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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
Corn had an ugly technical day removing weather premium. Soybeans bounced led by July ahead of the report. Wheat follows corn. Cattle bounced with lower corn, fund buying, hogs mixed pre-report. Rich Nelson, Allendale.
Corn lower as rains fall, while soybeans bounce off retracement ahead of reports. Cattle bounce off weak start on lower corn, light fund buying. Hogs consolidate pre-report. Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
Grain try to bounce after hitting retracement and as drought expands, pre-report. Cattle consolidate with higher corn, hogs also set back before the report. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing.
AgDay TV Markets Now: As grains sink Chuck Shelby of Risk Management Commodities discusses strategies for farmers to market in these volatile times and with concerns about getting a crop.
Mexico has been a key beneficiary of reworking the global supply chains that has seen companies find ways to be closer to the U.S. economy.
Ugly day in the grains with fund liquidation/profit taking on rain chances, EOQ, report positioning. Cattle impress with lower corn. Hogs mixed preparing for the report. Jeff Hoogendoorn, Professional Ag Marketing.
The flush in the grain and soybean complex futures markets continued at mid-week, with weak long liquidation featured amid weather forecasts that have added better precipitation chances for the Midwest.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler with Brugler Marketing says grains plummet removing risk premium with forecasted rains and ahead of USDA Reports, despite the lowest crop ratings since 1988.
Former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer released his book, No Trade is Free. Some nuggets:
Grains end sharply lower as funds took profits on possible rain, end of quarter and USDA reports. Cattle bounced but has the market finished its correction and are hogs near a top? Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing.
Grains lower ignoring lower crop ratings as funds take profits on forecasted rains, EOQ and pre-USDA reports. Cattle surge on lower corn, hogs are mixed but may be topping. Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities.
Cattle higher on lower corn but will it hold with lower cash expectations? Hogs see some profit taking ahead of Hogs/Pigs Report. Gap lower in grains with forecasted rains. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek.
In July, USDA will accept applications for $450 million in Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) grants to further support biofuel-related infrastructure.
AgDay TV Markets Now: John Payne, Hedge Point Global Markets, says corn and beans trade higher on weather, strong soy products ahead market movers like first notice day and big reports.
Soybeans higher following products, corn & wheat mixed chasing Russia headlines, weather, reports. Cattle correcting after COF, lower cash and beef. Hogs strong helped by cash. John Payne, Hedge Point Global Markets.
Soybean futures saw gains today, especially in old crop futures as bulls reversed losses from late last week.
Wheat up early on Russia headlines but fade after poor exports news. Corn mixed assessing weekend rains, with soybeans pushed by soybean oil. Cattle lower on COF, cash idea. Hogs up. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures.
Grains mostly higher except Dec corn assessing rains, Russia headlines. Cattle set back after COF and lower cash and beef last week, hogs strong. Outside markets quiet. Darin Newsom covers it all.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Mike Zuzulo with Global Commodity Analytics says grains take a break, but the weather market isn’t over as one rain event isn’t going to wipe out the drought areas.
Grains lower w/fund selling/profit taking on better rain chances, risk off. But yet wheat is up for the week. What’s the next move for cattle? Is the hog market topping? Mike Zuzulo, Global Commodity Analytics.
Next Friday’s acreage and Quarterly stocks reports are known as severe market catalysts that can change the trend of a market.
Grains continue lower with profit taking and hedge selling with better rain chances. Cattle recovering with lower corn but positioning ahead of the Cattle on Feed Report. Kevin Duling of KD Investors has more.
EPA assumes there will be rising production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), but that will cut into renewable diesel production.
Wheat market bulls fared pretty well today given the solid losses scored in the corn and soybean futures markets.
Corn and beans saw profit taking on extended rain forecasts, while wheat ended mixed. Cattle bounced with the lower corn and on the long side of spreads with hogs. Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge.
A flood of Brazilian soybean cargoes into China is weighing on soymeal purchases and may curb buying of beans later in the year, traders and analysts told Reuters.
Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage, says grains rallied on weather and the drop in crop ratings and subsoil moisture. The markets pushed through chart resistance and could see continued buying.
The Clean Air Act (CAA) allowed for exemptions to be granted for small refiners, a topic that has become controversial in recent years, prompting EPA to reverse some prior granted small refinery exemptions (SREs).
Grains rally on weather, drop in ratings, subsoil moisture, fund buying. How much upside is left? Cattle consolidate w/ corn up. Profit taking in hogs w/higher meal. Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage.
A bull-blown weather market is playing out in the soybean and corn futures markets, which propelled soybeans and meal today.