Market Talk

For Monday's Midday Commentary, we get a breakdown of the livestock complex with Katy Doumit from StoneX as she talks with our own Susan Littlefield.

We get Friday's show started to close out July with market analysis and perspective from Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist at StoneX. In Segment Two, we discuss the week in the cattle and hog markets and get perspective from Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek. Then we spend the rest of the show talking about a wild month of market volatility and look at the ag economy with Chad Hart fro...

Wheat was under pressure again on Friday with mixed action elsewhere. Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist with StoneX, joins us to break down the week and the end of the month trade action in grains, livestock and the macro markets.

On Thursday's show, we talk market action in Segment One with Darren Frye from Water Street Solutions followed by a new episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Joe Kooima from KKV Trading in Segment Two. Then we talk markets, long call option basics and more with Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing to finish out the show.

Wednesday on Market Talk we sit down with Mike Zuzolo, president of Global Commodity Analytics, to unpack a volatile midweek session — soybeans and corn lower, wheat mixed, cattle higher, and the Fed holding rates steady. Mike breaks down the ruble's slide against the dollar, fresh sanctions on Russia and Iran, an intense 24 hours of military escalation, why soybeans are giving back ground faster...

Tyler Schau of AgMarket.net joins Market Talk to break down the cattle market's rebound after Monday's sell-off, what Friday's Cattle on Feed and Inventory reports really showed and why the Douglas, Arizona border reopening rattled deferred cattle contracts. Plus: extreme heat impacts on Kansas feedyards, boxed beef seasonality heading into Labor Day, and a full grain market rundown as corn, sprin...

Tyler Schau of AgMarket.net joins Market Talk to break down the cattle market's rebound after Monday's sell-off, what Friday's Cattle on Feed and Inventory reports really showed and why the Douglas, Arizona border reopening rattled deferred cattle contracts. Plus: extreme heat impacts on Kansas feedyards, boxed beef seasonality heading into Labor Day, and a full grain market rundown as corn, sprin...

Tyler Schau of AgMarket.net joins Market Talk to break down the cattle market's rebound after Monday's sell-off, what Friday's Cattle on Feed and Inventory reports really showed and why the Douglas, Arizona border reopening rattled deferred cattle contracts. Plus: extreme heat impacts on Kansas feedyards, boxed beef seasonality heading into Labor Day, and a full grain market rundown as corn, sprin...

Grain and livestock markets are showing a bit of a rebound in Tuesday trade. We talk about it with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

A rough Monday across ag commodities — soybeans led grain losses, cattle futures got hit hard, and the pressure spilled into hogs and outside markets. Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing joins Market Talk to break down the "big three" (plus a new fourth factor) driving the selloff, what USDA's phased reopening of the southern border means for cattle imports from Mexico and why producers should...

Heavy pressure is seen across grains, livestock and outside markets to start the week on Monday. We talk about it with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.

On Friday's episode of Market Talk, we are sharing the recent Markets in Motion: What's Shaping Ag Prices in the Year Ahead panel from the recent NAFB Summer Showcase event held at the American Royal in Kansas City on July 16th. The panel featured Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist, StoneX Group; Mark Hobrock, Sr. Vice President, The Andersons; and Mike Zuzolo, President and Owner, Global...

On today's episode of Market Talk, we have this week's Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield as she talks with Joe Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek in Segment Two and we also have analysis from Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing in Segment Three.

More volatility is being seen in Thursday's market trade across grains and livestock. We talk through the trade moves and get perspective from Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX in our Midday Commentary.

Wheat led another strong session higher Wednesday after Russia announced an overnight shipping ban at Novorossiysk, its largest Black Sea port — while crude oil and soybean oil rallied right alongside it. Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics joins Market Talk to break down why this move feels less like a weather market and more like the early days of the 2022 invasion, plus a rough session fo...

Wheat led the grain complex higher Tuesday, but the real story is the growing gap between official crop ratings and what agronomists are seeing in the field. Jim McCormick of AgMarket.net joins us today to break down corn and soybean yield uncertainty, the China tariff standoff, new tensions with Canada, and his advice for producers heading into fall marketing decisions. We also touch on the pullb...

Crops are looking solid across much of the Midwest, despite heat stress and wildfire smoke in the Great Lakes area. Soybeans rallied again on more Chinese demand business while corn and wheat were mixed and cattle ended their long losing streak with higher futures on Monday. Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us to discuss on one of today's interviews. We also hear from John Heinberg...

Soybeans are pushing higher to start the week with corn up slightly as well. Cattle are also trying to end their losing streak to start the week. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us for our Midday Commentary on Monday.

On Friday's show, we get started with market analysis from Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek in Segment One followed by a market conversation with Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist at StoneX in Segment Two. Then, we spend the rest of the show looking back at the 53 year career of Mark Gold in the commodity and brokerage business. Susan Littlefield sits down with Gold, who just retired...

On Thursday's show, we start things off with a market conversation between Susan Littlefield and Arlan Suderman of StoneX in Segment One followed by a new episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan and Brad Kooima from KKV Trading. Then, Jesse sits down for analysis with Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing and we also kickoff a series of educational tips on futures and options, focusing on long call...

The wheat complex exploded to the upside on Wednesday as concerns grow over the closure of the Kerch Strait, linking the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea, as fighting intensifies between Russia and Ukraine in the region. Could this be the start of a bigger rally across commodities as we re-add war premium into the trade? We talk wheat, crude oil, corn, inflation and the struggles in the cattle compl...

The wheat complex exploded to the upside on Wednesday as concerns grow over the closure of the Kerch Strait, linking the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea, as fighting intensifies between Russia and Ukraine in the region. Could this be the start of a bigger rally across commodities as we re-add war premium into the trade? We talk wheat, crude oil, corn, inflation and the struggles in the cattle compl...

It was an interesting start to the week in the grains and oilseeds as we've pulled back in corn and soybeans after a higher start to the week. But we have to wonder, are we entering into a bullish cycle for the grain complex? DuWayne Bosse with Bolt Marketing joins us to discuss that, the weather factor, USDA data, demand, inflation, a tough stretch for the cattle market and much more. Find more a...

The grain markets are mixed on Tuesday with some pressure in corn and soybeans while the cattle complex is under pressure through midday. We also got the June Consumer Price Index data this morning and it was better than expected. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary for Tuesday, July 14th, 2026.

Is it time to get bullish in the grain markets? Could we have a weather story developing amid global geopolitics, demand and more? Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth with Van Ahn & Company joins us for a conversation and perspective on what's driving the grain markets and her reaction to a bit of a disappointing close to grain markets on Monday's session. We also talk inflation, interest rates, energies and t...