SA Crop Concerns, Geopolitical Headlines Drive Rally in Grains: Including Russia’s Oil Production Cut

Geopolitical headlines sparked technical buying in grains and crude oil today, including Russia’s oil production cut. Argentina crop concerns push soybean meal to new highs. Tommy Grisafi of Advance Trading has more.

Geopolitical headlines sparked technical buying in grains and crude oil today, including Russia’s oil production cut. New contract highs in soybean meal due to Argentina production concerns and talk of China soybean business also fueled the soybean rally. Will it continue into next week? And what about future Fed rate hikes? Tommy Grisafi of Advance Trading covers all these topics.

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Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the gap lower opening in cattle futures Monday in response to the border reopening to Mexican imports was volatile. They anticipate more to come to price in the news, even after a $25 to $30 break in the futures recently.
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.”
Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the live cattle futures made new lows for the move Thursday before finding support and putting in key reversals.
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