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 lower except HRW wheat with profit taking, disappointing exports and GDP news pulling down futures. Cattle mixed, with hogs higher ahead of reports. Mike Zuzulo of Global Commodity Analytics has analysis.
Grains mixed with profit taking and slow exports weighing on row crops, wheat supported by weather. Livestock open lower then turn mixed with holiday, EOY and report positioning. Michelle Rook breaks it down.
AgDay TV Markets Now: What drove the commodity wide rally Wednesday and pushed live cattle into new contract highs? Will it continue? All questions Michelle Rook asks Darren Frye of Water Street Solutions.
Grain and livestock futures close higher on Wednesday. What was behind the commodity wide rally? Darren Frye of Water Street Solutions has the answer.
Winter weather is packing a punch across much of farm country this week. However, its being somewhat ignored by the trade.
Grain and livestock futures are mostly higher midday with weather, end of year positioning and light holiday trade all contributing to the rally. Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef Agri-Marketing has more.
Proposed farmworker labor reforms from Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and others were left out of the omnibus spending package but farm groups are continuing to push for immigration reform.
AgDay TV Markets Now features Brian Grete of Pro Farmer talks with Michelle Rook about the how the light holiday volume is fueling the rally in the grains and if soybeans can get over $15.
Grains see follow through technical buying under light volume, with weather supportive. Cattle open mixed with hogs higher waiting for the USDA reports Friday. DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing has details.
Grains rebound on technical buying with thin holiday volume, but can soybeans hit $15? Live cattle lower on profit taking ahead of COF report, with hogs following lower cash. Brian Grete, Pro Farmer has analysis.