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: Darin Newsom, Sr. Market Analyst for Barchart talks about whether or not the U.S. and world economies are moving into recession and what that will mean for agricultural markets and demand.
AgDay TV Markets Now: DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing talks about the surprises in the USDA report and the lower South American production numbers. Are they’re game changers for corn and soybeans?
Grains rallied after several bullish surprises in the USDA report numbers but it the news enough to keep the markets moving higher? Livestock set back in response. DuWayne Bosse with Bolt Marketing has details.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Kent Beadle of Paradigm Futures talks about marketing strategies for the 2023 corn crop.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Fund traders bought grains in 2022 as a hedge against inflation but what catalyst do they need to resume that buying in the grains in 2023? Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge has the answer.
Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain talks about poor demand for corn including exports and slow ethanol production. Will USDA make adjustments in this week’s reports?
The acreage battle will be a hot topic in 2023, especially for the cotton market. Early indication the nation’s farmers will be planting less cotton.
Soybeans rally on corrective buying, dry Argentina weather. Corn tries to follow, but poor exports and lower wheat are a drag. Livestock see follow through selling. Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Advisors.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Shawn Hacket of Hackett Financial Advisors talks about what drove the corrective rally in soybeans and the focus on Argentina weather and the upcoming USDA data dump.
Demand concerns have been intensifying with the spike in Covid numbers in China. That’s been sending a negative tone across the energy sector, equities and portions of the ag markets.