Market Talk

Wheat continued its upside leadership in the ag sector on Tuesday with double digit gains across Chicago, KC and Minneapolis wheat on the day. That helped to pull corn and soybeans a bit higher as well but gains were a bit limited there. Lean hogs also had strong day higher. We discuss this early week strength and overall trade fundamentals with Jim McCormick from AgMarket.net on today's program. Learn more at https://www.agmarket.net.

Grains remain quietly higher as wheat remains the leader on Tuesday while we see mixed action in livestock with the hog market challenging recent highs. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

It was a solid day higher across grain and livestock trade on Monday. We haven't seen many days like this in recent memory so it was a positive start to the trading week. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the wheat led rally on Monday and his perspective on whether or not it's a short lived rally we are looking at? Learn more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us for our weekly weather conversation to discuss weekend frost, dryness concerns in the Plains wheat crop and the outlook for spring planting windows through the end of April and into May. Learn more at https://www.ag-wx.com.

It's mostly green on the screen across the board on Monday with wheat and cattle leading the charge. We discuss the overall positive day in the markets with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, in our Midday Commentary.

As we wrapped up the week on Friday, grain markets found some green on the screen led by soybeans and Chicago wheat. We saw overnight escalation between Israel and Iran, EPA announced the summertime E-15 waiver on Friday and livestock trade was mixed with hogs finding strength while cattle were mixed ahead of the latest Cattle on Feed Report. First up on today's show, we talk headline risk in the markets and get some interesting clarity on USDA's thinking when it comes to getting rid of certain NASS reports and the big differences between USDA and Conab. Ted Seifried from Zaner Ag Hedge joins us to discuss all of that and more. In Segment Three, we discuss the market headlines and overall demand picture in the grain markets. Joe Lardy, research analyst with CHS, joins the show for the first time to discuss. Then Jesse wraps the show in Segment Four with a look at the April Cattle on Feed Report and more.

Grain markets found some decent support on Friday with plenty of geopolitical risk, news on summertime E-15 and more. We discuss the market moves heading to the weekend with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Markets were mixed on Thursday with pressure once again the soy complex that might be something to be concerned with. We discuss overall market fundamentals and technical outlooks with Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing on today's show. Learn more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. Also, Cattlemen's Beef Board member Ryan Moorhouse joins us for an update on the wildlife recovery efforts in his home state of Texas. Learn more about CBB at https://www.beefboard.org.

Markets are mixed with the soy complex under pressure. We discuss grains, livestock and stock market headlines with Arlan Suderman from StoneX in our Midday Commentary.

We saw crude oil and wheat under pressure on Wednesday with mixed action elsewhere in grain and livestock trade. There are plenty of concerning fundamentals to take a look at though in these markets at mid-month. Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss what he is seeing and provide perspective. Learn more online by visiting his website at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. Also, in Segment One we hear our Midday Commentary conversation with Mike Castle from StoneX on Wednesday.

Overall, the markets were quiet on Tuesday with corn and wheat firm while cattle saw good follow through support from Monday's gains. It was the soy complex that took a slight hit on the session with one month plus lows in soybeans and soybean oil. We talk markets and get perspective from Jacob Burks with AgMarket.net on today's program. Also, it has been one year since FBN rolled out their A.I. advisor, Norm. We learn what it has been like since the debut of Norm and what the use of A.I. in agriculture looks like now and in the future. Kit Barron with FBN joins us to discuss. Learn more or test out Norm at https://www.fbn.com/norm.

Markets are pretty quiet on Tuesday with pressure in soybeans and follow through strength in cattle. We discuss the trade action with Arlan Suderman from StoneX in our Midday Commentary.

Grain markets were mostly in the red on Monday while cattle had a solid rebound to start the week. Where do the geopolitical risks of an Israel/Iran conflict play into the market trade? What's the latest on the fund position in the grain markets? How much should you pay attention to the markets during spring planting? We discuss with John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing. More at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. It is looking like an active week of weather ahead across much of the U.S. with severe weather potential to start and frost potential to wrap up the week. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss in this week's weather outlook video. Learn more at https://www.ag-wx.com.

Grains are mostly lower and cattle higher as we watch various headlines drive certain moves in the markets. We discuss the latest market action and some of the headline volatility with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Markets were a rollercoaster on Friday with grains mostly firm to higher, livestock and the stock market under heavy pressure, gold all over the place, crude oil and the U.S. dollar higher and much more. We wrap the week in the trade and discuss the markets, the debate over USDA and CONAB estimates and more with Kent Beadle from Paradigm Futures. Learn more by visiting them online at https://www.paradigmfutures.net. Also, we discuss spring planting and get some tips and reminders as farmers start to enter the fields across a wide area of the country. DEKALB Asgrow Technical Agronomist Lance Tarochione in Illinois joins the show for a conversation.

Grains are mostly higher on Friday while outside markets continue to show strength in the U.S. dollar, gold, cocoa, coffee and crude oil while there's pressure in the stock market. We discuss with Ryan Moe from StoneX.

The April WASDE Report from USDA was out on Thursday and it seemed largely uneventful as there were not many talking points. The biggest was probably the lack of USDA cuts to South American crop numbers despite other agencies making large cuts. We discuss the report and talk about managing risk with Bryan Doherty, Senior Market Advisor at Total Farm Marketing. Learn more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. Plus, we discuss a new CoBank report that examines the risks and potential of overbuild in the soybean crush arena as we continue to see rapid expansion and growth in that segment of agriculture. Tanner Ehmke, Lead Grains and Oilseeds Economist at CoBank, joins us to discuss the report. Learn more online by visiting: https://rb.gy/lyc2z5

A fairly uneventful April WASDE report out on Thursday from USDA. We discuss the numbers and a few things of note with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

KC wheat found some great strength on Wednesday while new consumer price index data, hotter than expected, weighed heavily on outside markets. That in turn, weighed on livestock trade and the rest of the grain complex. We discuss all of that and more on the show with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics. More at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. Also, we discuss soybean cyst nematode (SCN) pressures and some tips for farmers to keep in mind as we start spring planting. Troy Bauer, BASF Senior Field Technical Representative, Seed Treatments, joins the show to discuss SCN and their new website https://SCNFields.com that has more information for farmers to manage SCN in their fields.

Cattle futures found solid follow through support on Tuesday as the markets are recovering from last week's selloff. Meantime, grain trade was quietly lower on the day with little in the way of fresh news. We discuss risk management ideas for both grains and livestock with Tyler Schau from AgMarket.net on today's show. Learn more online by visiting them at https://www.agmarket.net.

Grains are mostly mixed to weaker in quiet action on Tuesday while we also get an update on the fertilizer markets again today with Mike Castle from StoneX.