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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
Grains higher on fund short covering on Red Sea shipping concerns and China lowering mortgage rates. Cattle make new highs but end mixed. Hogs rally withhigher cash and cutouts. Arlan Suderman, StoneX, has more.
Cattle futures consolidate then hit new highs for the move. Hogs and grains strong on China economic news as they lower interest rates. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
Can U.S. farmers achieve USDA’s record yield estimate of 181 bushels per acre on corn and 52 bushels on soybeans with the latest weather outlook for the 2024 growing season? Rich Nelson, Allendale, has the answer.
At USDA’s 100th Agricultural Outlook Forum, Secretary Tom Vilsack again proposed innovative approaches, such as utilizing CCC funds creatively, to address farm bill funding challenges.
Soybeans see short covering, with more fund selling in corn and wheat into contract lows. Cattle make new highs for the move, can they keep going? Hogs firm but hit chart resistance. Rich Nelson, Allendale, has more.
AgDay TV Market Now: Rich Nelson with Allendale says funds keep selling despite holding the second longest short position in history.
Gulke has heard the argument that the funds hold a near-record short position in the grain and oilseed complex and will eventually need to exit those positions. However, he says it’s not that simple.
A recap of this week’s price action with outlook broken down into the next 5, 30 and 90 day segments.
Corn and soybeans pop on shortcovering, wheat fails with a higher dollar. Cattle extend gains despite softer cash, hogs fall hitting chart resistance. Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage, has details.
The International Grains Council (IGC) raised its forecast for 2023-24 global corn production to a fresh record high.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Darin Newsom Discusses When Grain Prices Will Find a Bottom
Grains hit new lows with more fund selling. Is there anything that can bottom the grain markets? Financial markets and crude oil ended higher. While cattle rebound despite lower cash. Darin Newsom, Barchart, has more.
U.S. export prices unexpectedly rose 0.8% month-over-month in January, defying market expectations of a 0.1% decrease.
Cattle drift digesting lower cash trade. Hogs reverse a lower start on strong weekly exports. Grains make new lows on USDA Ag Outlook data but soybeans bounce. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
The possibility of enacting a carbon border tax in the U.S. is under discussion as trade partners, including the EU, are moving forward with similar measures.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures explains why grain and cattle saw red on Valentines Day
Grain markets see fund selling ahead of USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum. Cattle pressed by lower cash in the south, but hogs rally on Prop 12 news. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, has details.
Mexico is self-sufficient in white corn production but it imports large amounts of yellow corn – almost entirely from the United States.
Grains and cattle start in the red, while hogs finally bounce. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, looks at where the early pressure stems from.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, discusses why soybeans could not extend gains on Tuesday and why corn can’t bottom.
The annual inflation rate in the U.S. fell to 3.1% in January following a 3.4% increase in December but came higher than forecasts of 2.9%.
Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing says he can’t call a low in the corn market without some sort of a catalyst and “We don’t have much to work with fundamentally in soybeans to rally.”
Crop insurance costs are estimated to rise by 29% to nearly $125 billion for the decade ending in 2033.
Cattle see profit taking with a lower stock market. Hogs continue to consolidate. Corn tries to extend gains on fund short covering with a lack of bullish news. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Naomi Blohm says corn and soybean saw a technical bounce but are still watching two key factors this week for direction.
The Rosario Grain Exchange said 100,000 hectares of soybeans in Argentina’s core production area were lost due to “irreversible stress symptoms” after extreme heat that lasted two weeks.
Soybeans see short covering before USDA Outlook Forum. Corn follows beans, bouncing off contract lows. Live cattle see profit taking despite higher cash, feeders strong. Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing, has more.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week released a new baseline for USDA mandatory funded programs,
Grains start mixed with soybeans seeing corrective buying, while wheat is lower and corn is stuck. Cattle seeing slight gains after sharply higher cash, hogs are two-sided. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, has details.
Grains and cattle end mixed, with a higher close in hogs and cotton. Details with Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities.