Commodity Markets, Prices & Futures
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DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, says grains saw profit taking after running up into some chart resistance.
Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle futures are well supported on higher cash. Grains seeing pressure as funds may be out of ammunition.
Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge, says funds have covered most of their record short position in grains and they are not likely to go long.
Tomm Pfitzenmaier with Summit Commodity Brokerage, says historically, when corn and soybeans have a fall rally in August and September the markets top out in the October.
The U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) office and USDA on Monday detailed strides made in expanding market access and boosting agricultural exports for U.S. producers.
Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, says funds continue to cover shorts in the grain markets but there are some fundamentals also helping to support the rally.
Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures says corn continues to move higher on fund buying and tighter corn stocks from USDA’s Quarterly Stocks Report. He thinks corn could eventually take out resistance on the charts and move higher.
Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing, says most of the strength in corn and wheat was due to end of quarter fund short covering.
Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net says the corn stocks were friendly under expectations at 1.76 billion bushels due to better feed demand and that data is supportive for the corn market.
Joe Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says grains and livestock futures are trading mixed as traders position and take profits end of quarter and await the USDA report numbers out at 11 am.