Market Talk

Grains found a late round of buying on Thursday as it appeared the midday GFS turned a little drier and the latest drought monitor showed continued expansion across the Corn Belt. We discuss the markets ahead of Friday's June WASDE Report from USDA with Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing. Learn more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. Jesse Allen is joined by Redd Summit Advisors' Ag Risk Consultant, Ross Bronson, to discuss the cattle markets. They also talk about LRP and PRF insurance options and discuss a webinar hosted by Ross that looks at using the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) on June 9th at 9:00 AM MST, via Zoom. You can sign up for that webinar here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEofuqvqz4iGN0j6CKRKVnq3j7VvAJDN0w1 Today's show is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more at https://www.growmark.com.

Grains and livestock are fairly mixed again on Thursday with some more spread trading being seen in corn and soybeans. We discuss the market tone ahead of Friday's WASDE report from USDA and more with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, in our Midday Commentary for Thursday, June 8th.

Wheat was lower with spread trade seen in corn and soybeans on the day Wednesday. Plus, livestock trade was lower across the board. We examine the hold that China's economy/market still seems to have on the trade, the weather outlook and much more with Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics. Learn more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. Also, we talk with Dr. Timothy Parks, technical services veterinarian with Merck Animal Health, about the upcoming Stockmanship and Stewardship event in Nebraska next week. Learn more online at https://www.stockmanshipandstewardship.org. Today's program is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more online at https://www.growmark.com.

Markets are mixed with wheat lower and spread action happening in corn and soybeans on Wednesday. Plus, we see consolidation in cattle and hog futures today. We discuss the trade action with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

A drier midday GFS weather model run seemed to give some late strength to corn and soybeans on Tuesday while wheat struggled to maintain early gains. Cattle and hogs also had a strong day on Tuesday across the board. We talk about the complexities of trading in a weather market, crop conditions and much more with Matt Bennett of AgMarket.net on today's program. Learn more online by visiting https://www.agmarket.net. Today's show is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more online at https://www.growmark.com.

Markets are mixed at midday Tuesday after seeing overnight strength in the grain and oilseed trade. We discuss why the markets can't seem to sustain a rally right now and more with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

After seeing some overnight strength, grain markets finished mixed on Monday with wheat finding some support while corn and soybeans saw a bit of profit taking. Livestock trade was mixed with cattle a little bit higher and lean hogs a bit lower. We discuss markets and why you should keep a balanced approach this time of year with John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing. Learn more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. It still remains dry across much of the Corn Belt and especially the eastern areas while pop up thunderstorms keep being seen across the western corn belt. What is the latest on the potential of a pattern change? We get the latest details and forecast from Eric Snodgrass of Nutrien. Get Eric's weekly newsletter here: https://info.nutrien.com/snodgrass_weather Today's program is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more online at https://www.growmark.com.

Markets are mixed throughout the grain and livestock trade on Monday as corn and soybeans watch the weather while wheat gets support from the latest Black Sea news. We get market analysis from Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX to kick off the week.

Grains were mixed for most of the day before some late short covering came into the grains and livestock trade on Friday. We discuss weather, outside market strength and take a deep dive into the corn market with DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing. Learn more at https://www.boltmarketingllc.com. CoBank this week released a new report that looks at how grain elevators could look to widen basis and lower cash bids in an effort to make up for storing grain in a high interest rate environment. We discuss the report and more with Tanner Ehmke, lead grains and oilseeds Economist at CoBank. Also, we talk grasshopper management with Ryan Hunt, Technical Product Manager with FMC on today's show. Today's program is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more online at https://www.growmark.com.

It's a mixed bag in the trade on Friday with the stock market really seeing the most excitement while soybeans lead grains mostly mixed to higher. Livestock is mixed as well as feedlot trade is propelling cattle to round out the week. Arlan Suderman of StoneX joins us to discuss the market trade action.

