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 hit new lows with more fund selling. Is there anything that can bottom the grain markets? Financial markets and crude oil ended higher. While cattle rebound despite lower cash. Darin Newsom, Barchart, has more.
Cattle drift digesting lower cash trade. Hogs reverse a lower start on strong weekly exports. Grains make new lows on USDA Ag Outlook data but soybeans bounce. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures explains why grain and cattle saw red on Valentines Day
Grain markets see fund selling ahead of USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum. Cattle pressed by lower cash in the south, but hogs rally on Prop 12 news. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, has details.
Grains and cattle start in the red, while hogs finally bounce. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, looks at where the early pressure stems from.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, discusses why soybeans could not extend gains on Tuesday and why corn can’t bottom.
Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing says he can’t call a low in the corn market without some sort of a catalyst and “We don’t have much to work with fundamentally in soybeans to rally.”
Cattle see profit taking with a lower stock market. Hogs continue to consolidate. Corn tries to extend gains on fund short covering with a lack of bullish news. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Naomi Blohm says corn and soybean saw a technical bounce but are still watching two key factors this week for direction.
Soybeans see short covering before USDA Outlook Forum. Corn follows beans, bouncing off contract lows. Live cattle see profit taking despite higher cash, feeders strong. Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing, has more.