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Grains drift pre-report, what do the fundamentals signal on supply and demand? Crude oil makes 4 months highs will it keep rallying? What does the Fed do w/the CPI & PPI data? Darin Newsom, Barchart, has the answers!
AgDay TV Markets Now: Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge talks about the methodology USDA uses on the August WASDE and why they can’t punt on yield.
Grains see short covering pre-WASDE, but just how important is this report and how different could results be from July? Plus, can cattle keep shaking off seasonal weakness? Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge has answers.
Grains bounce pre-report and with better exports, but will USDA punt on yields? Cattle correcting with firmer cash ideas, while hogs see seasonal weakness in cash and cutouts. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures has more.
Grains pop ahead of the USDA Report, while cattle trade mostly higher awaiting cash but higher beef prices are supportive, hogs slide with seasonally lower cash. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing, says grains end mixed positioning ahead of the reports but watching war and weather news.
Corn & wheat see pre-report fund selling. Soybeans trim gains from China export biz as rain falls. Cattle recover w/product strength, hogs follow a lower cash index. Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing has more.
Corn and wheat ahead of the WASDE. Soybeans firm after holding support and with China biz. Cattle follow higher beef values and cash ideas, hogs fall with cash index. DuWayne Bosse Bolt Marketing has more.
Soybeans up on China export biz and after holding support, wheat & corn lower squaring pre-WASDE. Cattle recover with higher product values, hogs consolidate. Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag says yield may be adjusted in the WASDE, but he also fears it could be offset by lower demand.
Grains see a dead cat bounce after holding support areas, awaiting the WASDE. Cattle correct with risk off in outside markets, despite near record high cash. Hogs end mixed. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company says talks about the mixed day in grains as the markets were influenced by war and weather. However, corn and soybeans held major support.
Lower soybean complex after weekend rains, corn follows, wheat higher adding some war premium. Cattle see profit taking & hedge pressure, hogs bounce. Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company has more.
Funds selling in the soybean complex on rain, wheat puts in some war premium, corn caught in the tug of war. Cattle consolidate after new highs in feeders, hogs bounce. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag has more.
The grain markets had several drivers this week, including daily reports from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, more big purchases from China and continued uncertainty of the crop damage in Iowa.
Soybeans plunge on rains; wheat mostly higher on Black Sea war news, corn 2-sided in the middle. Corn & bean export biz fails to support. Feeders make some new highs, Feds mixed. Kevin Duling, KD Investors has more.
The losses the past seven to 10 days have cost farmers dearly, says Jerry Gulke. When fundamentals don’t influence prices the way we’ve come to expect, he says it’s time to look behind the scenes.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Mark Schultz , Northstar Commodity, talks about the lower week in grains, the chart damage it left and where prices go next week heading into the WASDE.
Row crops bounce Friday but all the grains are lower for the week and so are hogs. Cattle close strong Friday and for the week on the heels of better Northern Cash. Mark Schultz, Northstar Commodity explains.
Grains up on profit taking, geopolitical concerns but still following weather. Cattle supported by a higher cash tone, milk futures are up but is $20 milk in the cards? Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing has
Grains up on renewed geopolitical concerns, corrective buying, still eyeing weather. Cattle are higher with steady to higher cash in the North. Hogs rolling over. Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing has more
AgDay TV Markets Now: Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says soybeans still holding some weather premium, while corn needs to hold the July lows. Cattle post a nice recovery.
So often with big USDA reports, it’s not so much what the numbers say, but how the markets react to close out the week.
Corn down on fund selling, poor exports. Soybeans hold support with meal, keeping some weather premium. Cattle have nice recovery on rising cash bids, hogs collapse. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.
Corn & wheat down on fund selling, slow demand. Soybeans bounce with better export news, higher meal. Cattle trying to recover awaiting cash, hogs topping. Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company, has details.
Equities and oil took a break yesterday but what is the long-term outlook. Grains mixed trading weather and export news. Cattle trying to recover after a pullback, awaiting cash. Darin Newsome Barchart, has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net talks about what triggered the risk off fund selling in commodities and just how bad the charts look in corn and beans.
Commodities all lower with risk off day in outside markets. Plus, weather had funds selling, ignoring new war news. Charts got beat up for row crops, cattle still in an uptrend. Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net has more.
Now is the time to be aggressive — not in marketing, financial decisions or crop mix shifts — but in risk management.
A risk off day in outside markets as Fitch downgrades U.S. debt has grain, cotton and livestock lower, weather is bearish and funds sell as chart support is violated. John Payne, Hedge Point Global Markets has more.
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