The Final Bell

Expectations were high for Monday night's crop progress report. Flooding issues are being compared to 1927. Planting progress. Rally in the feeder cattle market, African Swine Fever.

Wheat was all over the place, marketing awaiting the weekly crop progress report. Rising feed cost & trade issues with Mexico.

A positive end to the trading day after a mixed overnight trade. Weather will continue to be a marketing factor with lack of planting and possibilities of prevent plant. The cattle market had a rough trade day & the spread of ASF to North Korea.

Higher beans. Lower corn & wheat. A look at the higher numbers in soybeans, delay in the planting progress & moving forward in this growing season. A triple number drop in feeders, bounced back a bit. Not selling more then what you have insurance on for grains.

Double digit higher grains for a Tuesday. A lot of talk of weather, planting delays, crops being flooded. Look at marketing old crop. Window closing to sell milk. Struggles in the hog market.

USDA announcement on assistance effects on the markets, how today's USDA announcement has left a lot of questions for producers who still have to plant.

ASF is still out there, but the main story has been planting delays and the current weather. Markets assistance plays into it plant for the market or plant for the assistance. Weather & its effects on Memorial Day.

Wet weather to continue. Slow planting pace in the Midwest. Is this turning into price discovery & beans vs. corn . Weather effecting the movement of proteins across the counter. Cash cattle will wait till end week & hogs have more spread of ASF in China.

Higher grains, waiting for planting progress report this afternoon. Many parts of the Midwest shut down on planting because of rain, soil temperatures on the cool side. Trade with China. Spread of ASF.

Great news for beef with Japan. Cash Market wasn’t the best this week, Could go below $100 in September. Beans took a big drop. Wet weather moving back in over the next 10 days.

Jeff Peterson, Heartland Farm Partners dives into weather models, fund positions, planting delays, and what producers should be doing with their marketing given the current state of the markets.

Arlan Suderman, INTL FCStone, talks about the volatility in today's trade, preventive planting, and how ASF could impact livestock into the future,

Doug Simon, Tredas, discusses the possible reasons behind the grains big rally on the day. Simon also goes over ways to capture the gain in prices today.

Mike Zuzolo, Global Commodity Analytics, surmises wheat's bounce could be technical with the May contract going off the board. Zuzolo expresses his thoughts on USDA's corn and soybean data. Along with why China might blink first in current trade negotiations.

Lower grains, trade talks are not going well. President says until we have a trade deal, we don’t have a trade deal. Poor weekly export sales, WASDE report says heaver then a month ago. Put in come contract lows, but still didn’t finish at the low. Opportunities in the market-do we need to go look for them?

Markets are not looking good today with double digit lower trade, Everything being driven by trade, will soon start to focus on something else, maybe that will include WASDE, weather update on the dairy industry

Markets trade back to lower numbers after a positive overnight trade. Grains not as bad as the past couple of days, trade talks & the current status. Friday WASDE Report, market expectations, weather & what we are seeing across the Midwest & South American weather. ASF Update & the mixed trade of the cattle.

What is the latest on the Chinese Trade Talks? Are you thinking we are getting closer to a trade deal with China? What role are the fund positions playing in this market? How does planting progress look? What does the weather look like over the next couple of week? How important is the WASDE report going to be on May 10th? a. What are you expecting for changes in Acres? b. Are you expecting any ch...

Lower grain markets. One positive outlook is that it could have closed. A huge chunk of the markets has to do with the President’s threats with China. Actions of the day trade were much better then what we saw in the overnight trade. Weather continues to be wet. Mississippi River flooding. Corn/Beans ratio KC wheat was a bright spot Downtrend continues in the cattle.

Darin Fessler, Lake Front Futures, starts in the livestock trade. Triple digit losses in cattle continue to point towards fund liquidation. Grains continue to watch weather. Fessler believes late May could get planted in a hurry if conditions improve.

Adding insult to injury. Cold and wet in the midwest. Fundamentals switching corn to beans? Any trade deals with China, Japan? Soft corn exports. Funds on the livestock

Higher corn & wheat, lower beans-which is understanding how bad the fundamentals are. Markets are all about ASF, trade war & planting delays. MAY 1 is here. Which means more reaction from planting delays.

Lower is the trend in the grains. No surprises in the crop progress report-what is the future impact. Could this be the week we see a big jump? Soil temps just not ready. Good discussion on exports and our grain markets. Is the livestock market oversold? Don’t be worried about the markets falling apart.

Markets still not the best. Trade talk with China continues. May 8th could be the last talk between the countries, weather & planting. How do you trade old & new crop-looking strong basis levels. Cattle market has had some struggles & how market is reacting to ASF talks.

Higher grains today, the weather continues to come more into focus. April moving into May fundamentals that are moving the market lower-how to figure a low working in. Livestock was due for a lower trade. ASF, less exports. What does this mean going into the summer months.