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Arlan Suderman, StoneX Chief Commodities Economist says the markets reacted positively to the 90-day delay on reciprocal tariffs for countries that reached out to negotiate with the U.S. and did not retaliate.
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Kevin Duling, KD Investors, says grains are shaking off the news of an escalation of the trade war with China as they announced overnight they would be placing an additional 50% retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods, including ag.
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Mike Minor, Professional Ag Marketing, says while the tariff news was a bit more subdued Tuesday the markets are still watching tariff headlines and that is impacting money flow in and out of the financial sector as well as the commodities.
Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst for Barchart, says it could just be an oversold bounce as the equity markets have reached bear market territory and that stabilization is helping to firm up the grain and especially the livestock futures.
USDA says Texas farmers have 59% of their crop in the ground, identical to 2024. One key difference from last year: Illinois has yet to register any discernible corn planting progress, according to the first report of the 2025 season.
Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing, says grains rebound as the market has absorbed much of the tariff news. Meanwhile, livestock saw follow through selling and triple digit losses.
Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says after a lower start the ag markets reversed with the stock market.
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Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says one of the markets that was able to cut through the tariff noise and end higher for the week was corn.
Garrett Toay, AgTraderTalk, says soybeans, livestock and outside markets all had a negative response to China imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports of an additional 34%. But why was corn up for the week?
Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says the panic selling continues as China has hit back with a 34% retaliatory tariff on all U.S. goods and other trading partners are looking at counter measures. “This feels a lot like the COVID market response.”
Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, says the markets saw risk off selling in response to President Trump’s Liberation Day tariff announcement. He says the markets may not stabilize until after the tariffs go into effect April 9 and trading partners tip their hand on retaliation.
Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage, says grains saw risk off selling and positioning ahead of President Trump’s Liberation Day announcement on tariffs. However, Mexico’s president says they don’t want a tit for tat trade war.
Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, says grains are not seeing follow through buying after the strong closes on Tuesday as the market is trading tariff fears.
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Tommy Grisafi, Nesvick Trading, says grain futures saw risk on buying as traders were adding weather premium but biofuels news was also supportive.
DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing says the grain markets are still digesting the USDA report data but are looking ahead now at weather and the impact of “Liberation Day.”
Darren Frye with Water Street Solutions says the USDA Prospective Plantings and Quarterly Stocks Reports usually generate plenty of fireworks but the reaction was rather benign.
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USDA’s March Prospective Plantings report estimates U.S. farmers will plant 95.3 million acres of corn in 2025, 83.5 million acres of soybeans and 45.4 million acres of wheat.
Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the cattle are seeing pressure on end of quarter profit taking by the funds who are still long in the market. Grains are mixed ahead of the big USDA reports.
Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, says he expects more corn in the Dakotas and Minnesota but at the expense of more spring wheat than soybeans.
Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures expects high volatility at the end of the month and recommends farmers get some sort of risk management strategy in place to at least put a flood under grain prices.
Brian Naber says growing up in a farming family in southwest Minnesota helped prepare him for the rigors of leading the company through the ag industry’s current economic and regulatory challenges.
Dan Basse, president of Ag Resource Company, says these tariffs are different than those imposed during the first Trump administration or even recently with the 10% increase on China imports.
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