Cattle Rally with Improving Cash, Short Covering in Hogs: Corrective Buying in Row Crop on Talk of China Sales

Cattle strong on higher cash, shake off lower equities. Hogs see more short covering. Corn & soybeans see corrective buying w/talk of China soybean biz, higher meal. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, joins us.

Cattle gain strength with improving cash of $185 in the south, $186 in the North, and shaking off the lower stock market. Hogs see more short covering. Corn and soybeans rally on corrective buying, talk of China soybean business and higher meal. Wheat sees profit taking with Ukraine moving grain through the corridor. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, joins us.

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