Grains Sharply Higher Adding More War and Weather Premium: Cattle Set Back in Response, Plus Digest USDA Data

Grains sharply higher putting in war and weather premium & w/China soybean biz. Cattle set back with higher corn and sorting through USDA data. Hogs mixed. Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage has more.

Grains sharply higher with hot dry weather and Russia attacking a Ukraine grain facility on the Danube River. Plus China bought 4.4 mb of U.S. new crop soybeans. Cattle set back with higher corn and sorting through the Cattle on Feed and Cattle Inventory reports. Hogs open higher, then turn mixed. Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage has more.

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