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 higher on weather and pre-holiday positioning. Fund buying in live cattle after contract highs, higher corn presses feeders. Hog hit contract lows on demand concerns. Mike Minor, Professional Ag Marketing.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing discusses the mixed day in #grains as traders position and take profits before the holiday. Weather, exports and the debt ceiling talks were also key.
Grains end mixed seeing pre-holiday positioning/profit taking, eyeing weather, exports, debt ceiling talks. Cattle made contract highs with higher cash, contract lows in hogs. Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing has more.
Grains mixed on pre-holiday positioning, profit taking, weather and poor weekly exports. Cattle see profit taking and hedge pressure after contract highs, hogs make contract lows. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing.
Cattle open strong with contract highs following higher cash trade. Hogs gap lower into contract lows again. Grains are mixed watching weather and exports. Scott Varilek, Kooima Koomia Varilek.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Darren Frye with Water Street Solutions discusses how much weather premium the grain markets need to have at this point in the season.
Corn rallies on dry weather, but soybeans can’t follow after failing technically. Rains in the So. weighed on wheat and cotton. Cattle score more contract highs on strong cash. Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions.
Grains trade weather, but how much premium do corn and soybeans need to put in? And is the wheat market taking too much premium out? Cattle trade higher on tight supplies and higher cash. Steve Freed ADMIS.
Corn and beans trade hot dry weather, while rains the So. Plains weigh on the wheat and cotton. Cattle consolidate watching weather, cash and corn. Hogs try to bounce, John Payne, Hedge Point Global Markets.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures says Black Sea export news and weather rallied corn and wheat Tuesday, but why did soybeans fail to follow?