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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
USDA provided a bullish surprise for soybeans in the WASDE. Corn and wheat numbers came in below September, but above expectations. Live Cattle fail. Michelle Rook talks with Brian Splitt of AgMarket.Net.
Grains mixed with soybeans rebounding on China export news, report positioning. Livestock rally with lower corn and technical buying in cattle. Michelle Rook has details with Rich Nelson of Allendale.
Rising prices are impacting every aspect of the food and agriculture supply chain and that may not change dramatically through the balance of 2022 according to the Federal Reserve Banks of Minneapolis and Kansas City.
Grains end mixed with corn and wheat under pressure on profit taking and report positioning. Cattle higher with lower corn and higher cash ideas. Michelle Rook gets analysis from Don Roose of U.S. Commodities.
Cattle markets rebound on lower corn and higher cash trade ideas, while hogs consolidate. Grains are mixed with corn and wheat seeing profit taking. Michelle Rook talks with Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
On Oct. 12, USDA will release its monthly Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate reports. USDA will not be updating acreages this month, so the focus will be on yield.
Grains lower early with profit taking on a risk off day in outside markets. Hogs consolidate, while cattle rally on the pullback in corn. Michelle Rook talks with Tomm Pfitzenmaier of Summit Commodity Brokerage.
Two stretches of the southern Mississippi River were reopened to commercial traffic over the weekend.
Wheat and corn were higher putting in Black Sea war premium, while soybeans followed. Nearby hogs saw technical buying, with corn pressuring cattle. Michelle Rook talks with Tommy Grisafi of Advance Trading.
Grains higher with corn and wheat putting in war premium, pulling soybeans up. Cattle sell off with higher corn, while hogs see technical buying. Michelle Rook talks to Jeff Hoogendoorn, Professional Ag Marketing.
Wheat gaps higher on the open putting war premium in, pulls corn and beans up. That pressures cattle, while hogs extend rally from last week. Michelle Rook has details with DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing.
On Oct. 12, USDA will release its monthly Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. Jerry Gulke says this year’s report may be a bigger deal than in years past.
Grains End Higher Friday on Corrective Buying, Livestock Mixed: Outside Markets React to Jobs Report
Grains end higher on corrective buying and with spillover from the higher crude oil market. Livestock saw fund selling on economic concerns. Michelle Rook gets analysis with Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag.
Grains push higher with end of week corrective buying. Hogs are seeing profit taking, with lower cash and live cattle finally respond to higher cash. Michelle Rook talks with Jim McCormick of AgMarket.Net.
Markets mixed with corrective buying in corn & wheat. More technical selling in the cattle, despite strong cash and hogs try to extend gains. Michelle Rook has analysis with Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
A logjam of ships, tugboats and barges due to low water levels on the Mississippi River is threatening to grind trade of grains, fertilizer and other goods to a halt, Bloomberg reports.
Slower barge traffic on the Mississippi, slower rail movement and increasing harvest pressure have combined to pull cash grain prices down in the central and eastern corn belt as the basis has collapsed.
Grains ended lower with poor exports, a strong dollar and harvest pressure. Cattle mostly lower despite higher cash, while hogs rallied on strong exports. Michelle Rook talks with Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge.
Grains lower with poor exports, the higher dollar and harvest pressure. Cattle are mixed despite $1 better cash trade, while hogs are higher. Michelle Rook is joined by Mark Schultz of Northstar Commodity.
Grain markets lower early with harvest pressure, slow exports and the higher dollar once again factors. Livestock open higher then turn mixed. Michelle Rook is joined by Allison Thompson of The Money Farm.
Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow & ranking member John Boozman are urging USDA to accelerate the expansion of margin protection tools.
Corn and wheat closed mostly higher on technical buying, with harvest pressure in soybeans. Livestock closed higher with a corrective bounce. Michelle Rook talks to Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Advisors.
Mostly higher markets except soybeans, as wheat sees a corrective bounce and pulls corn along. Livestock futures are seeing corrective buying. Michelle Rook talks to Pat Von Tersch of Professional Ag Marketing.
Ukraine is holding tough talks to ensure grain continues flowing from its Black Sea ports even after a deal on such exports expires next month, an adviser to the Ukrainian government said.
Grains open lower pressured by the higher dollar, corrective selling, harvest pressure and collapsing cash basis. Livestock try to bounce. Michelle Rook talks with Nick Tsiolis of Farmer’s Keeper.
Each year, your editors take a look back at the past year and determine what story, event and person had the biggest impact on the agriculture sector. Find out what made the cut in 2016. Ag Story of the Year: Weather
Corn and soybeans have different domestic supply stories; meanwhile, there does not seem to be a global shortage of either. What will it take to assure adequate supplies of domestic soybeans?
Pro Farmer estimates the U.S. corn crop at 13.759 billion bushels, with an average yield of 168.1 bu. per acre, and the U.S. soybean crop at 4.535 billion bushels, with an average yield of 51.7 bu. per acre.
Wheat damage expected to be limited due to cold temps
Canadian farmers plan to plant more wheat, less canola