The Final Bell

Grains traded lower on Wednesday. Chart formation a bottom in the corn, funds got out of a lot of short positions. A lot of negativity into the soybean market. There might be some significance in the mid-term election that could affect the soybeans. How are the harvest numbers really coming in? Is there some difference in the USDA numbers? Cattle-The bids indicate fully steady to higher mid-week....

What is the real yield in the country side. What is going on from a basis point. Yields in northern Iowa are variable. Producers busy with harvest but trying to get a marketing plan in place. Upside downside in the grains. Livestock dealing with large supplies & African Swine Fever. Cattle has increased supplies increasing in the 4th quarter. Cattle & the EU 90% of our market is domestic market wi...

Sue Martin of Ag and Investment talks about why corn and soybeans continued higher even as the US dollar hit nearby highs. Martin also discusses how the latest cattle on feed report and cutouts helped live cattle futures.

Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Advisors talks about the impact a falling Chinese market has on the US market. Hackett also discusses the seasonal decline in dairy.

Soybean harvest pressure…fighting back with the weather models talking more rain. Some major resistance in the meal. Wheat has struggles with Brexit & dollar. Hand shake deal with President might be in trouble. COF on Friday.

Lower grain market. Spillover pressure from the beans effecting the corn. Weather with harvest days. Two cargoes of beans headed to China. Brazil running short on beans. Lower trade in the cattle market.

Beans to the positive-hope that the momentum can stay. Market nervousness of what the crops will look like post snow melt. Corn & beans has so much focus-weather will give trade volatility. Will we be at 40% by this afternoon in crop progress report?

Higher grains to finish out a Friday. Snow & rain causing enough havoc to stop harvest. Follow through from the crop report. Upticks in basis levels over the week in corn & beans. When harvest goes slow like this logistics are in place, sometimes causes grains to have to reach to get crops into the pipeline. Good corn exports continue. A big sigh of relief to the results of the crop report. Wheat...

WASDE Report from beans sprouting to snow on beans, its been a difficult harvest. Corn reacts to WASDE. Numbers today are from Oct. 1 & don't include the recent weather & Hurricane Michael. Hedge Feed Costs, looking at cash cattle & hog prices.

Lower markets, drop in the soybean trade. Dow is also lower. Risk off with harvest, USDA report tomorrow. All factored into the lower trade day. E15 announcement. Livestock pressure.

More rain expected. Hurricane Michael Quality of corn, soybeans & wheat, delay to the harvest, President Trump in Council Bluffs. Livestock: Big supply are starting to weigh on the market. Have hogs & cattle topped out.

Lower corn market continues. Weather pressure…not a lot of harvest underway. Hurricane Michael set to make landfall later this week. Traders data showed missed the guess data by 50,000 contracts on Friday. Some short covering met with farmer selling. Thursday report. 2-5” of rain expected yet this week. Election in Brazil currency was 3-5% higher overnight.

Grains with harvest pressure, planting in South America. Dip in the hog market.

E15 announcement coming to Iowa-RINS how has the market doing and reacting spot beans. Weather premium in the market? Bean basis in Kearny & Lexington Currency in South America. Stock to use ratio. Drop in the cattle market.

Trade war-Russia’s issues, USMCA, New money coming in this week along with tons of weather. Triple digit losses in the cattle was tied to the drop in the hogs. Cash hog market (Oct) saw higher numbers.

How the crude oil market is giving support to the corn and soybean markets. Did anything stand out in the Quarterly Stocks report? What impact is the US weather going to have on the markets and also on harvest? What areas are you watching in regard to world weather? How is South America doing on weather and planting? What does the USMCA (Nafta 2.0 mean for the livestock markets) What actions shoul...

Looking at the crop you are harvesting-how are you marketing it? Is there re-ownership opportunities? NAFTA effects on the trade. Corn basis expected to stay sideways, beans having some tougher days. Seasonally on livestock we are in a time of year to see some lower trends. Expect some heavy inventories the 4th quarter

Report day-how markets reacted. Listener question on if there is a silver lining in the soybean market with South American running low on beans. Uptick in the hog market.

Higher grains. Ahead of the quarterly grain storage report. Wet harvest pattern. Some quality issues being factored in. Weather Premium Bullish real with elections coming up. Dairy market outlook & triple digit losses in the cattle.

Arlan Suderman of INTL FC Stone talks the grains mixed closed, the Feds interest rate hike, and if Mexico is a possible pass through buyer of US soybeans for China.

Higher corn & beans lower on the wheat. What are the yields, what’s the driving force in the price. End users that want to get covered. What are the opportunities for marketing of corn & soybeans. On farm off farm, re-ownership selling off the combine. What’s going on the Chinese negotiations. Livestock COF & cold storage negative. Strong hog market from the cash & the cutout.

More Swine Fever in Northern China-how has the markets reacted to more cases found. Tariff’s increased this morning. Hog market has been a wild ride. Peak harvest picking up-weather could slow it down a bit. Normal “Harvest” sideways markets. Stock numbers looking forward. Crop production numbers not out till Oct. 11. Wheat needs to see a pick up in U.S. demand. We need to look beyond the small bu...

Lots of weather moving through the Midwest. Beans give back a bit. We reversed higher in both corn & beans. Rejected some trade under $300 in the meal. At or near contact lows on the meal. Good week when all was said in done for the grains. Trade is up in the air. Need to get to work on China. Export sales report on beans show we are selling to many directions and some we don’t normally sell to. A...

What’s going on in the markets-seasonal trends…replacements & technical. Weather, harvest pressure.

Sue Martin with Ag & Investment talks about the positive day grains had and even some surprising soybean export news. Martin also breaks down the cattle trade and why they may be due for some volatility.