Grains ease Tuesday as the markets hit technical resistance on the charts and were due for a correction.  Are the funds done covering shorts?  Arlan Suderman with StoneX says they might be as weather concerns have been priced in.  Plus the rally was met with farmer selling in the U.S. and South America. The market also took a pause ahead of a potentially bearish WASDE Report.  Cattle recover with a void of new bird flu headlines and with strong cash and cutouts.  

Grain markets open lower but corn and soybeans are trying to bounce.  Early pressure was due to farmer selling and funds may take a break after 3-4 days of buying which pushed prices into chart resistance.  Wheat pressure coming from improved winter wheat conditions, fast spring wheat planting and weather.  The markets are also preparing for the WASDE.  Cattle and hogs rebound on short covering and softer grains.  Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage, has more.  

Grains rally on weather and technical buying.  Will funds keep covering their short positions now that most of the grains are above the 100 day moving averages and what kind of rally could that produce? Tommy Grisafi, Advance Trading, has answers plus how farmers can take advantage of the rally.  

Cattle set back despite higher cash news with Canada putting import restrictions on lactating cattle for H5N1.  However, Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cash could be higher again this week and futures are at a discount which is supportive.  Hogs set back with cattle and the futures premium to the cash index.  Grains open mixed and quickly push higher on weather and fund short covering.  

Grains end higher Friday with chart breakouts leading to technical buying and fund short covering.  The market is trading U.S. and South American weather and crop concerns, but the lower dollar helped.  Can the rally be sustained?  Don Roose, U.S. Commodities, has the answer.  Plus, live cattle end higher Friday with higher cash trade, but can it put bird flu fears behind it?  And hogs end lower Friday and for the week with the futures premium to the cash index dragging down the market.  

Weather concerns in South America and the U.S. continue to drive the grain markets.  We get the latest with Eric Snodgrass, Senior Science Fellow, Nutien Ag Solutions.  

Grains continue higher with weather concerns in the U.S. and South America, a lower dollar and funds are covering shorts with the stronger technical action.  Crude oil continues to see pressure.  Will the funds eventually buy grains?  Darin Newsom, has the answers.  

Grains rally on fund short covering.  Soybeans and soybean meal took the lead adding weather premium with heavy rains and flooding in southern Brazil and parts of Argentina.  Corn followed soybeans and wheat higher, but may be trading some early concerns about planting delays with the wet forecast for the corn belt.  Wheat was adding weather premium due to the lack of rain on southwest HRW areas and parts of Russia.  So are we seeing a chart breakout that will keep funds covering short positions to keep the rally going?  John Payne, Advance Trading, has details plus covers the recent slide in cotton and the recovery in cattle after negative tests for H5N1 in ground beef.  

Cattle futures gap higher on the open with APHIS announcing negative tests for bird flu in ground beef and cash trade and bids moving higher.  Plus, a marketing year high for beef exports.  Hogs set back after taking out support and with the futures at a premium to the cash index.  Grains rally on planting delays in the U.S. and harvest problems in South America.  Is a technical breakout in the making?  Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek has it all!

Corn, soybeans and bean oil see a short covering technical bounce, but is corn also adding some weather premium?  Wheat corrects with rain the forecast for dry HRW areas so is it routine profit taking or is the rally about over?    The FOMC leaves rates unchanged so why did the stock market rally?  Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge, has the answers. Plus, he says cattle see fund liquidation on continued fears about H5N1 and he is watching the April lows for support on the charts.  

Grain and livestock futures are mixed early Wednesday.  Wheat is consolidating and pulling down corn, while soybeans are seeing a bounce with bean oil despite more deliveries.  When will the grain markets start to trade weather and planting delays?  Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, has more.  Plus a look at how cattle continue to chase H5N1 headlines and how that might be beneifitting the hog market.

Grains end lower on heavy deliveries against the May soybean oil and Chicago wheat contracts, end of month profit taking and the fast planting pace.  Plus, outside markets were risk off with the stock market lower and the dollar higher, which also weighed on cattle.  Although Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures says cattle also saw end of month positioning and fund liquidation for a second day with USDA testing ground beef in state impacted by H5N1.  Hogs ended mostly lower with the futures premium to a softening lean hog index.  

Grains drifting lower on end of month profit taking.  Plus, its first notice day and there were heavy deliveries of bean oil and Chicago wheat.  Fast planting pace, especially on spring wheat and rain in the forecast for Russia is also weighing on the wheat market.  Cattle see follow through selling with USDA testing ground beef in affected states for bird flu, while hogs bounce on spreading against cattle and bouncing off chart support.  Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, has more.  

Winter wheat sees some profit taking Monday with some rain chances in Russia.  Soybeans end higher led by meal on concerns about a strike in Argentina at crushing facilities, while soybean oil plunged lower.  Corn was down slightly following wheat but still stuck in its sideways range.  Cattle saw end of month profit taking.  Copper and precious metals have had a huge rally on geopolitical concerns according to Shawn Hackett, Hackett Financial Advisors.  

Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek

Grains end mixed Friday but higher for the week led by wheat.  Cattle make new highs for the move helped by stronger cash.  Can the markets continue to move higher?  Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions, has the answers.  

Wheat is higher for a 7th day on technical buying and U.S. and global production concerns.  However, the market is watching rain chances in the extended forecast for the HRW areas and is nearing some chart resistance according to Allison Thompson of The Money Farm.  Corn and soybeans are seeing light pressure as they are into chart resistance and rain in the Corn Belt is actually seen as a bit bearish.  Export demand may be the sleeper fundamental for the corn market while weaker exports have hurt the soybeans.  Cattle continue to rally after Thursday's reversal on steady to higher cash.  

Grains and livestock close mixed Thursday.  Wheat rallies for a 6th day on continued fund short covering and adding war and weather premium.  Can wheat keep moving higher and pull corn above overhead chart resistance? Or does corn have its own emerging story? Soybeans struggle to follow corn and wheat plagued by weak exports.  Cotton steady after the recent implosion of the market, so is the selling done?  Cattle see a nice recovery with steady to higher cash.  Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, has analysis.  

Cattle plunge again on new HPAI news restricting movement of dairy cattle and Columbia banning beef from affected states.  However, cash is holding together on fed and feeder cattle.  So will futures hold the recent lows?  Hogs lower following cattle.  Corn is higher in tandem with wheat and with strong exports but can it take out overhead chart resistance at the top of the recent trading range?  Soybeans fall on farmer selling and poor weekly exports.  Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, covers it all!

Grains end mixed with wheat closing higher for the fifth consecutive day.  Is it all fund short covering or is the market concerned about U.S. and global production issues?  Soybeans end steady with corn lower, unable to follow wheat and taking a break after three up days.  So is the rally over there?  Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst for Barchart, has the answers.  Plus, he talks about the correction in cattle, metals and the energy markets and if the inflation and geopolitical concerns over for the markets.  

Grains are quiet and chopping on both sides of steady on Wednesday after testing the top side of recent trading ranges.  Is the short covering rally and fund buying just about done?  Livestock have traded 2-sided early but are now favoring the downside.  Cattle are consolidating along with hogs.  Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company, has details.  

Grains end higher for a third day on speculative short covering and corrective buying.  However, wheat is still putting in risk premium and pulling corn and soybeans along.  Technically the markets have climbed above some key moving averages so is this the start of a bigger rally?  Plus, live cattle take a breather after running into chart resistance, while feeders and hogs continued higher.  Will hogs run back to contract highs?  DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, has the answers.

Grains start mixed but quickly move higher extending gains from Monday.  Wheat has been leading on lower crop ratings and putting in weather and war premium.  Corn and soybeans have been following but also technically has also broke above key moving averages along iwth the wheat.  Cattle try to extend gains after a push from bullish placements in the Cattle on Feed Report, while hogs follow cattle.  Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, has details.  

A risk on day resulted in higher closes in both grain and livestock futures.  Funds were covering short positions in the grain market.  Wheat led the rally putting in weather premium on concerns in HRW areas of the U.S. plus there are problems in the Black Sea and Europe, plus India is pulling wheat out of their reserves due to tight supplies. Corn and soybeans followed wheat but also bounced off chart support areas.  Cattle rallied after a bullish placements number in the Cattle of Feed report and the buying in the stock market, hogs followed.  Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, has details.  

Cattle rally with the bullish placements number at 88% in the Cattle on Feed report and after steady cash in the south. What will cash do this week? Hogs fail to see follow through buying after the chart breakout Friday.  Grains rally led by the wheat market on weather concerns in the U.S. and Europe.  However, corn has strong demand and a higher seasonal pattern in its favor according to Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek.  

