Market Talk

Susan Littlefield sits in today for Jesse and she has market conversations with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics, Arlan Suderman from StoneX and Jeff Peterson with Heartland Farm Partners on today's show, powered by John Deere.

Soybeans are quietly higher at midweek while cattle futures continue to show more strength, looking at three higher days in a row on Wednesday. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary for Wednesday, October 8th, 2025.

Tuesday's market trade action was mostly quiet and mixed as the grain markets look for fresh news and livestock chopped around a bit on the day. We get thoughts and perspective on the early week market action with Jacob Burks from AgMarket.net . We also get bonus analysis from Sue Martin with Ag & Investments in Clarion, IA. Learn more online by visiting https://www.agandinvestments.com . And we s...

We see more mixed action in the grain and livestock trade at midday Tuesday, as we await a potential announcement from the Trump Administration on farmer aid. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss today's market action.

Grain markets were quiet to start the week on Monday while cattle futures had a strong upside day. We talk about market uncertainty with a lack of government reports, looking at market fundamentals and more with John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing. More online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com . Also, we see some rain potential in the forecast for dry areas of the Midwest and mid-south ear...

Markets are quietly mixed to start the week as the government shutdown continues, farmer aid announcements are reportedly on the way and more. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary for Monday, October 6th, 2025.

As we wrap up the week and get fully into October, we take a broad look at where things stand in the grain and livestock markets with Chad Hart from Iowa State University. We discuss seasonal harvest pressure in the markets, headline news influence, livestock market action and more as we close out with a quiet trading day on Friday. Also in Segment Four, dairy farmers from New Zealand spent time a...

Markets are quietly mixed to higher as we look to close out the week of trade. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX joins us for our Midday Commentary with thoughts on USDA suspending its October WASDE Report, a potential farm bailout and more.

We saw another higher day in the grains and oilseeds on Thursday as the early October winning streak continues. Meantime, it was a lower day in the livestock trade with feeder cattle futures down sharply to close the session. On today's show, we put an emphasis on controlling the factors you can control and looking at market fundamentals. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us in Segment...

We see mixed to higher action in Thursday's grain trade with pressure in cattle. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss their latest customer survey, potential of a Trump/Xi meeting later this month and more in our Midday Commentary.

Soybeans saw a late session rally to start the month of October on a good note while corn also ended in the green on Wednesday. Was the soybean rally partially due to reports of a meeting between President Trump and President Xi of China later in October (at least according to a social media post from President Trump)? Or was there something else at play in the midweek rally? Also, what should we...

We saw mixed action in the markets at midday on Wednesday. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joined us to discuss grains, livestock and the government shutdown in our Midday Commentary.

USDA released the Quarterly Grain Stocks and Small Grains Summary reports on Tuesday, showing more bearish news for the corn and wheat markets overall. What do these numbers mean for the grain complex moving forward? Could some of these numbers have an impact on livestock markets as well, especially considering feed usage? Tyler Schau with AgMarket.net joins us today to recap the reports and share...

The latest Quarterly Grain Stocks and annual Small Grains Summary reports are here from USDA. We get a recap and analysis of the numbers with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, in our Midday Commentary.

Ahead of the end of the month, end of the fiscal quarter and Tuesday's Quarterly Grain Stocks and Small Grains Summary reports from USDA, we had a fairly quiet and calm market trade to start the week. Grains chopped in a narrow range while livestock were mixed to lower. John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss on today's show. Learn more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing....

We see mixed action at midday Monday in the grain and livestock sector. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss early week trade action, end of the month and quarter ahead, Tuesday's USDA reports and more.

It was another interesting week in the markets as we saw all the news surrounding Argentina, the U.S. monetary bailout, the Argentine sales to China and more. A topic that has been weighing on me for awhile is that it sure seems like China is not coming back to the U.S. in a meaningful way for things like soybeans. But, the root of the problem really goes back throughout multiple administrations....

Grains are mixed as we near the end of the week. We talk about this week's trade and get perspective on fertilizer prices as Mike Castle, Senior Fertilizer Analyst at StoneX, joins us for our Midday Commentary.

Geringhoff has been in the business of making corn heads, draper heads and harvesting solutions for 145 years. During the 2025 Farm Progress Show, we talked with Geringhoff Director of Sales Craig Lee to learn more about the XFR 50 draper head and more of the great products they had on display. You can learn more online at https://www.geringhoff.com .

On Friday, there was word of no deal between the U.S. and China regarding soybeans. Meantime, there is more talk this week of a potential bridge payment for farmers amid the current state of the farm economy. Could a farm payment have a negative impact on the markets? What about the upcoming shipping fee deadline? There are a lot of things to talk about as we close out the week with Ted Seifried f...

It appears the lack of news regarding a soybean deal with China on Friday is putting pressure on the soy complex while livestock trades mostly higher into the weekend. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary for Friday, September 19th, 2025.

Grain markets were quietly lower on Thursday, seemingly waiting on the next headline to move the markets. Could that be something from Friday's expected President Trump/President Xi conversation? Could it be more concrete yield results from harvest? We take a look at this week's trade and get perspective from Bryan Doherty, Senior Market Advisor at Total Farm Marketing. More online at https://www....

We saw an expected rate cut confirmed by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. What does that mean for the U.S. dollar, the broader economy and the commodity markets moving forward? Plus, more pressure in cattle futures ahead of Friday's on feed numbers. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to break it all down on today's show. Learn more online at https://www.globalcommresearch.com ....

We saw a solid turnaround Tuesday in the grain markets while it was a mixed affair in livestock. As we get ready to ramp up harvest season in a big way, are we simply marking time in these markets until more concrete yield results come in? Matt Bennett with AgMarket.net joins us to discuss yield potential, risk management, thoughts on 2026 marketing and more. Find more online at https://www.agmark...

Grains are trading higher at midday with mixed action in the livestock trade. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us for perspective in our Midday Commentary for Tuesday.