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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Cattle lower with risk off in outside markets. Hogs see bull spreading with the discount to cash. Grains lower with risk off day and better than expected crop ratings. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.
Weather supports soybeans, corn steady after holding the July low, while wheat falls with poor demand, fading war news. Cattle and hogs on seasonal weakness and fund selling. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures has more.
Soybeans up on weather and export biz, with corn pulled down by wheat, poor technicals. Profit taking in crude oil. Cattle consolidating awaiting cash direction. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag has details.
Soybeans up on weather and export biz, corn down on poor technicals and higher yield ideas. Cattle consolidate despite steady to higher cash, hogs seasonally slide. Mike Minor, Professional Ag Marketing has more.
Grains closed lower after USDA’s August crop production and WASDE reports. Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, has all the details.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, explains why corn and soybeans closed lower on Friday after USDA cut yield for both crops.
USDA’s dance continues after the agency makes cuts to yields, production and ending stocks in the August reports.
Grains slide lower after the USDA lowered yield, production and ending stocks on corn and beans. Wheat was slightly negative with an increase in carryover. Jim McCormick of AgMarket.Net has analysis.
Grains drift pre-report, what do the fundamentals signal on supply and demand? Crude oil makes 4 months highs will it keep rallying? What does the Fed do w/the CPI & PPI data? Darin Newsom, Barchart, has the answers!
AgDay TV Markets Now: Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge talks about the methodology USDA uses on the August WASDE and why they can’t punt on yield.