The Final Bell

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The Final Bell episodes

July 22, 2020 The Wednesday Fontanelle Final Bell with Arlan Suderman of StoneX
7-22-20
• China & a somber note with the Consultant in Houston
• China did and another make purchases of soybeans
• Cash trade Chinese buyers looking at corn & wheat
• Growing amount of evidence their temp reserve is almost empty
• Gasoline consumption took another drop
• Restaurants continue to shut down after reopening
13 min
July 21, 2020 The Tuesday Fontanelle Final Bell with Kyle Bumsted of Allendale
7-21-20
• Is corn stuck in a range or can we test contract lows
• Beans had some resistance nearing $9
• Long term weather
• Cash cattle coming in steady
• Consumer demand moving forward
• How has boxed beef been affected?
• Kids going back to school…will we see the surge in buying
• Are the cattle current? Social media dumpster fire
• The market complex as a whole do you even want to look at tweets
13 min
July 20, 2020 The Monday Fontanelle Final Bell with Eric Kruegar of Smart Yield
7-20-20
• Exports have been good
• China flooding concerns for their crops
• Crop ratings come out this afternoon
• Rains will be hit and miss along with the heat
• Ethanol demand concerns
• Impressive on the cattle market to go from cash to futures premium
• Should we have protection going into August
• Look at the cattle show list
• Triple digit losses in both the cattle & the hogs
14 min
July 16, 2020 The Thursday Fontanelle Final Bell with Darin Fessler of Lakefront Futures
Weather & maps causing a lot of talk
China demand
Cattle having some nice moves
Hogs are starting to breakout
What do we do now...moving since the latest rally
13 min
July 15, 2020 The Wednesday Fontanelle Final Bell with Arlan Suderman of StoneX
7-15-20
• Wheat market caught fire
• China is rumored to be involved with the wheat, soybeans & maybe a bit of the corn
• WHY isn’t corn getting excited about the sales to China
• Weather in the U.S. & the Black Sea Region
• Outlook for Brazil on corn & soybeans
• COVID Vaccine might have helped to lift the cattle market
• JBS & COVID concerns
• Still have a lot of supplies
13 min
July 14, 2020 The Tuesday Fontanelle Final Bell with Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics
7-14-20
• Record Chinese purchases
• Corn taking a drop at the close
• Crop condition
• Second half of the year…what’s in store for us?
• Rains…
• Moving forward dollar trade
• Consumer demand & meat movement
• Marketing livestock second ½ of the year
13 min
July 13, 2020 The Monday Fontanelle Final Bell with Brad Kooima of Kooima, Kooima & Varilek
7-13-20
• JBS employees walk off the job on Friday
• Decent cash cattle sales last week
• More optimism on the cattle
• First time in 8 weeks cash is higher than formulated
• Boxed beef could see some slipping again this week
• Exports not great this time of year anyways for cattle but good for hogs
• Deferred cattle are undervalued
• Hogs-weights have been coming down on the hogs.
• Rained more than many had expected
• Weather is taking center stage for corn & beans
14 min
July 11, 2020 The Friday Fontanelle Final Bell with Sam Hudson of Cornbelt Marketing
7-10-20
• WASDE Report
• No Phase Two
• China bought corn today
• Wheat sold
• Weather
14 min
July 09, 2020 The Thursday Fontanelle Final Bell with Jeff Peterson of Heartland Farm Partners
7-9-20
• What is the current driving force in the markets?
• What role are the funds currently playing in the corn and soybean markets?
• How does a weather market normally progress?
• What are you expecting for changes in the WASDE report for corn?
• Are you expecting much for changes the WASDE report for soybeans?
13 min
July 08, 2020 The Wednesday Fontanelle Final Bell with Arlan Suderman of StoneX
7-8-20
• Weather is the primary factor and a bigger factor then reports on Friday
• Some much-needed rain will hit fields…then watch out here comes the heat
• June first to present the U.S. corn belt there were two years that were hotter ’88 & 2012.
• Ethanol production continues to increase
• Money and coronavirus…deaths per week are at a low
• How will COVID continue to effect meat demand
14 min