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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
Grains have all traded 2-sided with fund selling on a lack of bullish news, still searching for lows. Cattle stage impressive rally ahead of COF & cash news, hogs struggle. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, has analysis.
Corn & wheat see more fund selling, beans struggle to bounce. What will turn these markets around? Cattle up with beef, COF, await cash. Interest rate talk hits outside markets. Darin Newsom, Barchart, has more.
Central bankers need to watch their step when it comes time to consider lowering rates, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Allison Thompson, The Money Farm, says grains see fund selling with a risk off day in outside markets, China’s GDP tanks soybeans and meal.
Drought effects on Brazil’s soybean crop size are well documented. What hasn’t gotten much attention are impacts adverse weather has had on soybean quality.
Grains fall on risk off technical selling. Beans & meal led losses on China’s GDP news. Corn, KC & MN wheat hit contract lows. Cattle rebound despite bearish outside markets. Allison Thompson, The Money Farm, has more.
Soybeans fall on China GDP news, while corn and wheat struggle to hold early gains. Why? Cattle consolidate awaiting cash, while hogs struggle with processing hiccpus. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, has details.
Risk off outside markets & China GDP data pressures soybeans, corn is following wheat with short covering. Cattle see profit taking after the chart breakout. Hogs consolidate. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, has more.
In recent months, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has suggested Congress should use the Commodity Credit Corp. (CCC), Charter Act to find a “creative way” to raise reference prices in the next farm bill.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge, says corn falls on report hangover, bearish outside markets, while soybeans bounce with record crush but may not hold report day lows.
Besides the hot and dry conditions that damaged Brazil’s soybean crop through December, excess rainfall in certain areas of these same states is disrupting harvesting.
Corn falls on report hangover, lower wheat, bearish outside markets. Soybeans pop on a record crush, lower Brazil crop. Cattle see a chart breakout on wx, higher beef, cash ideas. Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge, has more.
Corn sees report hangover with lower wheat, soybeans pop with lower Brazil crop, record crush. Cattle try to hold gains watching wx, cash, while hogs look tired. Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company, has more.
Cattle holding gains on weather, higher beef and despite weaker So, cash. Hogs fall as slaughter backs up. Corn & soybeans try to hold Friday’s lows, but are the lows in? Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
Leading ag economists expect inflation to return in 2024 and that will not only have an impact on the interest rate environment, but it could bring the fund or speculative community back in to buy commodities.
USDA’s January reports were negative for row crops with higher corn and soybean yields and production. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net is hopeful the markets have the most bearish news now factored into prices.
Industry groups like the American Farm Bureau Federation are urging House and Senate Ag panels to focus on the farm bill once government-wide spending disputes are hopefully resolved.
AgDay TV Markets Now: John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing, discusses how low corn needs to go to price in record yield and production. Does the soybean market have the bearish news already factored in?
March corn hit a new contract low of $4.41 on Friday. Will corn see more pressure trying to price in extra bushels? March soybeans also hit a low of $12.06. Will $12 support hold without a drop in Brazil production?
Corn & soybeans tank on higher yields & production, with wheat following despite lower seedings & ending stocks. Live cattle followed lower cash, hogs consolidate. John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing, has details.
Price action along with market outlook broken down into 5, 30 and 90 day segments.
USDA shocks the market with higher corn & soybean yield, production and carryout. SA numbers were not supportive either. Lower winter wheat acres and carryover slightly friendly. Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net
Friday will be one of the busiest report days of the year for the grain markets with several major reports. What’s likely to move the market?
Jerry Gulke says a strong return to Marketing 101, last seen during the 1980s, may be on the horizon.
Cattle consolidate early awaiting more cash & despite higher beef, but does the market have enough wx premium? Hogs see profit taking. Grains mixed ahead of USDA data. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
Cattle consolidate early awaiting more cash & despite higher beef, but does the market have enough wx premium? Hogs see profit taking. Grains mixed ahead of USDA data. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
The International Grains Council (IGC) raised its 2023-24 global corn production forecast 7 MMT to 1.230 billion MT.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Rich Nelson, Allendale, looks at what the grain market is expecting in the USDA Reports, what could move the market and how much is already factored into prices.
Pay attention to the national corn yield, the number of planted corn acres and Brazil’s corn and soybean crops.
China, the top exporter to the U.S. since 2006, likely lost its position to Mexico in the past year.