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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
The losses the past seven to 10 days have cost farmers dearly, says Jerry Gulke. When fundamentals don’t influence prices the way we’ve come to expect, he says it’s time to look behind the scenes.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Mark Schultz , Northstar Commodity, talks about the lower week in grains, the chart damage it left and where prices go next week heading into the WASDE.
Row crops bounce Friday but all the grains are lower for the week and so are hogs. Cattle close strong Friday and for the week on the heels of better Northern Cash. Mark Schultz, Northstar Commodity explains.
Soybeans were able to secure follow-through gains to end the week, along with an advanced technical posture, with a close held above the 40- and 200-day moving averages.
Grains up on profit taking, geopolitical concerns but still following weather. Cattle supported by a higher cash tone, milk futures are up but is $20 milk in the cards? Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing has
Grains up on renewed geopolitical concerns, corrective buying, still eyeing weather. Cattle are higher with steady to higher cash in the North. Hogs rolling over. Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing has more
In a move to combat the use of food as a weapon, the U.S. is stepping forward to lead an international initiative supported by over 75 countries.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says soybeans still holding some weather premium, while corn needs to hold the July lows. Cattle post a nice recovery.
So often with big USDA reports, it’s not so much what the numbers say, but how the markets react to close out the week.
The observed increase in Payment Yields during the timeframe appears quite significant for specific crops.
Corn down on fund selling, poor exports. Soybeans hold support with meal, keeping some weather premium. Cattle have nice recovery on rising cash bids, hogs collapse. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.
Corn & wheat down on fund selling, slow demand. Soybeans bounce with better export news, higher meal. Cattle trying to recover awaiting cash, hogs topping. Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company, has details.
Equities and oil took a break yesterday but what is the long-term outlook. Grains mixed trading weather and export news. Cattle trying to recover after a pullback, awaiting cash. Darin Newsome Barchart, has more.
Sixty-five percent of farmers surveyed in July expect interest rates to climb in the next 12 months. On a positive note, 7 out of 10 said they expect farmland cash rental rates to remain roughly the same for 2024.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net talks about what triggered the risk off fund selling in commodities and just how bad the charts look in corn and beans.
There’s an ongoing debate within the Biden administration about the role of ethanol in qualifying for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credits.
Commodities all lower with risk off day in outside markets. Plus, weather had funds selling, ignoring new war news. Charts got beat up for row crops, cattle still in an uptrend. Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net has more.
Now is the time to be aggressive — not in marketing, financial decisions or crop mix shifts — but in risk management.
A risk off day in outside markets as Fitch downgrades U.S. debt has grain, cotton and livestock lower, weather is bearish and funds sell as chart support is violated. John Payne, Hedge Point Global Markets has more.
Corn-for-ethanol use totaled 441.5 million bu. in June, according to USDA, 2.7 million bu. less than expected.
A risk off day in grains w/rains falling and more in the forecast. That’s trumping new port attacks on the Danube River. What’s that mean for basis levels? Cattle consolidate. Nick Tsiolis, Farmers Keeper has more.
AgDay TV Markets Now: DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing says soybeans bounce and may have taken out enough weather premium, but corn is vulnerable. Cattle bounce off support with higher product values.
2021 has rolled out the red carpet for grain producers. March corn prices were up 12.5¢ and March soybean prices were up 66.25¢ for the week ending Jan. 8.
The grain markets continue their steady march upward. March corn prices were up 34.25¢ and March soybean prices were up 41.75¢ for the week.
Changing your perspective from last trading day of future to the first notice day depicts the “gapping” lower due to inverted prices. Note: the price-gapping from old to new crop July to September is similar to 2012.
Soybeans recovered with the products, corn and wheat were lower on weather and the higher dollar. Cattle closed strong with help from higher product, hogs reversed lower. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing has more.
Cattle futures surged today, reversing the recent consolidation trend as prices traded at the highest level since July 24.
Grains turn lower on technical selling, better weather and a higher dollar. Cattle bounce after holding chart support, and w/product values sharply higher, hogs reverse. Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge has details.
While 2020 may be one from the history books, be sure to note its gleanings in terms of insights for being a better marketer in the years ahead.
This year should not be about marketing at breakeven, but about a targeted point of profitability. Once you hit that point, make incremental sales as the market moves higher.