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Oliver Sloup & Marlin Bohling bring you a midweek market update: Agricultural commodity markets have settled into a range to start a new month of trade, as traders await new news. Precious metals have been on a tear to start the month, with gold marking new contract highs and silver trading to the highest price in 14 years.
Weekly overview of ag commodity market news and price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.
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Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling return with a midweek update, Grain and livestock futures saw a choppy trade in today’s session while other markets such as metals, stocks, and coffee danced to a different beat.
Markets Now Closes 8-26-25 Corn, Soybeans Sideways Awaiting Harvest Data: Cattle Push Back to Record
Oliver Sloup joined Markets Now to break down today’s action—corn and soybeans remain sideways awaiting harvest data, while cattle push back toward record highs.
Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling are back with another episode of Markets on the Move! Today’s episode covers October feeder cattle touched limit down on the open but rebounded as buyers stepped in. Grain markets were mixed with healthy price action observed for wheat and corn.
Oliver Sloup joins RFD-TV to break down a choppy start to the week in grains with corn and wheat looking constructive. On the cattle side of things, volatility is the theme to start the week.
Weekly overview of ag commodity market news and price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.
Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling bring you Episode 7 of Markets on the Move to end the week. Ag markets were mostly higher this week with cattle leading the charge. Other markets like the S&P and precious metals saw big gains on Friday too.
The last day of Crop Tour is underway, with scouts rounding out Iowa and heading north to Minnesota! Oliver Sloup brings you the latest.
Oliver Sloup joined RFD-TV from Central Illinois to provide an update on today’s findings from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour. So far, variability has been the theme of the day.
Oliver Sloup joined RFD TV today from McLean County IL, one of the top producing counties in the country.
Grain Markets Were Mixed on Day 1 of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour Ft. Oliver Sloup & Marlin Bohling Ep.6
Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling discussed today’s grain trade along with Oliver’s findings from his route on the Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
Hypoxic Zone in Gulf of Mexico is focus of scientists
Live from the fields, Oliver Sloup shares his findings from the first day of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour. Tune in!
Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling wrap up the week with Markets on the Move, recapping Friday’s action and key price moves across the commodity markets. Ag Markets Finish The Week on a High Note.
Oliver Sloup & Marlin Bohling are back with Markets on the move, breaking down Wednesday’s close and the action across the ag markets. Soybeans led the way higher, but it was corn that may have been more impressive. Is the low in? Cattle volatility remains high with average daily ranges expanding, while lean hogs remain rangebound.
As The old saying is that big crops get bigger, and that’s what the USDA showed today with a blistering hold yield estimate. Oliver Sloup and RFD-TV anchors break down todays WASDE report, tune in!
Tune in as Oliver Sloup & Marlin Bohling break down the latest market action. As the grain markets were lower on the Sunday night open but were able to stage an impressive rally following a social media post from President Trump that sent soybeans to 2-week highs.
Oliver Sloup dives into Grain and Livestock Markets on RFD-TV to discuss how the current Grain markets are green ahead of tomorrow’s WASDE report. Followed by next week’s Crop Tour.
Weekly overview of ag commodity market news and price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.
Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling break down the end of the week’s commodities market as they digest: Grain and livestock markets were mostly higher on Thursday but that quickly turned on Friday. Grains saw minor pressure while feeder cattle finished limit down. Tune in to learn what’s behind the shifts and what’s next.
Corn futures posted a new contract low but staged a decent recovery into the close. Soybeans, wheat, cattle and silver were also on the move, here’s what caught our eye in today’s trade.
Soybean conditions improve more than expected to 5-year best 70% Good-to-Excellent. Corn conditions slide 1% in line with traders’ expectations.
Grain markets are following the recent trend of a lower Monday trade, while cattle futures scream higher following bullish reports on Friday afternoon.
Weekly overview of ag commodity market news and price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.
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