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: Tommy Grisafi, Advance Trading, explains how end of the quarter positioning is making for some interesting commodity and outside market action.
Grains mixed on report positioning and end of the quarter profit taking. Economic concerns also impacted cattle and outside markets. Tommy Grisafi, Advance Trading, explains all the money flow moves!
Corn & beans higher on end of quarter & report positioning, wheat down with the higher dollar, poor demand. Cattle see fund profit taking w/bearish macro markets. Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing has more.
Row crops higher on report squaring, corrective buying end of quarter. Wheat falls with higher dollar. Basis levels weak with the low river levels. Cattle fade early bounce. Nick Tsiolis, Farmers Keeper, has more.
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!