Market Analysis
Grains close higher, except corn. End of the month and outside markets influence. Soybeans follow meal w/Argentina weather concerns, but can we push past $15? Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing has the answer.
Grains up w/ soybeans making new highs for the move as Congress votes to avert the rail strike, China demand news supportive. Cattle consolidating, short covering in hogs. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures has details.
A higher midday trade except corn futures, with new highs for the move in soybeans. Michelle Rook gets details with Jeff Hoogendoorn of Professional Ag Marketing.
Grains closed mixed Tuesday with end of the month positioning. Ted Seifried with Zaner Ag Hedge says Tuesday was a bookmark day but corn and beans are still rangebound despite the recent liquidation by the funds.
Grain and livestock futures end mixed after two-sided trade due to end of the month positioning. Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge called it a “bookmark day” as the market await more news.
Grains and hogs mixed and 2-sided at midday. Cattle see technical bounce but will LC retest last week’s contact highs and what is the cash outlook this week? Michelle Rook asks Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek.
Follow through buying in soybeans with dryness in Argentina, more technical selling in wheat, corn is caught in the middle. Cattle and hogs are mixed. Michelle Rook with Vince Boddicker Farmers Trading Company.
Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage discusses how soybeans scored a reversal with crude oil, higher products and dryness in Argentina. Wheat saw more technical selling and corn was caught in the middle.
Soybeans up w/ CO, product strength, Argentina drought. Wheat saw more technical selling, with corn caught in the middle. Livestock lower on economic concerns. Michelle Rook w/Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity.
Corn and wheat lower on China COVID concerns, poor exports. Soybeans reverse w/strong exports and a rebound in crude oil. Livestock down on demand fears. Michelle Rook is w/Shawn Hackett, Hackett Financial Advisors
Grains and cotton under early pressure from China COVID protests and lower crude oil. Dollar is down. Live cattle see profit taking despite higher cash. Michelle Rook with Darin Newsome of Barchart.
Corn & beans up on holiday technical buying, wheat sees technical selling with rain chances. Milk lower w/ record COVID cases in China, cattle consolidate. Michelle Rook w/ Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing.
Grains see technical buying on light holiday volume, strong corn exports. Livestock 2-sided with strong exports, short covering in hogs, cattle mixed with higher corn vs. higher cash. Michelle Rook has an update.
Grains mostly higher on light holiday trade on follow through technical buying, higher crude oil and export news. Cattle lower with higher corn. Hogs are down with lower cash & cutouts. Michelle Rook has an update.
The key to soybean prices staying at current levels will be what happens with South America’s crop. Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grains says projections are for a record soybean crop in Brazil, depending on La Nina.
Grains rally back into the close with technical buying and holiday positioning. Cattle closed lower even with higher cash, hogs also sold off. Michelle Rook w/ Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing.
Grains mixed in typical pre-holiday positioning. Livestock mostly lower with technical selling, while cash cattle trade is higher. Michelle Rook talks with DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing.
Grain and livestock futures mixed on holiday trade. Grains also watching looming demand concerns. So how long can cash grains prices remain historically strong? Michelle Rook with Nick Tsiolis of Farmer’s Keeper.
A shrinking U.S. supply, a falling stocks-to-use ratio and the uncertainty of a third-consecutive La Niña South American growing season combined to keep soybean prices elevated through harvest.
Market volatility provides opportunity into late winter. But we want producers to be prepared for a changing global agricultural landscape in 2023.
Grains lower on light preholiday volume. Demand concerns & China’s rising COVID cases caused light technical selling. Cattle saw profit taking pressure with hogs mixed. Michelle Rook w/ Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag.
Grains lower on Tuesday. Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag says technical traders are liquidating pre-holiday on demand concerns, including slow exports, rising COVID cases in China and a possible rail strike.
Live cattle see profit taking after bullish COF and cash ideas. Hogs seeing fund buying and bull spreads, corn is two-sided watching outside markets. Michelle Rook w/Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek.
Grains Quiet and Two-Sided Early Watching Higher CO, Lower Dollar: Cattle see Profit Taking, Hogs Up
Grains slightly higher early with higher CO & the lower dollar, despite China COVID lockdowns. Cattle see profit taking, hogs extend gains. Michelle Rook w/Tomm Pfitzenmaier of Summit Commodity Brokerage.
Although domestic demand for U.S. corn continues to be strong, export demand has been disappointing. What is impacting exports? What are your expectations for the winter?
Corn and wheat weaker Monday with slow export inspections and a higher dollar, while soybeans shook off China COVID concerns on strong export shipments. Michelle Rook & Mike Zuzulo, Global Commodity Analytics.
Corn & wheat weaker on slow demand. Soybeans shook off the rising China COVID cases with strong export inspections. Cattle rallied on the COF report. Michelle Rook w/Mike Zuzulo Global Commodity Analytics.
Grains lower on technical selling and the risk off in outside markets w/rising COVID cases in China. Cattle open higher w/bullish COF report, hogs mixed. Michelle Rook w/Allison Thompson of The Money Farm.
A long-held belief is that it’s best to be “long-iron and short-taxes.” That’s likely to limit downside risk in the used equipment market through the end of the year.
Grains manage to hold key support areas despite the volatile week. Where does the market go from here? Michelle Rook asks Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures.