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Grains ended higher on Wednesday with technical buying returning as traders attempted to add risk or war premium to the market says Don Roose of U.S. Commodities.
Grains were back sharply higher on Wednesday following crude oil and adding war premium according to Darin Newsom, senior market analyst with Barchart.
Rich Nelson with Allendale says with a quiet WASDE, the corn and wheat markets were again caught in the money flow from the energy sector.
Grains futures all made new highs for the move in the overnight session but could not hold on to gains during the day says Garrett Toay of AgTrader Talk with a pick up in farmer selling.
Cattle futures are sharply lower on Monday with feeder cattle touching limit down at one point on economic uncertainty according to Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says while many analysts are pointing to the rally in crude oil and the war in Iran as the reason for the strong grain performance, he thinks the breakout was brewing long before that.
Grains markets all hit fresh highs for the move on Friday as funds piled into buy in the complex. Chip Nellinger with Blue Reef Agri-Marketing says they were adding risk premium.
Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the uncertainty of the war in Iran has caused some reallocation of money this week.
Allison Thompson with the Money Farm says the rally in crude oil is causing the money to flow into he grains as a hedge against inflation.
Grain markets eased on Wednesday in tandem with the cooling energy markets, including crude oil says Alan Brugler of A&N Economics.