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Dr. Vince Malanga, president of LaSalle Economics, acknowledges the challenges ahead, noting that inflation has been trending lower throughout the year due to various factors.
Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing, says row crops are in a tug of war that could keep the markets sideways for a while.
Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says cattle were due for a slight correction and could ease their overbought status just by moving sideways. Grains are rebounding in part due to fresh flash export sales on corn and soybeans.
“The bottom line is the function of the market — when you have too much, you become the cheapest seller, not necessarily the cheapest producer,” says Jerry Gulke.
Tommy Grisafi, Advance Trading, says grains faded bullish export news and closed lower Friday and for the week.
Craig Turner of StoneX says end users have seen current grain prices as a value which has supported the markets and if you add in inflation grains could be carving out new trading ranges.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that wars, trade tensions, high debt and low growth threaten to prolong a lackluster economic era.
Grains reverse to close higher Thursday as Darin Newsom with Barchart says end user or commercial buying stepped in. He says there is strong demand for corn in soybeans at current price levels which is a bullish sign.
This represents the first-ever large-scale alcohol-to-jet project to receive such a commitment from DOE and aligns with the growing demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and the aviation industry’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.
He emphasized his plans for dramatic tariff increases and closer consultation with the Federal Reserve, asserting these measures would lead to substantial economic growth.