On today's program, we take a look at the positive money flow across grains, oilseeds and cattle to kick off the month of June with Bryan Doherty, Senior Market Advisor at Total Farm Marketing. Learn more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. Also, John Sandbakken, Executive Director of the National Sunflower Association, joins the show to talk about sunflower planting progress, prices and more. Learn more on their website at https://www.sunflowernsa.com. Today's program is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more at https://www.growmark.com.

Positive money flow is being seen today across the grains and we're seeing some creep into live cattle as well around midday. We talk the markets, the private sector jobs numbers out Thursday and more with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

After a rough start to the holiday shortened week on Tuesday, markets looked poised to continue to the downtrend on Wednesday. However, we wrapped up the month of May by seeing the grains bounce off early lows. What is the overall trend look like in this market? How about the aggressive buying in hogs and strength in cattle to start the week? We go over the market trade action with Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics on today's program. Learn more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. Plus, we kick off the show in Segment One talking WOTUS with Mary-Thomas Hart from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). We get her reaction to the Supreme Court decision last week and where we go from here. Today's program is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more online by visiting https://www.growmark.com.

Don't look now but grain markets are trying to rebound off overnight and morning lows as we wrap up the month of May. The bigger story though is that demand concerns are abundant in the marketplace. We discuss with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Tuesday was a rough day in the grain and oilseed markets as we saw heavy pressure in the soy complex, wheat and crude oil. That spilled over into corn as well, which tried to hold on much of the day but ended up lower. Meantime, hogs and cattle had a strong upside day with limit gains in lean hogs. We talk the markets, technical factors and more with Brian Splitt of AgMarket.net on today's program. Learn more online by visiting https://www.agmarket.net. Today's program is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more at https://www.growmark.com.

Grains are under heavy pressure to start the holiday shortened week while livestock are taking advantage with a strong move to the upside across cattle and hogs. We talk markets today with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes while I was away to celebrate my wedding and honeymoon last week. A big thanks to my good friend Mike Pearson for filling in while I was away as well. On today's show, we first thank those men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom today and everyday as well as we take time to remember this Memorial Day 2023. We catch up with Eric Snodgrass of Nutrien Ag Solutions on this Memorial Day to discuss the dry weather outlook as we head into June. Sign up for his daily newsletter here: https://info.nutrien.com/snodgrass_weather Plus, Jesse has a look at how the markets closed, price action and more from Friday's session. He also has more fallout from the Supreme Court ruling on WOTUS and news from last week's U.S. Meat Export Federation Spring Conference that took place in Minneapolis, MN. Today's program is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more online at https://www.growmark.com.

Friday saw the grain markets find a bid, with corn, soy, and wheat all pushing higher on the day. Donna Hughes of StoneX joined the show first with a look at the crop in the southern plains, followed by Brian Doherty of Total Farm Marketing, who outlined the potential moves in grains as the trade returns next week. Market Talk closed with Naomi Blohm, also of Total Farm Marketing, who has some reservations about beef demand as we get deeper in to summer.

Thursday's Market Talk began with Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge breaking down this week's export sales report for the grains and found a bright spot. Eric Snodgrass joined in segment 2 with a discussion of US and global weather. In the third segment, Emily Buckman, Director of Government Affairs with American Farm Bureau Federation spoke about the Right to Repair agreements they've negotiated. And the show closed with Arlan Suderman speaking to Richard Ristvit of the American Ag Network

Wednesday's Market Talk began with Garrett Toay of Ag Trader Talk who was on the split trade in corn and wheat. In segment 2, Steve Meyer of Partners in Production Agriculture spoke at the Global Hog Industry Virtual Conference this morning and we heard his thoughts on pork. Arlan Suderman spoke with Mike Adams on the AOA radio show on Wednesday morning, so we listened in on his thoughts and the show closed with Joe Kerns, also of Partners in Production Agriculture who's looking ahead for input prices to moderate.