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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AgDay TV Markets Now: Don Roose of U.S. Commodities says cattle hit by fund selling and risk off in equities, with report positioning in grains. Are corn and beans forging harvest lows?
The 64.5-million-bushel sale was split 41.3 million bushels for this marketing year and 24.1 million bushels for 2024-25. It’s the 11th largest daily export sale on record and the third largest sale of corn to Mexico.
Grains end mixed with end of quarter profit taking and report positioning. Cattle see fund selling with risk off in the equities. Hogs also await the Hogs and Pigs Report. Don Roose, U.S. Commodities sums it up.
Grain and livestock futures are mostly lower on fund selling. The risk off in outside markets is spilling over due to a looming government shutdown. Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing says soybeans close higher on profit taking, corn on Mexican export biz. So, are the markets making early harvest lows or just being cautious before USDA reports?
Soybeans & corn up on profit taking, report positioning and MX corn export biz, wheat mixed. Cattle consolidate, digesting the COF. Macro markets fear a govt. shutdown. Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, covers it all!
Soybeans see harvest pressure & technical selling, taking out support. That weighs on corn despite a 64.5 mb Mexico buy. Wheat mixed. Cattle come off lows, while hogs bounce. Kent Beadle, Paradigm futures has more.
Grains mixed. Soybeans see harvest pressure, corn tries to hold gains with a 65.4 mb Mexico buy, wheat mixed on spreads. Cattle fade the COF w/profit taking, hogs bounce. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, has details.
The corn market is turning stronger, says Jerry Gulke, while wheat was the first to reset and proceed like everything is normal, even though that’s not the case. When it comes to soybeans, there’s bad news and good news.
Cattle end higher on stronger cash and ahead of the COF which confirmed tight supplies. Hogs lower for the week. Grains see a technical bounce as markets are oversold. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.