Fund Selling Continues in Corn and Beans with Wheat Trying to Bottom: Cattle Back Making Some New Highs

Fund selling continues as corn & beans have broken major support. Wheat is trying to bottom. Cattle back into contract highs with lower corn, higher cash ideas. Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage.

Fund selling continues as corn and beans have broken major support. Wheat is trying to bottom. Cattle back into contract highs with lower corn, higher cash ideas. Tomm Pfitzenmaier of Summit Commodity Brokerage has details.

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