Corn and wheat see a technical bounce with help from 8.3 mb of corn sold to Mexico. Soybeans make new lows for the move on harvest pressure. A government shutdown was averted which is also helping markets, especially cattle. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag has details.
Corn and Wheat See Corrective Buying, Soybeans Lower on Harvest Pressure: Markets Calmer as Govt. Shutdown Averted, Including Cattle
Corn & wheat see a corrective bounce, while soybeans are down on harvest pressure. A government shutdown was averted which is also helping markets, especially cattle. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag has details.
October 02, 2023 09:16 AM
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Brian Grete with Commstock Investments says, “We’ve seen China come in and be a fairly active buyer over the past several weeks here of new crop U.S. soybeans. There was more talk of that on Friday. And so that gave us some price support.”
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