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 mostly lower on technical selling, Arg. rain chances, China tensions rising. Cattle lean higher with lower corn, higher cash, cutouts. China news pressures hogs. Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag has more.
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Wheat higher putting in war premium, soybeans and meal lower on profit taking and Chinese tensions. Corn is caught in the middle. Cattle consolidate, while hogs see fund selling. Kent Beadle of Paradigm Futures.
Grains, cotton mostly lower following outside markets like CO, higher dollar. However, SA weather still a focus. Livestock up with new contract highs in LC and better cash. Darin Newsom with Barchart has details.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Darin Newsom with Barchart talks about the risk off day on Friday and how outside markets and the South American crop will continue to drive the grain markets.
Grains mostly lower with the higher dollar, risk off in outside markets, plus technical selling after hitting resistance. Cattle mixed awaiting cash; hogs mostly lower. Garrett Toay of AgTraderTalk has analysis.
A mostly lower start in grain and livestock futures. A risk off day in the outside markets, with a higher dollar, spills over. Argentina conditions are mixed. Allison Thompson of The Money Farm has details.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Kevin Good of CattleFAX Has a Bullish Cattle Price Outlook for 2023
Grains closed mixed as corn and KC wheat hit chart resistance, but new highs in soybean meal helped soybeans. Livestock rebounded on technical short covering. Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef AgriMarketing has more.
CattleFAX provided their cattle price outlook for 2023. Michelle Rook talks with Kevin Good of CattleFAX to get details.