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AgDay TV Markets Now: Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions says new crop corn and bean contracts led putting in weather premium, but will chart support hold once planting accelerates? And will old crop stay strong?

Finding and restoring tractors has become a hobby for 18-year-old Charlie Bortner. When he had the chance to acquire a special Farmall, he jumped on the opportunity to help keep one man’s memory alive.

EPA is essentially ignoring the carbon reduction contributions of biofuels, such as ethanol, that are available to scale and at a low cost for consumers, says Geoff Cooper with the Renewable Fuels Association.

Corn and soybeans end higher but new crop leads putting weather premium. Wheat ignores crop ratings and weather, watches Black Sea news. Fund buying, strong cash supports cattle. Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions.

Kansas typically accounts for 25% of the nation’s winter wheat production, but ongoing drought is weighing on overall crop conditions. Farmers are now facing the possibility of increased abandonment this year.

Wheat sets back on profit taking, with corn & beans trying to hold watching weather, seeing spread trade. Live cattle are consolidating, while feeders are supported by strong cash. Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag.

2-Sided in livestock with some consolidation. Will cash be higher again this week? Are hogs trying to bottom? Some profit taking and spread unwinding in corn. More with Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek.

USDA’s latest Crop Progress report shows an open window with weather spurred a jump in corn and soybean planting last week. USDA shows 8% of the nation’s corn crop and 4% of the U.S. soybean crop is now planted.