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 setting back on profit taking, fund selling and rain chances in Brazil. Cattle bounce, while the DOW hits news highs for the year. Darin Newsom, Barchart, has details.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Oliver Sloup, Blue Line Futures, discusses the rally in corn and if its sustainable, while cattle retreat on disappointing cash.
Corn and wheat see corrective buying with strong exports. Profit taking hit the soybean complex with an eye on Brazil wx. Cattle fall with lower cash, hogs mostly higher. Oliver Sloup, Blue Line Futures, has more.
Corn & wheat up on strong exports, first notice day liquidation eases. The soybean complex & crude oil see end of month profit taking. Cattle fall with lower cash, fund selling. Kevin Duling, KD Investors, has more.
Cattle see fund selling resume but is the low in? Hogs consolidating, while corn up with liquidation easing on first notice day & with strong weekly exports. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
Grains mostly higher on corrective buying and wheat export news. Soybeans keep an eye on Brazil weather. Cattle and hogs continued to recover but are they confirming lows? Rich Nelson of Allendale has details.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Rich Nelson, Allendale, explains what drove the mostly higher day in grains and if wheat and corn have finally bottomed.
Wheat rallies with talk of China biz, plus corrective buying, Soybeans off highs w/Brazil rain chances, corn makes new lows. Cattle & hogs consolidating, so are the lows in? DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, has more.
Dredging the Mississippi River to a depth of 50' allows 500,000 more soybean bushels to be loaded per vessel, which helps lower freight rates and adds to the value of the soybeans exported.
The port of South Louisiana is the No. 1 export port for grain by volume in the U.S., so it’s important for U.S. farmers getting their product to export markets.