Market Talk

Grain markets are largely moving lower to start the week without a fresh story to impact the trade. Meanwhile, cattle are starting the week on a good note. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary for Monday, May 5th, 2025.

As we close out the week, wheat rallied a bit while soybeans and corn were mixed. Plus, it was a higher day in livestock futures to round out the week. Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures joins us to discuss old crop, basis levels, thoughts on weather starting to take center stage in new crop and more. Find more online as well by heading to https://www.paradigmfutures.net . Plus at the end of the sh...

We continue to see a fair amount of volatility in fertilizer markets worldwide while the grain trade finished up the week mostly mixed to higher. Mike Castle, Senior Fertilizer Analyst with StoneX joins us to discuss in the Market Talk Midday Commentary for Friday, May 2nd, 2025.

Wheat continues to struggle as KC contracts made new lows on May Day Thursday while we largely saw two-sided trade across the grain and livestock sector to start the month. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us for conversation about the rally in soybeans, wheat charts, cattle and dairy market action and thoughts on the latest economic data we've seen this week. Learn more online at htt...

We started higher in grain and livestock trade on May Day but we are starting to see some erosion in the markets as we get to midday on Thursday. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss market action and new news regarding China/US relations.

Wheat and corn found a decent rally on Wednesday after we saw a bit of a breakdown across commodities on Tuesday. Meanwhile, cattle futures ended their run of higher sessions with a lower day at midweek. Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics joins us for a breakdown of the markets, a discussion on lower U.S. GDP numbers, technical market factors, fundamentals, geopolitical influence and much...

We see the corn and wheat markets finding some positivity at midweek with pressure in soybeans and livestock. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss grains, livestock and macro market action on this Wednesday, April 30th.

What led to the grain markets being under pressure on Tuesday? Was it weather and planting progress? First notice day in grains for May contracts? What about the rumors of trade deals with countries like India and Japan? A lot of questions to explore on today's show with Jim McCormick from AgMarket.net. Also, we discuss the state of rural broadband and efforts to expand access along with the growt...

Soybeans and corn had a fairly mixed session, working off the lows from the morning trade while wheat was under pressure. Cattle also had a solid start to the week. John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the start of the trading week. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. We see a potential severe weather outbreak to start the week in the Midwest along with more act...

It's a mixed start to the week in the grains and oilseeds with soybeans and corn moving off their morning lows. Meantime, could the latest developments with New World Screwworm have an impact on cattle trade this week? Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

Markets were very quiet on Friday with two-sided trade in grains and oilseeds and mildly higher action in livestock. What are the markets and traders paying attention as we head into the weekend? We discuss the week in the trade on today's show with Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth from Van Ahn & Company in the first half of our program. Then, we get market perspective and a planting update from South Dakot...

Markets are quietly mixed as we end the week of trade on Friday. Traders are watching weather, headline news and much more across the grain and livestock trade. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

We've got a busy show for Thursday! Overall, grain and livestock market action was choppy to higher on Thursday. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss some of the strength in soybeans, corn and soybean oil along with perspective on risk management in these markets that are continuing to look for fresh news. Find more by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com . Also, Brad...

Grain and livestock markets are fairly mixed on Thursday as we continue to track news headlines, export sales, weather and more. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to look at the trade action in our Midday Commentary.

Some easing of tensions and tariffs with China coupled with a cooled down rhetoric by President Trump in regards to Fed Chair Jerome Powell gave support to the stock market and U.S. dollar. Did it also give support to the soy complex on Wednesday? We discuss headline news, weather, fundamentals and more with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics on today's show. More at https://www.globalcom...

Markets are mixed at midweek with some easing of concern in the outside markets. Fertilizer prices are seen an uptick though. We touch on grains, stocks and fertilizer with Mike Castle from StoneX in our Midday Commentary.

Soybeans were higher on the day while corn and wheat moved slightly lower as planting progress starts to pick up across the Midwest. Meantime, cattle and hog futures had a strong day on Tuesday. Cory Bratland with AgMarket.net joins us to discuss. Find more at https://www.agmarket.net .

Fairly mixed trade in grains at midday while livestock found some good support and we see a rally in outside markets. Farm and Ranch Media's Susan Littlefield gets details in our Midday Commentary with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Stocks, energies and the U.S. dollar were all under heavy pressure on Monday which ended up weighing on grain and livestock trade. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us today to run through the trade action and share some market perspective coming off a holiday weekend. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com . We saw a fairly active weekend of weather for the Easter holiday and...

Heavy volatility is being seen in outside markets on Monday with pressure on stocks, the U.S. dollar and crude oil while gold is soaring higher again. It appears some of this is starting to spill over into grain and livestock trade as well. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for analysis.

No markets for Good Friday but we dive into market related topics on today's show. We start by having a conversation about seasonality in the markets, planting activity and more with Chad Hart from Iowa State University. In the second half of the show, we welcome Susan Stroud from No Bull Ag to the show and we have a conversation about tariffs, export flows, China, South America and much more. Fin...

We saw a mixed to lower day in the grains and oilseeds on Thursday as we headed into the three-day holiday weekend with no markets on Good Friday. It was a bit of a disappointing close for corn and soybeans while we had another solid day higher in cattle futures. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to share thoughts on the week in the market trade. Find more online at https://www.tota...

Markets are fairly quiet again on Thursday as we near the three day weekend. We talk grains and get a look at the fertilizer market with Mike Castle from StoneX in our Midday Commentary.

Well for the most part, it was another quiet day in the markets with grains and oilseeds slightly higher while cattle and hog futures found solid strength on the session. Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss new WTO data that could impact commodities, weather fundamentals, spread action in corn and beans along with a look at this week's strength in the cattle market. Fin...

We see the grain and oilseed complex quietly higher on Wednesday as we close in on the end of a holiday shortened week with no markets on Good Friday. Mike Castle, Senior Fertilizer Analyst with StoneX, joins us in the Market Talk Midday Commentary for Wednesday to discuss the grain markets and equities at midday. Learn more at https://www.stonex.com/en . Please remember the risk of trading future...