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Markets Now with Michelle Rook

Michelle Rook

Michelle Rook talks daily with industry analysts to break down agricultural and commodity markets.

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11:23

Markets Now Closing Markets 11-27-24

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/27

Grain and hogs markets end mixed Wednesday with cattle higher. Mike Minor, Professional Ag Marketing, says the markets shook off tariff talk and saw positioning end of month and before first notice day Friday. Soybeans saw slight gains on a lower dollar and with talk of China business on top of the flash export sale announced. Wheat saw pressure on technical selling and chances for rain in parts of Russia. Corn was caught in the tug of war between the two. Cattle futures gained with higher cash

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8:13

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-26-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/26

Grains end mixed Tuesday, with livestock mostly higher. Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, says corn and soybeans slid on possible tariffs being placed on Mexico, Canada and China. Wheat ended higher on short covering. Positioning ahead of end of the month and first notice day was also evident. Cattle ended mostly higher with new highs for the move with import restrictions on Mexican feeder cattle due to New World Screwworm. Hogs also extended gains into new contract highs. See

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11:48

Markets Now Early Markets 11-26-24

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/26

Grains are mixed early with livestock higher. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, says market reaction has been muted to possible 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada and 10% on China on the first day of the Trump administration. He expects front loading of product and a pick up in demand for corn, wheat, pork and other products ahead of that. Wheat is adding war premium back in with Black Sea tensions reigniting. Cattle are higher with feeders leading on import restrictions on Mexican feeder cattle due

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10:55

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-25-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/25

Grains and cattle markets end mixed Monday, hogs higher. Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures says cattle had a volatile session with a gap higher open on news the New World Screwworm had been detected in Mexico and APHIS was restricting imports. However, it was offset by a bearish Cattle on Feed Report. So live cattle ended lower and feeder cattle well off session highs. Hogs ended higher with surging cutouts at noon and retested contract highs in the deferreds. Grains were mixed with soybeans

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12:27

Markets Now Early Markets 11-25-24

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/25

Cattle and hogs higher early, grains mixed. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle futures gapped higher on the open shaking off the bearish Cattle on Feed Report numbers and latching on to the weekend headline about New World Screw worm detected in a Mexican cow and border restrictions that followed. He says the impact on the market will depend on the duration of import restrictions. Cash cattle trade beat expectations with steady money in the North but $1 to even $2 higher trade in the

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3:35

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-22-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/23

Tomm Pfitzenmaier of Summit Commodity Brokerage talks about why basis levels are currently so strong for grains, especially corn and what farmers can do to take advantage of it while still keeping some upside open for a rally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:57

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-21-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/21

Don Roose U.S. Commodities says grains end lower Thursday on technical selling, a lack of bullish news and the higher dollar. He says live cattle also fell on profit taking and caution ahead of the Cattle on Feed and seasonal demand weakness. Meanwhile feeder futures continue to be pushed by strong cash and tighter numbers. Lean hog futures shook off the higher dollar to trade higher with the funds long and the futures at a discount to the cash index. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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13:42

Markets Now Early Markets 11-21-24

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2024/11/21

Grains are lower early with livestock mostly higher after a mixed open. Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek has details. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:41

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-20-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/20

Corn and wheat end higher for a 4th day, but soybeans fall. Livestock mostly higher except a few live cattle contracts. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, has details. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:24

Markets Now Early Markets - 11-20-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/20

Grains are mixed to lower early Wednesday with livestock mostly higher. Tomm Pfitzenmaier with Summit Commodity Brokerage says wheat is start to look tired after pricing in Black Sea war premium and running into chart resistance. The higher dollar is a headwind for all the grains. Soybeans are fading flash export sales and continue to slide with lower bean oil, the big Brazil crop and their deal with China. Corn is also seeing spillover pressure but isn't breaking hard due to strong demand.

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11:17

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-19-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/19

Grain and livestock markets both ended mixed Tuesday. Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net, says wheat was up for a third day continuing to see short covering and adding war premium. Corn could not follow wheat with lower soybeans and the failure to get above chart resistance. Soybeans set back on lower product values and larger Brazil crop estimates with Abiove at a record 167.7 mmt. Live and feeder cattle futures had a strong technical day back above key moving averages with feeders still the leaders on

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12:40

Markets Now Early Markets 11-19-24

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/19

Grains are mixed early with livestock firming up. Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst with Barchart, says wheat is seeing short covering adding risk premium with tension escalating in the Black Sea and threats by Russia to use nuclear weapons. Soybeans are lower with no South America weather threat and tariff fears still in the mix. Corn is flat caught in the middle but Newsom says demand has been strong reflected by firmer cash basis and bull spreading so he's hopeful December can finally move

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12:33

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-18-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/18

Grain and livestock all end higher Monday. Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge, has details of what drove the strength and if it can continue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:58

Markets Now Early Markets 11-18-24

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/18

Cattle and hogs are mostly higher early while grains started mixed and gained strength early. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says live cattle have held chart support so far even with lower cash and cutouts but feeders are the real leaders as funds continue to buy. However, there is some talk of expansion that is limiting upside as well as seasonal weakness in cash and cutouts. Kooima expects by the end of the year the market will catch hold and move higher. Hogs are slightly higher after a

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11:55

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-15-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/15

Grains and cattle recover Friday with hogs lower. Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing, says grains help support areas and saw technical and corrective buying. Cattle also saw a short covering and profit taking heading into the weekend, while hogs were lower confirming a top with lower cutouts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:44

Markets Now Early Market 11-15-24

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/15

Grains and cattle are leaning higher early Friday, hogs lower. Scott Varilek, Kooima Koomia Varilek, says cattle were lower yesterday following lower cash at $185 and with lower cutouts. Hogs are rolling over with lower cutouts as well. Grains are trying to recover with some corrective buying and solid exports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:46

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-14-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/14

Grain and livestock futures all end lower Thursday. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, says the risk off selling was tied to new highs for the year in the dollar index, renewed fears about tariffs and a trade war and technical selling as key support was taken out on the charts of many markets. Soybean meal made new contract lows and all three wheat exchanges are close to their lows as well. Cattle saw liquidation from lower cash and cutouts. Hogs continue to consolidate with profit taking and lower

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9:32

Markets Now Early Markets 11-14-24

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/14

Grain and livestock futures are mostly lower early Thursday. Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company says the lower trade for a 4th day as technical selling accelerates and a higher dollar continues to add pressure. Soybeans took out key support at $10 and soybean meal also made new contract lows. Cattle are lower but still holding last week's lows awaiting cash direction. Lean hogs are seeing profit taking and hedge pressure after this week's contract highs. See omnystudio.com/listener for

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9:23

Markets Now Closing Markets - 11-13-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/13

Grains end lower for a third day, with livestock mixed. Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Advisors says the weakness in grains is coinciding with the strength in the dollar in what he calls the "Trump Factor". He expects more volatility ahead as the markets sort through news regarding tariffs, trade, Trump appointees and the like. Weather is in the background with favorable conditions in South America and winter wheat areas of the U.S. giving the market another reason to slide and wheat has made

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10:02

Markets Now Early Markets - 11-13-24 Audio

Markets Now with Michelle Rook ·

2024/11/13

Grains lower for a third day with livestock mixed. DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing says pressure in grains is coming from a higher dollar, lower crude oil, Trump's political appointments and weather. Corn is fading another 27.3 million bushels of flash export sale from Mexico and unknown. Cattle have traded two-sided with bearish seasonals offset by funds defending their longs. Lean hogs ae seeing profit taking and hedge pressure after new contract highs and with lower cutouts. See

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