Markets - General

Analysts break down the potential market impact of the tour results in this week’s Markets Now.

As is so often the case, technical action (price changes) can predict fundamental changes in price direction market, and often does sometimes weeks in advance.

After an early jolt, stocks rallied and finished higher Wednesday as investors bet that back-and-forth tariff threats between the U.S. and China won’t blossom into a bigger dispute that damages global commerce.

Last week’s “The Rest of the Story” ended with thinking there would be a surprise(s) in last Thursday’s report. There were surprises on all accounts: acreage of corn and soybeans as well as stocks as of March 1.

Federal Reserve officials, meeting for the first time under Chairman Jerome Powell, raised the benchmark lending rate a quarter-point and forecast a steeper path of hikes in 2019 and 2020.

Jerry Gulke provides the rest of the story behind some of the issues in agricultural commodity markets in hopes it will provide information to help readers make better management decisions.

Clinton Griffiths talks to Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist for INTL FCStone, about the corn market.

Trump abruptly escalated his trade war with China

In its second quarter profit statement, Tyson projects its U.S. pork, chicken and beef units will all benefit from increased demand due to African swine fever outbreaks.

As agriculture faces multiple challenges, USDA’s latest net farm income forecast is masking the reality for farmers. While livestock margins have improved for 2024, high input costs and below breakeven prices for row crops means margins could be the worst in nearly 20 years.