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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
In the midst of a crop tour of Brazil’s main corn areas, Agroconsult raised its safrinha corn crop estimate . . .
Soft wheat production in Romania is expected to fall to 9.31 MMT next season from last year’s record of 11.15 MMT due to. . .
Canadian farmers planted 25.4 million acres to wheat tis year, up from 25.0 million acres forecast in April and 2 million acres (8.7%) more than last year, according to Statistics Canada (Stats Can).
In the U.S., La Niña events tend to favor warmer and drier weather over the southern U.S., which can sometimes push up into Corn Belt.
Broad economic prospects for rural America may be looking up for the first time in years, even in the face of inflation and the risk of recession, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday said the outlook for the global economy had “darkened significantly” since April. . .
ProFarmer’s Brian Grete says these market dips coming out of Independence Day weekend generally set the tone for the weeks to come.
Grain markets can’t sustain recovery midday, livestock rally.
Funds have been liquidating longs in the commodity sector on recession fears. Will that continue?
Funds liquidate in the commodities. So is there more pressure ahead?
Markets try to stage a recovery on the opening Wednesday.
Multi-year grain sales are intimidating. But a big-picture focus can pay dividends in grain marketing, says Chris Barron with Ag View Solutions.
Tuesday was a risk off day in the commodities.
Midday markets continue to slide on Tuesday, except nearby hogs.
Markets open sharply lower in the grains, mixed in livestock after the July 4th holiday.
Price and planting delays due to the wet spring impacted what farmers planted in the Northern Plains.
Markets close mixed on Friday heading into the holiday.
Grains are getting slammed on Friday, with the livestock seeing triple digit gains in response.
USDA’s Quarterly Grain Stocks report came in with higher corn and soybeans stocks but is that an accurate reflection of the cash market?
Why the selloff following the USDA reports Thursday?
Markets opened higher except soybeans on Friday.
Grains ended mostly lower on report day, the meats ended mixed.
Midday markets are reacting to the USDA Reports, including a lower than expected soybean acreage number. Michelle Rook breaks it down with Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag.
Wednesdays markets were positioning ahead of USDA Report numbers, while keeping an eye on weather.
Mixed market opening Thursday ahead of the USDA Reports.
Wednesday’s Quarterly USDA Hogs and Pigs Report confirmed continued contraction of the U.S. swine herd.
Grains and hogs mixed heading into the reports, with cattle lower. Michelle Rook has analysis with Rich Nelson of Allendale.
Grains consolidated Tuesday ahead of the USDA data dump and watching weather and crop conditions, plus there was talk of China looking for soybeans.
Markets are mixed on Wednesday ahead of USDA data. Michelle Rook talks to Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef AgriMarketing to get his take.