Soybean Meal Pit Jan '10 (SMF10)

Cattle Markets surge on strong cash markets, Hogs recover after making new low

Jim's all-inclusive sweeping video covers a dozen critical topics for grains and softs (with just a tad for the energies)

Today I was interviewed by Michelle Rook on AgWeb's Market Now. We discussed the grain markets, interest rates, gold, and the cattle market.

Corn futures collapsed into the close, with contracts ended the week with 3 ¼ to 8 ½ cent losses across the board. The limited the gains for the week, with July up just 1 ¼ cents and December picking...

Soybeans faded off lower into the Friday close, settling near the lows with contracts down 4 ¾ to 11 cents. July did managed to pull out a ½ cent gain on the week, though November, down 8 cents, wasn’t...

The wheat complex was also fading off lower into the week’s close across all three exchanges. Chicago wheat posted 7 ¼ to 14 cent losses on the day, with July down 14 ¾ cents over the course of the...

Cattle Up Big - Grains Near Monthly Lows

Cooler, Wetter Forecasted

In my opinion, a history setting week is now in the books.  A new high for the CME feeder cattle index and a new high for the "all fresh" category of beef.  Although not historical, but box prices were...

Soybeans have pulled off of some of the early lows at midday, but are still showing losses of 5 to 7 cents across the front months on the session. Soymeal futures are up $2.40/ton in the July contract....