Market Talk

We saw the grain markets quieter on Tuesday with some spread trading happening in corn and soybeans. Meantime, the livestock complex (cattle in particular) had a solid day higher again. Jacob Burks with AgMarket.net joins us for a conversation on today's show. Find more at https://www.agmarket.net .

Grains markets are mixed to lower with livestock trading their way a bit higher on Tuesday. Overall, there seems to be less volatility in the markets today. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for Midday Commentary to discuss.

We saw good strength to start the week in cattle futures which also spilled over to lean hogs on Monday. Meanwhile, new crop soybeans were a little higher with old crop soybeans and corn slightly lower. Wheat found moderate pressure on the day as well. John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss Monday's trade. More at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com . Eric Snodgrass with Nutrie...

We see mixed to lower action in the grain markets to start the week with livestock futures higher. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist with StoneX, joins us for a rundown of market action to start the week and some interesting news out of Argentina that could have an impact on the broader commodity markets moving forward.

We ended up the week on Friday with good strength in soybeans, wheat and corn along with the cattle futures. It was no doubt another volatile week of trade amid headline risk, tariffs, USDA reports and more. Ted Seifried from Zaner Ag Hedge joins us to break it all down and recap this past week in the trade. Find more online at https://www.zaner.com . Also to close the show in Segment Four, we get...

We see green across the grains and oilseeds at midday on Friday with mixed action elsewhere. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss grains, livestock, new inflation numbers and more in our Midday Commentary for Friday, April 11th.

We saw the corn and soybean markets rally a bit on Thursday after the release of the April WASDE report from USDA, that showed minimal tweaks to the balance sheets with corn being the most notable. Meanwhile, wheat was disappointing and cattle were under pressure along with the stock market. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss. Learn more online at https://www.totalfarmmark...

The April WASDE report out Thursday did not feature many big surprises in the marketplace. We recap the numbers and discuss the broader market trade, new inflation data and more with Arlan Suderman from StoneX.

President Trump on Wednesday announced a 90 day pause on tariffs and a lower reciprocal tariff rate of 10% for countries that did not retaliate against U.S. tariffs while also raising the tariff rate on China to 125%. This news sent the markets sharply higher into the close across commodities, livestock, energies, metals and the stock market. Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics joins us to...

Markets are relatively mixed at midday as we continue to see escalation in tariffs between the U.S. and China. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for analysis on grains, livestock and crude oil at midweek.

We saw markets start higher on Tuesday but ended up finishing the day with mixed action across the board. Brian Splitt with AgMarket.net joins to provide a technical perspective to what is happening on various commodity charts, the correlation between stocks and cattle and much more. Find more details online as well by visiting https://www.agmarket.net . Also in Segment Four, we hear from the newe...

Markets are trying to rally a bit on Tuesday but we are starting to set back from our morning highs across grains, livestock and the outside markets. We talk about it with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Grain markets did their best to stabilize on Monday with some green in old crop corn, soybeans and wheat trade was a bit higher across the board. Obviously tariffs and headline risk continues to bring volatility to the stock market and more. We discuss the market picture to start the week in a conversation with John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.co...

Grain markets have somewhat stabilized to start the week while more volatility is hitting the stock market, energies and lower action is seen in livestock futures. We break down the latest market action with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist with StoneX for Monday, April 7th.

We saw more meltdown in the markets on Friday amid China's announcement of a 34% retaliatory tariff on Friday. Soybeans, cattle, hogs, stocks and crude oil were sharply lower on Friday while corn actually end the day and week mixed to higher. Naomi Blohm with Total Farm Marketing joins us for analysis and perspective on today's show. Find more online by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com...

Markets continued to see red in reaction to tariff news, Chinese retaliation against the U.S. on Friday and more. We break down the latest moves in grains (including corn holding its own), pressure in livestock and thoughts on crude oil breaking down to near $60 a barrel in WTI futures. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for Midday Commentary.

Fallout from President Trump's tariff announcements were felt throughout stocks, energies, metals, livestock and soybeans on Thursday. Corn and wheat, actually finished near unchanged on the day. We discuss market reaction to tariffs, weather factors and more today with Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing. More at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com . Plus, now that we have the tariff news, alo...

Markets are continuing to react to President Trump's tariff announcement from Wednesday with plenty of "risk-off" trade happening in various complexes. Corn and wheat, however, have worked back to unchanged after gapping lower in early trade. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary for Thursday, April 2rd, 2025.

Grain and oilseed markets were quietly mixed by the close as traders are seemingly waiting on pins and needles ahead of President Trump's tariff announcements on Wednesday afternoon. Also, a lot of weather is moving through the country and midweek and how could heavy rains affect spring planting in certain areas? Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss what he is tracking i...

Markets are trading quietly mixed ahead of tariff announcements later on Wednesday afternoon. Mark Lucas with StoneX joins us to discuss the market action in grains and livestock on Wednesday.

Soybeans and soybean oil led the way higher on Tuesday as market bulls seemingly took charge to start the month of April. We saw moderate gains in corn and wheat and a solid day higher in livestock futures as well. Traders are no doubt gearing up for tariff news on Wednesday and weather is going to be back in focus as we get ready to ramp up spring fieldwork. Matt Bennett with AgMarket.net joins u...

Grains are higher at midday on Tuesday with soybeans and soyoil leading the charge. The same goes for livestock futures which have found good money flow on the first day of April. We talk markets with Arlan Suderman from StoneX in our Midday Commentary for Tuesday, April 1st, 2025.

The March 31st Prospective Plantings and Quarterly Grain Stocks reports came out from USDA on Monday and left us with one main theme: corn is apparently king for 2025 (at least as of now). We discuss the numbers and a fairly quiet market reaction overall in our USDA Roundtable with John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing and Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth of Van Ahn & Company on today's show. Find more for...

USDA is calling for 95.3 million acres of corn to be planted this spring in the U.S. along with just shy of 83.5 million acres of soybeans. There were not many changes to the grain stocks number as well that were released on Monday. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX joins us to recap the data in our Midday Commentary.

Wheat had another lower day while soybeans and corn reversed off the lows to finish quietly higher. Meantime, livestock trade was lower into the weekend as traders gear up for Monday's USDA data dump and more. Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing joins us to close out the week in the markets. More at www.totalfarmmarketing.com . Also, Friday was a rough day in the stock market while the ag comp...