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: Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says the U.S. will need a major crop problem to overcome the poor demand in the June WASDE.
The WASDE made only adjustments but confirmed the U.S. isn’t competitive. So, grains turned traded weather, beans rallied with soybean oil. Cattle and hogs tried to recover. Jim McCormick. AgMarket.Net.
Corn, wheat lower w/35 mb increase in new crop corn carryover, 6 mb in wheat, but the focus is on a wetter forecast. Soybean carryout up 15 mb but export biz, higher BO support. John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing.
Corn and wheat mostly lower, on weather, report positioning. Soybeans up with an export sale & higher bean oil. Cattle and hogs try to stabilize after a two days of profit taking. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Dave Chatterton with Strategic Farm Marketing says grains end higher Thursday on forecast and expanding drought on the Drought Monitor, and while cattle end lower the rally isn’t done.
Grains end higher on weather forecast, Drought Monitor, WASDE positioning. Cattle markets lower but did we confirm a top? Hogs consolidate after the recent recovery. Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing.
Corn beans mixed w/bull spreading, WASDE positioning, exports & weather in play. Short covering in wheat w/global supply concerns. Did cattle top w/the key reversals? Hogs consolidating. Rich Nelson, Allendale.
Cattle open higher then fade. Is the top in after yesterday’s key reversals & record cash? Hogs consolidating. Corn lower on better forecast, while soybeans see bull spreading. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Jeff Hoogendoorn Says Hog Market Recovery May be Capped by Prop 12 Uncertainty
AgDay TV Markets Now: Jeff Hoogendoorn, Professional Ag Marketing says hog market recovery rally may be capped by Prop 12 uncertainty.
Markets mostly lower on commodity wide selling. Profit taking in hogs and cattle, despite record highs in cattle futures and No. cash. Grains also traded weather. Jeff Hoogendoorn, Professional Ag Marketing.