Markets Now with Michelle Rook

Kent Beadle, DTN Market Analyst, says grain and livestock futures plunge with the outside markets on the tariff news.  

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Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage, says grains end mostly lower with risk off selling and positioning ahead of President Trump's Liberation Day announcement on tariffs.  Soybean oil was the one exception as its been up the last few days on word of a possible deal to increase the blending mandate for biomass based diesel in the RFS.  Cattle were also higher with live cattle making some new contract highs, while hogs fell on tariff fears.  

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Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, says grains are mostly lower with fears about Liberation Day tariffs and that's overshadowing various positives in the grain markets, including weather.  Cattle see firm prices and are inching closer to retest contract highs.  

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Tommy Grisafi, Nesvick Trading, says grains end higher on Tuesday with risk on buying and adding weather premium.  Can the markets extend gains with 20% reciprocal tariffs hitting Wednesday?  Cattle also rebound but can the market retest the contract highs?  

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Grain and livestock are mostly higher early Tuesday.  DuWayne Bosse with Bolt Marketing talks about how markets are continuing to digest the USDA reports but looking ahead at weather and tariffs.  Livestock are mostly higher with strong cash and cutouts supporting cattle, while hogs await tariff news.  

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Darren Frye with Water Street Solutions says grains closed mixed with a muted reaction to the USDA reports.  Cotton and cattle end mostly lower.

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Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net says USDA pegs corn acreage at 95.3 million acres, up 4.73 ma from last year, soybeans down 3.55 mi, wheat down 680K, cotton at 9.87 ma.  Where did the shifts come from and what does it mean for prices?  Quarterly stocks down over 200 mb for corn, up for soybeans and wheat.  

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Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says cattle are seeing pressure on end of quarter profit taking, steady cash and the lower stock market, while hogs are lower on tariff fears. Corn lower with wheat, while soybeans are higher ahead of USDA reports.  

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Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, says farmers in the Northwestern Corn Belt are expected to plant more corn in 2025 but how much more and how will that impact the rest of the acreage mix?  

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Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, discusses what he expects in the upcoming USDA Prospective Plantings and Quarterly Stocks reports and how farmers can prepare for the volatliity that will come with that and the end of the quarter.  

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