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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
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.
West Texas intermediate crude oil prices hit an 11-month low of $73.60 per barrel Monday before rebounding to close higher. So, what is driving the market and how long will these lower price levels last?
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Monday the U.S. central bank still has more work to do to lower high levels of inflation, and he also noted he expects to see a notable jump in unemployment . . .
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.
Food-price inflation hit multidecade highs this year in the U.S. and elsewhere, outpacing overall consumer prices.
With less than two weeks from a railroad strike deadline, President Biden plans to call on Congress to take action to avert a shutdown of the country’s freight railroads. . .
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.
Brazil is poised to export 40 million tonnes to 50 million tonnes of corn next year, after a new trade protocol with China and a potential bumper crop.
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?
Results of the latest United Nations climate summit were unveiled Sunday morning, as grueling debates over a historic fund and fossil fuel emissions forced negotiations to drag on almost two days longer than expected.
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.