Market Talk

On this Labor Day episode of Market Talk, Jesse Allen recaps Friday's market action before we listen back to a conversation last week at Farm Progress Show with Matt Bennett from AgMarket.net. We also have Corryn La Rue join us to share a conversation with Gary Berg from the United Soybean Board last week at FPS 2025 as well.

On Friday's Market Talk, we hear this week's episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Brad Kooima to start the show before an update on early harvest in the south with Chris Ouzts from AgriGold. Then, we talk markets with Steve Nicholson from Rabobank during this week's Farm Progress Show and close things out with Clay Creighton from Agoro Carbon Alliance also at this week's FPS.

Corn and cattle are showing some strength ahead of the Labor Day weekend. We talk markets with Arlan Suderman from StoneX in our Midday Commentary for Friday, August 29th, 2025.

On this episode, we wrap up from day three of the 2025 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, IL. We talk markets with Arlan Suderman from StoneX plus we look at trade and the ag economy with American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland. The show starts with a look at Brevant E3 Enlist soybeans and more with Brevant Seeds Area Product Manager Brad Foresman. Learn more online at https://www.brevant...

Market Talk Live from The Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois We talk with the team at Geringhoff about 145 years of business, the new XFR50 and more. Plus, we look at markets with Ted Seifried from Zaner Ag Hedge in the middle of the show.

Market Talk Live from The Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois Today, we hear from the folks with Beck's about some of their new products, crop conditions, Becknology days and more. Then, we talk markets in the middle of the show with Matt Bennett from AgMarket.net.

A case of new world screwworm was confirmed over the weekend in a human, who recently traveled to Central America from the U.S. and back home to the east coast. That gave us plenty of volatility in the cattle markets on Monday and we ended up mostly near unchanged. Meantime, grains and oilseeds were mixed to firm on the day with some profit taking in soybeans and soybean oil. John Heinberg with To...

New world screwworm was confirmed in a human over the weekend who recently traveled to Central America. We talk about that impact on the cattle market, a mixed day overall in grains and thoughts on the latest outside market moves. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us for our Midday Commentary.

Friday wrapped up a fairly busy week of news for agriculture as EPA announced a decision on small refinery exemptions, that was mostly a non-factor in Friday's grain trade. We also saw new yield estimates out from this week's Midwest Crop Tour that are a bit lower than USDA. And......cattle continued to impress into the weekend. DuWayne Bosse with Bolt Marketing joins us to discuss and close out t...

As the EPA announced its decision on small refinery exemptions on Friday morning, we saw a somewhat muted response in the markets. We also have news coming out of the Jackson Hole meeting with Fed Chair Jerome Powell that has sent the stock market higher at midday. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.

Soybeans and soybean oil were the upside leader on a mostly positive trading day Thursday. Was it the news announcement of details for the U.S./European Union trade framework that included many ag products like soybean oil? Was it a general bounce in the market? Bryan Doherty, Senior Market Advisor with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the trade action in grains and livestock on today's sh...

Soybeans are the upside leader on Thursday as we see a mostly positive day across the grain and livestock trade. We discuss the market action with Arlan Suderman from StoneX.

The cattle complex continues to ride the rocketship this week as we saw another sharply higher day in feeder and live cattle futures on Wednesday. Meanwhile, we saw a mostly higher day in grains and oilseeds with Chicago wheat showing a good bullish reversal off contract lows at midweek. Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics joins us today for a good technical lesson and analysis for cattle,...

A mixed day in the grains, more strength in cattle on Wednesday. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joined us for perspective and analysis at midweek in our Midday Commentary for August 20th, 2025.

Grain markets were quietly lower on Tuesday as we continue to follow along with results and pictures from the Midwest Crop Tour. How is all of this data and big crop potential affecting risk management strategy for producers? Jacob Burks with AgMarket.net joins us to discuss that and look at more volatility in the cattle complex. Find more at https://www.agmarket.net . Why is it important to consi...

We saw lower grain market action at midday on Tuesday while cattle were finding continued strength to start the week. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

Cattle market volatility continues to be off the charts as we saw another day to the upside in feeder and live cattle futures, with strength in midday boxed beef as well on Monday. We take a look at some of the continued volatility and examine a quiet start to the week for grains with John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing. More online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com . Also, we run through...

Grains are off to a quiet start this week while there's more positivity in cattle on Monday. Plenty of news to watch this week with crop tours, weather and the Jackson Hole meeting for the Federal Reserve. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

We saw a really strong finish to the grain and livestock trade on Friday after a volatile week of trading and market moving headlines. The question now is whether or not next week's Midwest Crop Tour will actually confirm some of the big yield estimates from USDA? Plus, an update on screwworm had the cattle on edge to close the week. Brian Grete, Sr. Grain and Livestock Analyst for Commstock Inves...

It is looking like a positive end to a volatile week for the grain complex on Friday as traders watch weather, headline news and more. Meantime the outside markets are mixed as Trump and Putin meet in Alaska and cattle seem to be waiting on a New World Screwworm update from USDA as of 11am CST on Friday. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for our Midday Commentary and...

Cattle were sharply lower on Thursday as traders seemed nervous once again as we close out another week. Some of that spilled into the lean hogs complex as well while in the grains, soybeans saw some profit taking on Thursday. We discuss the markets perception of the USDA numbers, export sales and more with Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing. More can be found online at https://www.totalfarmm...

Soybeans are the downside leader on Thursday as we see moderate losses in grain and livestock trade. We also had a hotter than expected PPI inflation number out this morning. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

On this episode we talk with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analtyics, Steve Schany from AgriGold and Arlan Suderman from StoneX.

On Tuesday, USDA dropped a massive yield estimate for corn at 188.8 bushels per acre for this growing season. That number, along with the 2025/26 corn production forecasted at a record 16.7 billion bushels, would be 1.4 billion bushels more than the prior record set in 2023/24. Meanwhile, USDA also forecasted a slightly higher soybean yield at 53.6 bushels per acre on the August WASDE Report. What...

The season's first survey-based yield forecasts are here from USDA and they are calling for a monster U.S. corn crop and a slightly higher U.S. soybean crop to be harvested this fall. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for analysis and recap of the latest numbers from USDA.