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Grain and livestock futures close mixed on Monday.  Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has details.  

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Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Markets says corn posts a six month high close on Friday along with higher soybeans and talk of China purchasing large amounts of U.S. soybeans.  But which market wins the tug of war long term?  

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Grain and livestock close mostly higher Friday.  Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing breaks down market action.  

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Grain and livestock markets are mostly higher this morning.  Grains are seeing value and technical buying but Kent Beadle of Paradigm Futures says soybeans are supported by a rebound in the Brazilian Real.  Cattle saw a mixed open but are moving higher with support from the steady to $2 higher cash trade.  However, there could be choppy trade ahead of the Cattle on Feed Report.  Hogs are strong again with the push of lower slaughter numbers.  

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Corn and soybeans end higher Thursday, wheat and cattle lower, hogs mixed.  Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek says soybeans see a dead cat bounce off contract lows Thursday.  Soybeans helped pull corn up along with decent export news and that overshadowed the weakness in wheat which scored new contact lows.  Cattle futures were lower and did more technical damage despite strong cash news.  So is this topping action?  Hogs ended mixed.   

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Grain are mixed and the stock markets is trying to recover after the meltdown Wednesday.  Cattle are lower.  Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst with Barchart, has details.  

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Cotton made another new contract low close on Wednesday.  Is there any hope for the market?  Alan Brugler, A&N Economics, LLC. has analysis.  

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What's driving the grain markets as we end 2024 and see light holiday volume?  Rich Nelson of Allendale has analysis.  

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Grains end mixed, livestock lower on Monday.  Pro Farmer Editor Brian Grete, says soybeans fell with rain in Brazil and big crop forecasts, plus a disappointing NOPA crush data. Corn held up on fund buying and spread action with soybeans, while wheat ended mixed caught between the two.  Cattle futures ended lower on profit taking and fund long liquidation and hogs like saw the same action.  

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Grain and livestock futures trade higher early.  Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says the nearby live cattle futures made new highs for the move pushed by sharply higher cash in the North at mostly $196, the South was at $191.  Can the market keep climbing?  Feeders recover as APHIS says the Mexican border will not reopen to imports of feeder cattle until 2025.  Hogs are higher as well as the grains.  

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