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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
Grains close mostly higher with technical buying and putting in weather premium. Cattle make new highs on sharply higher cash with consolidation in hogs. Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing has details.
Grains see technical bounce putting in weather premium. Cattle back into contract highs with higher cash bids being passed, while hogs are consolidating. Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions has details.
The President and Speaker of the House have reached a deal on lifting the debt ceiling. Why is this important for farmers and ranchers?
Grains recover weather premium back on the forecast and Drought Monitor. We also saw a technical selling exhaustion. Profit taking in cattle and hogs. Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.
Brazil is exporting a combined 120,000 MT of soybeans to buyers in the U.S., shipping data seen by Reuters showed.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Oliver Sloup with Blue Line Futures says grains end off lows Wednesday but the fund selling may not be done.
August live cattle rose 50 cents to $167.675. August feeder cattle gained $1.40 at $239.175. Both markets closed nearer their session highs, hit contract highs and closed at technically bullish monthly high closes.
Grains End Mixed and Off Session Lows but is the Fund Selling Done? Cattle Make Contract Highs Again
Grains end mixed and off lows after the early fund selloff on macroeconomic concerns, weather. Is the selling over? Cattle make more contract highs, while hogs see short covering. Oliver Sloup, Blue Line Futures.
Grains off lows but still seeing fund selling with macroeconomic sell off in commodities, and a wetter extended forecast. Livestock mostly higher except nearby live cattle. Joe Vaclavik, Standard Grain.
Grains see more fund selling with a bearish macro-economic picture, where do we find support? Live cattle hit by end of month profit taking, with short covering in hogs. Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing.
It also urged buyers to purchase sprouted wheat that can still be used for feed or industrial purposes.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge says grains see significant pressure on profit taking, removing weather premium and with a risk off day. How much downside risk is there?
Grains see profit taking & remove weather premium, with lower crude oil prices. Cattle make new highs on higher, cutouts and a debt ceiling deal, while hogs see short covering. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures.
Shipments from Brazil’s largest private port terminal Tiplam at Santos is expected to grow 6.8% to a record 12.5 MMT this year.
Grains end sharply lower on profit taking, removing wx premium, with a risk off day in outside markets. Cattle hit new highs w/strong cash, cutouts. Hogs limit up on short covering. Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge.
Cattle make new highs on lower corn, higher cash ideas and debt ceiling discussions moving forward. Hogs are seeing a corrective bounce. Grains take out weather premium. Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Tommy Grisafi with Advance Trading discusses the recent recovery in grains and the continued inverted markets. Will farmers be selling old crop at new crop prices?
Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says the rally was both a weather and a technical recovery. The key is how long will the rally last and how should farmers position themselves in the market?
Grains ended higher Friday and for the week. What will it take beyond weather to keep the rally going and is the rally a gift farmers need to be selling? Tommy Grisafi with Advance Trading has analysis.
Grains put in weather premium ahead of the holiday but what will it take to keep going? LC hit new highs with strong cash and cutouts but what’s it going to take to bottom the hogs? Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge.
Grains higher on weather and pre-holiday positioning. Fund buying in live cattle after contract highs, higher corn presses feeders. Hog hit contract lows on demand concerns. Mike Minor, Professional Ag Marketing.
The pork sector, especially in Canada, is facing a challenging road to profitability in 2023 due to several adverse conditions.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing discusses the mixed day in #grains as traders position and take profits before the holiday. Weather, exports and the debt ceiling talks were also key.
According to a person familiar with the matter, there is no certainty Viterra will be able to reach an agreement on the terms of a deal.
India expects to harvest a record 112.7 MMT of wheat this year, the country’s ag ministry said.
Grains end mixed seeing pre-holiday positioning/profit taking, eyeing weather, exports, debt ceiling talks. Cattle made contract highs with higher cash, contract lows in hogs. Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing has more.
Grains mixed on pre-holiday positioning, profit taking, weather and poor weekly exports. Cattle see profit taking and hedge pressure after contract highs, hogs make contract lows. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing.
Cattle open strong with contract highs following higher cash trade. Hogs gap lower into contract lows again. Grains are mixed watching weather and exports. Scott Varilek, Kooima Koomia Varilek.
Price action, fundamental and technical analysis for Wednesday, May 24th.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Darren Frye with Water Street Solutions discusses how much weather premium the grain markets need to have at this point in the season.