Grains close higher on short covering and putting in some risk premium on geopolitical and weather concerns.  Live cattle ended higher with steady cash at $182 in the South and ahead of the COF. Hogs broke above chart resistance with help from the lower sow herd numbers in China.  Rich Nelson, Allendale, Inc. covers it all.  

Cattle seeing some pressure positioning ahead of the Cattle on Feed Report and with the lack of cash news. Plus, uncertainty with Israel attacking Iran overnight.  However, the market is absorbing that and the HPAI news pretty well according to Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek.  Hogs are consolidating under the recent highs but supported by stronger cash and cutouts.  Grains are putting some war premium in and seeing some short covering after soybeans hit new lows for the move Thursday.  Plus EPA is expected to announce E15 sales for summertime.

Soybeans make new lows for the move with South American hedge pressure dragging down beans and that spilled over into the corn market.  Wheat futures were able to make some gains with concerns about crop conditions and dry weather, despite China export cancellations on this morning's export sales report.  Cattle end mostly higher but positioning ahead of cash news and the Cattle on Feed Report.  Outside markets continue to watch geopolitical headlines.  Arlan Suderman, StoneX, has analysis.  

Corn and soybeans lower with slow exports and no weather issues to push the market.  Wheat is seeing short covering with frost concerns in the extended forecast. Livestock mixed.  Crude oil and gold are rallying on geopolitical concerns, but there have also been some contraseasonal moves in markets like heating oil/diesel fuel.  Darin Newsom, Sr. Market Analyst with Barchart, gives his take on the market action.  

Grains end mixed with wheat seeing technical selling pressure after hitting chart resistance.  Soybeans and products saw corrective buying.  Corn was slightly lower caught between higher beans and lower wheat.  However, corn is still in a narrow sideways trading range.  Grains generally lack buying interest by the funds but do they become an inflationary and geopolitical buy at some point?  Kevin Duling, KD Investors, shares his insight.  

Grains see short covering early with a lower dollar then turn mixed searching for news and watching weather. Cattle 2-sided but starting to position for the COF report.  Hogs chop. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, has more. 

Corn and soybeans fall with rains falling in some dry areas of the corn belt, plus planting progress is ahead of average.  Funds continue to stay short in grains heading into the uncertainty of the growing season, but could anything change that?  Wheat ended mixed on crop conditions.  Cattle futures extended gains for a second day hopefully putting HPAI in the rear view mirror.  Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net has analysis.  

Grains see technical selling pressure from weather and the fast planting pace.  Cattle try to extend gains for a second day, so is the HPAI fear subsiding?  Hogs have topped but where do they go next with continued firm cash and cutouts?  Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, has insight.  

Grains end lower on Monday on weather forecasts for rain in the corn belt, a pick up in farmer selling after the rally Friday and with farmers having to price or roll basis fixed contracts into the end of April.  Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag says the grain markets were also removing war premium after Middle East fighting failed to escalate to all out war.  Cattle saw a short covering bounce with triple digit gains as that market was oversold despite a lower stock market.  

Cattle see a short covering bounce after a lower week and with less war fear.  But can it be sustained?  Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says he's wants a close in June live cattle above the 100 day moving average for confirmation.  Hogs continue to see fund liquidation and profit taking.  Grains retreat on farmer selling, weather and expected fast planting progress in the USDA report.  

Grains sharply higher Friday, livestock and many other commodities melt down as it was a true money flow or "Get me Out" day.  Funds head for the door and covered their short positions in grains to produce a rally but selling their long positions in livestocks and many other sectors of the commodity complex and equity sector.  Is this a one day move or a trend that will continue?  Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing, provides his insight.  

Grains end lower after a disappointing WASDE especially regarding South American numbers and poor weekly exports.  Corn and soybeans did technical damage in the process.  Cattle bounced despite lower cash trade in the South at $182, down $2.  Hogs consolidated after a bearish key reversal down on Wednesday but is the high in?  John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing, has analysis.  

Grains slide after USDA disappoints with U.S. ending stocks, but especially punting on South American production.  Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, discusses why USDA is so far above Conab and the Rosario Grain Exchange on Brazil and Argentina corn and soybean production.  What does it mean for prices?  

Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle futures are lower digesting BIAV news, while hogs recover, and grains are lower except corn following exports and South American crop estimates.  

Grains end mixed, livestock and equities lower.  Wheat sees technical buying and puts in weather premium on hot and windy conditions in HRW areas, that lends some strength to corn.  Soybeans set back with meal.  All of the grains are gearing up for USDA and Conab production estimates Thursday.  Cattle set back with a lower stock market and more Bovine Influenza A cases.  Hogs score a bearish key reversal.  So is the top in?  Mark Schultz, Northstar Commodity, has analysis.  

What is the outlook for weather for Plant 24?  Meteorologist Eric Snodgrass has the forecast.  

CPI data came in hotter than expected this morning which is weighing on the equities and the dollar has surged as well.  Wheat is rallying on short covering and Russia is slowing exports due to quality issues.  Corn is getting spillover support from higher wheat and crude oil.  Soybeans are lower with concerns about Conab raising Brazil crop estimates and despite 9.3 mb of new crop export business.  The complex is also positioning ahead of the USDA reports and watching weather.  Cattle set back on profit taking by the funds with another case of Bovine Influenza A in New Mexico.  Hogs are mixed but due for a correction after more contract highs were hit Tuesday.  Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage, has details.  

Grains lower on fund selling and weather. Cattle see corrective buying, while funds continue to push hogs into contract highs and they are also buying other commodities like gold and cocoa.  So why aren't they buying grains and is the market running out of time for a spring weather rally?  Ted Seifred, Zaner Ag Hedge, has all the answers.  

Cattle seeing an early rally but can they hold it or will funds sell that strength?  And what will the cash cattle market do this week?  Funds continue to buy hogs pushing them to new contract highs. Grains set back on favorable planting weather.  Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek covers it all.

Grains end quietly mixed as do cattle futures, but hogs rebound into new contract highs. Brian Grete, Pro Farmer, says the grains have been rangebound and sideways with not a lot of fresh news.  Could that come from the April WASDE? Live cattle bounce, with fresh lows in feeders but is the market close to a bottom?  And hogs reverse to end with new contract highs.  

Grain markets are steady to higher early Monday with wheat seeing a rally which is helping corn and soybeans.  Cattle are mixed with hogs lower on profit taking. Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures has more.  

Markets end mixed Friday as corn hits chart resistance at the 50-day moving average and consolidates, despite higher wheat and soybeans.  Wheat saw a short covering rally but news on Russian export issues due to quality problems was also supportive, while soybeans seemed to follow soybean oil and crude oil.  However, all the grains are sideways on the charts.  Cattle made new lows for the move on Friday and were down for the week on HPAI fears and fund selling, while funds moved over to buy hogs which saw more contract highs.  The stock market also had a down week with fears of inflation and higher for longer interest rates.  Tommy Grisafi with Advance Trading covers it all.  

Grains leaning higher as the wheat market is pulling up corn and soybeans and we're seeing end of week short covering in all three markets.  However, corn continues to hit chart resistance around the 50-day moving average.  Markets are watching weather, planting progress and outside markets.  The dollar is up with non-farm payrolls coming in hotter than expected but will it really change the Fed's course on interest rates?  Cattle continue to see fund profit taking with concerns about HPAI while they seem to be buying in hogs.  Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst, for Barchart has details.  

Grains lean higher except soybeans on Thursday.  Corn sees follow through buying after bounced off key support Wednesday but the market is also having trouble getting above resistance on the charts looking for fresh bullish news.  Soybeans fall on disappointing weekly exports.  Will the funds stay short in the grain markets heading into the growing season?  Cattle see a recovery rally but can the market see further buying amid HPAI headlines?  And hogs continue attract fund buying and June on back are hitting new contract highs but strong demand is also supportive.  Jeff Hoogendoorn, Professional Ag Marketing, has more.

Cattle again try to bounce early but rallies are hard to sustain as new HPAI headlines continue to circulate.  Uncertainty has caused fund selling so the hope is the market can find the answers it needs to stablize.  Plus, cash cattle news has been better than expected and the futures are at a discount so hopefully that will help.  Hogs are consolidating after a fresh round of contract highs in June and deferred Wednesday on strong demand and higher cash with tighter than expected supplies.  Grains continue to chop looking for fresh news, but do the funds want to be so short heading into the planting season.  Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has answers.