Soybean News
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Naomi Blohm with Total Farm Marketing says grain markets saw profit taking after the higher closes on Monday. And the ugly day in the cattle market was tied to technical selling.
Allison Thompson with The Money Farm says grains were quietly mixed early Tuesday positioning ahead of the September WASDE. She expects USDA to modestly cut corn and soybean yields but they could also cut demand.
Steve Censky, chief executive officer of the American Soybean Association, says unless China buys soybeans soon, they may be looking at aid similar to the Market Facilitation Program used back in 2018-19 during the last trade war.
Dave Chatterton with Strategic Farm Marketing says corn and soybeans saw a technical bounce and buying after holding chart support.
Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says the uptrend line on the cattle charts is also starting to be violated but that isn’t the only thing he’s watching for a signal of a bigger correction.
A new study from The University of Illinois shows how much money a farmer can expect to spend while running their favorite brand-new farm tractor this fall. Prepare for sticker shock.
Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures says corn futures ended lower on Friday on profit taking and were down nearly 2-cents for the week. However, December still held the 50-day moving average.
Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, says corn is working on its third higher weekly close, which continues to help confirm the fall low set on August 12. Soybeans are still looking for China export business but could they be buying under unknown destinations?
Steve Censky, CEO of the American Soybean Association says, “China imports more soybeans than the rest of the world combined and so you can’t make up the loss of the China market by gaining a little bit here or there.”
If the legal challenge succeeds, the federal court decision would result in making the technology unavailable for sale or distribution to U.S. farmers.