Markets are mostly higher except wheat. Corn and soybeans continue to recover on short covering, strong meal on Argentina crop rating slide. Can they exceed 50% retracements? Cattle back higher with higher cash and putting in weather premium, hogs higher but still looking for direction. Scott Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.
Corn and Beans See More Short Covering: Cattle Back Higher with Strong Cash, Putting in Weather Premium
Corn, soybeans see more short covering, w/strong meal & drop in Argentina crop ratings. Cattle up with strong cash, putting in weather premium, hogs up for now. Scott Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.
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Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says cattle futures were seeing some profit taking early Friday as they are overbought. However, futures haven’t stayed down long with the strength in the cash market.
Don Roose of U.S. Commodities says talk of China buying U.S. corn and soybeans helped spur the rally, but it was a combination of factors.
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