Markets Close Mostly Higher Except Corn: End of the Month Positioning, Outside Markets, SA Weather

Soybeans made new highs for the move, with higher meal. Wheat saw short covering, funds sold corn. Cattle higher with steady cash and hogs also saw short covering. Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing has details.

Mostly higher markets, except corn. Soybeans made new highs for the move on the heels of higher soybean meal, dryness in Argentina and China demand. Wheat saw end of month short covering, while funds sold corn. Cattle higher with steady cash and hogs also saw short covering. Outside markets also support the commodity sector with the DOW rallying after less hawkish talk by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Michelle Rook talks with Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing.

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Garrett Toay with AgTraderTalk says after the big rally to start the week the grain markets saw some profit taking and corrective selling.
DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing says the wheat market was trying to extend gains early Thursday but may be getting close to pricing the Black Sea export disruptions in.
Oliver Sloup Blue Line Futures, says wheat prices skyrocketed adding risk premium on concerns about the escalating Black Sea war and the disruptions it is causing in the export market. It could have more upside left.
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