Markets Now
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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Randy Martinson with Martinson Ag says the limit down day in old crop soybeans was tied to the fear that the meeting between President Trump and President Xi scheduled for China at the end of the month will be delayed due to the war.
Brad Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says there were a couple of reasons the market ignored the strike and the biggest was the higher equity markets and lower crude oil
While USDA predicts a shift to soybeans, spiking input costs and Middle East supply gaps have Northern growers weighing corn’s yield potential against a volatile fertilizer market.
Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says the recent strength in the corn market is not a result of the Iran war or higher corn prices, but a paradigm shift that happened 18 months ago.
Wheat was the price leader on Friday mostly on technical buying according to DuWayne Bosse with Bolt Marketing.
Cattle futures are higher early Friday in tandem with the bounce in the equity markets and the pull back in crude oil and the energy markets according Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
Soybeans made new highs for the move during the session. Mark Schultz with Northstar Commodity says it was partly due to the rally in crude oil and soybean oil. However, there were also some other factors that boosted prices.
Grain markets are continuing to rally on Thursday morning. Greg McBride with Allendale says they following the energy markets and trading headlines.
Grains ended higher on Wednesday with technical buying returning as traders attempted to add risk or war premium to the market says Don Roose of U.S. Commodities.
Grains were back sharply higher on Wednesday following crude oil and adding war premium according to Darin Newsom, senior market analyst with Barchart.