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The Rosario Grain Exchange said 100,000 hectares of soybeans in Argentina’s core production area were lost due to “irreversible stress symptoms” after extreme heat that lasted two weeks.
Soybeans see short covering before USDA Outlook Forum. Corn follows beans, bouncing off contract lows. Live cattle see profit taking despite higher cash, feeders strong. Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing, has more.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week released a new baseline for USDA mandatory funded programs,
Grains start mixed with soybeans seeing corrective buying, while wheat is lower and corn is stuck. Cattle seeing slight gains after sharply higher cash, hogs are two-sided. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, has details.
Grains and cattle end mixed, with a higher close in hogs and cotton. Details with Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities.
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% in December instead of 0.3% as reported last month, the revisions of the CPI data published by the Labor Department showed.
March cotton surged 268 points to 91.78 cents and notched a 467-point gain on the week.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, says corn and soybeans end lower on Friday as funds continue to sell with more favorable weather in South America and ahead of USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum.
Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, spoke to a full house at Top Producer Summit this past week. “Producers are finally interested in marketing now that prices have fallen further,” he says.
Soybeans down on Argentina wx, while corn follows wheat on a short covering rally. Cattle 2-sided waiting for cash, hogs finally bounce but is it sustainable? Mike Minor, Professional Ag Marketing, has more.