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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Grains up with corn above $4. Will the recovery rally hold or be sold? The wheat market extends last week’s gains. Plus, live cattle shake off the COF report. Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage, has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage, says the question after Monday’s recovery rally is “Will it hold or be sold?”
Corn makes contract lows on selling before March delivery. Wheat and beans are oversold and try to bounce off new lows. Profit taking in cattle post the COF report. Allison Thompson, The Money Farm, has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Tommy Grisafi says old crop corn closes below $4 and may still not be low enough with the current ending stocks.
So, will the farmer selling dry up next week or will the funds take their foot off the accelerator? Grisafi says, “If the funds are still adding to their short position this could get really ugly.”
Grains see fund and farmer selling and weekly exports were weak in soybeans & wheat. Cattle rally heading into the COF report, hogs also see new near term highs w/higher cash. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: DuWayne Bosse says the funds aren’t the only ones selling in the grain markets and pushing priced down.
Corn & beans make more new lows and it’s not just fund selling. Wheat erases early gains as well. Live cattle reverse off near term highs pre-COF, hogs close above resistance. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, has more.
Cattle hit new near-term highs on any pullback. Hogs higher pushed by cash. Corn bounces off contract lows following wheat. Soybeans struggle with better SA weather. Sott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net, says, “When we get down to these levels, I look at what kind of psychological support might be around $4? I personally don’t think you break $4 this early in the growing season.”