Commodity Markets, Prices & Futures
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DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing says pressure in grains is coming from a higher dollar, lower crude oil, Trump’s political appointments and weather.
While some atmospheric factors have displayed La Niña-like signals, ENSO-neutral conditions persist, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, says grains saw profit taking and technical selling across the complex and also reacted to the strength in the dollar.
Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures says corn and soybeans are seeing technical selling after failing at chart resistance again on Monday.
Allison Thompson with The Money Farm says pressure in the grains came from a lack of news or fresh demand, farmer selling and bearish outside markets like lower crude oil and a higher dollar.
Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says cattle are consolidating and the live cattle charts look horrible after Friday’s poor technical action. Soybeans try to extend gains after a higher day Friday and USDA’s 1.4 bushel per acre yield cut.
Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says the election might have brought about a paradigm shift in the approach to agricultural policies.
Alan Brugler, A and N Economics says to keep corn and soybean prices moving higher the U.S. will need to see continued demand through the end of the year, which may be difficult with the fear of tariffs.
We recap this week’s price action and provide outlook for the next 5, 30 and 90 day segments.
USDA provides a bullish surprise on corn and soybean yields and ending stocks but little change on wheat. Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net breaks down the report.