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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
Grains put in weather premium, with the drop in crop ratings and fund buying. Cattle continue to consolidate with higher corn, lower cash. Hogs see profit taking. Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading.
Grains gap higher on drop in crop ratings, fund buying, only BO is lower on the EPA RFS proposal. Cattle consolidate with higher corn, lower cash, cutouts. Hogs see profit taking. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures.
EPA plans to increase the amount of biofuel blending volumes for 2023 versus its proposed levels, but plans to reduce volumes in 2024 and 2025.
AgDay TV Markets Now: DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing says corn and soybeans ended slightly higher but off highs with profit taking and hedge selling. But will retest those areas with lower crop ratings.
Cash and wholesale conditions seem to favor continued weakness across the cattle and beef complex.
Corn and beans end steady to higher trading weather but see profit taking. Wheat mixed on spreading. Cattle consolidated breaking chart support, while hogs rally pushed by cash. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing.
Grains see light selling with a slight improvement in weather, profit taking and hedge selling after breaking resistance. Cattle consolidate, hogs gap higher pushed by cash. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag has details.
Cattle lower on consolidation awaiting cash, hogs gap higher w/strong cash. New crop corn and beans see some profit taking, hedge pressure with a little bit better weather. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing talks about the new contract lows in Class 3 fluid milk prices and when the market might improve.
After hitting a record high for Class III fluid milk in April 2022 at nearly $26, spot month milk futures have plunged to new contract lows, hitting $14.92 per hundred weight on June 16.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing says grain markets post sharply higher week and strong technical closes. Action could get even more explosive if dry weather forecasts continue.
Corn and soybeans are in a full-blown weather rally. After a sharply higher week, what should farmers watch for to decide when to market their crops?
Recap of this week’s price action with 5, 30 and 90 day outlook for soybeans.
Grains end sharply higher Friday, for week on fund buying & weather concerns. If it stays dry how high will prices run? Cattle bounce but is a bottom in? Hogs up for the week. Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing.
Grains end sharply higher on Friday and for the week on fund buying, weather concerns. How high will prices run? Cattle bounce but is a bottom in? Hogs post a higher week. Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing.
Grains see massive fund buying in a bull blown weather market. How high will price go? Cattle recover despite weaker cash and higher corn, while hogs reverse. Darin Newsom, Barchart.
Grains see massive fund buying in a bull blown weather market. How high will price go? Cattle recover despite weaker cash and higher corn, while hogs reverse. Darin Newsom, Barchart.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Garrett Toay, AgTraderTalk, discusses if new crop corn can get to $6 or soybeans to $13 on this weather rally?
In response to California’s Proposition 12, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) introduced the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act today.
Grains rallied on pre-holiday fund buying, drought concerns & the BO rally. Corn and beans closed above key chart areas. Live cattle rebounded despite weaker cash, hogs mostly higher. Garrett Toay of AgTraderTalk.
Grains strong with fund buying on dry weather, Drought Monitor. How high could prices go? Cattle correcting but will we continue to hold chart support? Chip Nellinger, Blue-Reef Agri-Marketing has the answers.
Cattle still correcting, with an eye on cash. Hogs see more short covering with higher cash & cutouts. Grains up w/fund buying, dry wx, Drought Monitor expanding drought areas. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Chuck Shelby with Risk Management Commodities discusses if corn and beans have enough weather premium and what it will take to retest Tuesday’s highs. Plus, reaction to the Fed move.
Wednesday’s fundamental and technical analysis for corn.
Grains lean lower on technical selling & weather, what will it take to retest Tuesday’s highs? The Fed pauses, says more hikes coming. And profit taking in cattle and hogs. Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities.
Grains see pressure on weather, technical selling after hitting resistance and wheat struggles as EU prices tumble. Cattle continue to correct, with spread unwinding with hogs. Allison Thompson, The Money Farm.
Grains set back on better rains chances in the forecast and after hitting resistance. Will cattle markets keep correcting? Hogs are up but how much more upside is left? Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net has details.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek discusses the weather rally in row crops and if it can be sustained after running into chart resistance. And has the cattle market put in a short term top?
The soy complex edged higher, led by a surge in soybean futures amid a second week of lower-than-expected government ratings and supportive outside markets.
Grains up on fund buying, putting in weather premium w/drop in crop ratings, but soy products are also pushing beans. Cattle consolidate w/higher corn, hogs mixed. Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage.