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 end lower on profit taking, but corn & wheat have higher week. Cattle recover with the DOW but are lower for the week, hogs firm while milk searches for a bottom. Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing, has more.
Grains see profit taking going into the weekend with initial risk off selling on the jobs numbers. Cattle recover as the DOW rebounds while hogs are firm. Allison Thompson, The Money Farm, has details.
Grain and cattle lower with risk off selling tied to the jobs data. Corn and wheat are seeing supportive end user demand. Meanwhile soybean and cattle charts look tough. Kevin Duling, KD Investors, explains.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Markets, says wheat puts in war premium and pulls row crops higher. Corn closes above chart resistance, but can it keep going?
Wheat sees short covering on war news, spilling over to support row crops. Corn has a chart breakout, so can it keep going? Cattle consolidate, hogs bounce. Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing, has details.
Harvest is rolling along in Nebraska with 22% of the corn combined and 29% of the soybeans out of the field. Early harvest results are variable as you might expect in a year of drought.
Cattle see risk off fund liquidation & weaker cash. Hogs see short covering w/strong exports. Corn follows a rally in wheat with strong exports, which pulls beans up. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek has more.
Beans see pressure on harvest & weak exports w/low river levels. Wheat up on lower EU estimate. Cattle see risk off selling w/lower cash, hogs lifted by strong exports. Mike Zuzulo, Global Commodity Analytics, has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, talks about harvest time marketing. Should farmers store or sell?
AgDay TV Markets Now: Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing, says ag markets hit again by risk off in outside markets, except wheat gets a boost with China biz.