Soy Complex Slides on Profit Taking & Brazil Rain Chances, Yet Corn Rallies: Cattle and Crude Oil Both Plunge

The soy complex slid on Brazil rain chances and profit taking, while corn bounced. Cattle plunged on lower cash, pre-COF caution. Demand fears tanked crude oil. Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, has more.

The soy complex was lower on profit taking on Brazil rain chances, while corn was higher on spread unwinding with beans and strong weekly exports. Wheat falls on poor demand. Cattle plunge with lower $2-$3 lower cash at $178 in the South, more $282 in the North, plus caution ahead of the COF Report, while hogs bounced on the long side of spreads with cattle. Demand fears tank crude oil. Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, has more.

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Mark Schultz of North Star Commodity says the grain markets are oversold and due for a correction.
Naomi Blohm with Total Farm Marketing says the technical action is feeling like the market is probing for a low.
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