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AgDay TV Markets Now: Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, discusses why grain and livestock futures had a bad day.

When deciding what technology serves your goals, and to get the most bang for your buck, determine if you need to grow business revenue, increase productivity, reduce costs and/or stabilize daily operation.

Grains end lower, even soybeans after a big rally. Cattle also had a poor technical close after live cattle made new near-term highs. So, was this risk off or hedge selling? Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, has more.

USDA has started using global exporters’ data to estimate China’s soybean imports because a wide gap emerged between shipping figures from producing nations and Chinese customs data, a USDA official told Reuters.

Just because tar spot was mostly a no-show in 2022 and 2023 doesn’t mean that will be the case in 2024. Charting humidity levels can help predict if the disease will strike.

Grains all lower midday even soybeans after pushing above $12 in the May contract. Allendale also releasing their annual acreage survey, we look at the results with Rich Nelson and why cattle failed.

Wheat is lower and dragging corn with it, while soybeans and products extend gains. Cattle higher with live cattle making near term highs and so is crude oil. Darin Newsom, Barchart, has analysis.

It’s been said high-yielding corn needs 25" of moisture per acre per year. In 2023, when Mother Nature didn’t cooperate, management strategies to retain moisture coupled with new traits made a difference at harvest.

AgDay TV Markets Now: Don Roose, U.S. Commodities says grain markets have priced in the most bearish news and are adding risk premium. However, what will it take to get corn over $4.50 and soybeans over $12?

In a year with razor-thin margins, at best, corn and soybean growers can use a variety of new technology and tried-and-true agronomic tools to score higher yields this season.