Corn had an ugly technical day removing weather premium, but is it warranted? Soybeans bounced led by July ahead of first notice day and the quarterly stocks report. Wheat is following corn and seeing poor demand. Cattle bounced with lower corn and fund buying, hogs mixed pre-report. Rich Nelson of Allendale.
Grains End Mixed Trading Weather, Reports, End of Quarter: Cattle Supported by Lower Corn, Hogs Mixed Pre-Report
Corn had an ugly technical day removing weather premium. Soybeans bounced led by July ahead of the report. Wheat follows corn. Cattle bounced with lower corn, fund buying, hogs mixed pre-report. Rich Nelson, Allendale.
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Darin Newsom, senior market analyst with Barchart, says the funds set the direction of the trend the problem is they have skewed the markets to the point that the real fundamentals in agriculture don’t really matter.
Mark Schultz of Northstar Commodity, says the corn market may be running out of sellers as the funds have liquidated a big chunk of their long position. However, it is too early to call a bottom with corn harvest still underway.
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