains close higher on Friday on short covering and putting in some risk premium, but will the rally continue into next week? Rich Nelson, Allendale, Inc, says it will be a tough lift.
Despite being lower for the week, the grain markets all closed higher on Friday and might have been putting in risk premium says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
Grains close higher on short covering and putting in some risk premium. Live cattle ended higher with steady Southern cash. Hogs broke above chart resistance. Rich Nelson, Allendale, Inc. covers it all.
Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek says live cattle see pressure ahead of cash news and COF but have absorbed a lot of bearish news. Hogs consolidate, with short covering in grains putting in war premium.
Soybeans continue to see South American hedge pressure and that is dragging down corn says Arlan Suderman of StoneX.