Professional Ag Marketing Podcast

The week ended with a bang. The stocks data was supportive for corn and wheat, neutral soybeans. Acreage data was very bullish for soybeans, bearish corn and mixed for wheat. Listen in to Mike and Nick talk about todays reports. 

Weather or not here they come. This week the grain markets jolted back and forth trading weather outlooks. Jeff also talked about the latest Cattle on Feed report today as well. Listen in to Mike and Jeff this week. 

This week the grain markets moved rapidly as the corn belt dries up. Listen in to Mike and Lucas talk about the weather market. 

This week Lucas Peters and Luke Wells discuss their week at the World Pork Expo and the June WASDE report. 

This week Mike talks about what could be the beginning of a weather market. Nick talks about the historic week Cattle had. 

The corn market finally showed some life this week. Listen in to hear Mike and Jeff discuss the weather rally and what yield we need to look for in the USDA balance sheet. 

This week Mike and Jordan discuss the Cattle on Feed report along with a struggling grain market. 

Listen in to hear Mike and Pat talk about this weeks WASDE report. They wrap up  the show this week talking about the Supreme Court upholding California's Prop 12 law. 

This week Pat and Mike discuss the recent influence by outside markets. Listen in on the recent selloff before next weeks WASDE report. 

This week Mike and Jeff discuss the struggling corn market. However, Jeff was most excited to talk about a recovering hog market. 

Matthew Diersen is a Griffith Chair in Agricultural Finance, Professor, SDSU Extension Risk and Business Management Specialist. This week Matt and Mike discuss low cattle volatility and the implications that has on risk management strategies. We also discussed option expirations and strategies around report days. Listen in to this weeks guest speaker. 

Joseph M. Santos is the new Director & Professor of Economics for the Ness School of Management & Economics at SDSU. His lead in money, banking, and regulation made for a fantastic podcast this week. In what could be our best podcast yet Joseph and Mike discuss the current bank crisis, inflation, interest rates, USD, and many more. This is a must listen.  

This week the USDA released their WASDE report and the BLS released their CPI report. Listen in to hear Pat and Mike for their takeaways from this weeks action. 

This week Nick and Mike discuss the strong cattle market. The energy market also experienced some waves when OPEC announced a surprise cut over the weekend. Listen in to hear amount this weeks commodity markets. 

This week cattle prices set a new bar. Record cash prices are amongst  us. This week the Quarterly Grain Stocks and Prospective Planting reports got the grain markets fired up. Listen in to Mike and Jeff for this weeks movement in the Ag markets. 

Today Lucas and Jordan discuss the big increase in corn export sales to China and the sharp downturn in the soybean market.

The market reaction was intense this week. Outside markets pushed funds into a risk off environment. Listen in to Pat and Mike discuss the reaction. 

Silicon Valley Bank is the second largest bank failure in USA history. The largest casualty so far to the free money printing spree of the government during COVID, which triggered inflation. Listen in to see how that ties into the commodity markets along with the WASDE results from this week with Pat and Mike. 

This week Pat and Mike discuss the recent grain market moves along with a market outlook. Managing price risk this year will be a much more intense conversation and strategy than most years with outcomes being so dramatic. Is this like 2013 all over again or do we continue to live in a world with tight supplies? Listen in. 

Be careful what you wish for. After the corn market has consolidated into an ascending triangle it finally broke out this week... but to the downside. Listen in to Mike and Lucas talk about the collapse this week. 

This week Pat and Mike discuss the weather forecast for 2023. The transition from La Nina to El Nino seems imminent. What impact does that have on crop production globally? Listen in to find out. 

Want to spend less on crop insurance? Listen today about Yield Protection and the advantages we believe it can gain you for protecting yield and managing price seperate. 

Jeff and Lucas Peters discuss some of the most important farm program and crop insurance items this week. 

Mike and Jeff discuss this weeks pressing macro economic and grain items. However, the main topic this week was on the cattle inventory report. 

Jeff and Mike discuss outside markets influence on the markets along with the cattle on feed report.