Successful Farming Daily

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, May 1, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Green markets consolidated ahead of the weekend, with crude oil supporting soybeans and corn, and wheat pulling back. Export for corn, soybeans, and wheat dropped 20% week-over-week. Corn...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 30, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Grain market consolidation is occurring, with traders preparing for the first notice day amid limited new information. Drought remains a major concern in the US, Australia, and Brazil,...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 29, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Commodity markets are being influenced by weather risks and geopolitical tensions, with dry conditions in parts of the U.S., drought in Australia and Asia, and potential drought stress...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 28, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. A rejected Argentine soy meal shipment in the Netherlands due to unapproved genetic traits is impacting the market. Crude oil elevations supported ag markets. USDA inspections for soybe...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 27, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Heavy rains in China and ongoing droughts in the U.S. and Brazil are causing concerns about grain output. The Australian and Russian wheat crops are under stress, while Argentina's corn...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 24, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Corn and soybean markets are taking a weather premium due to concerns about South American crop conditions. Wheat faced pressure despite slightly wetter forecasts for the U.S. Corn sale...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 23, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Wheat crop outlooks were revised downward, particularly in Australia and Argentina, while Russia's production increased but not enough to offset declines. The U.S. plains are expected t...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 22, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Energy market disruptions due to the Iran conflict are causing supply tightness, affecting global supplies, and adding uncertainty to commodity markets. Conditions around the Great Lake...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 21, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. The US winter wheat crop is struggling, with only 30% rated good to excellent, according to the most recent USDA Crop Progress Report. The April cattle on feed report showed 11.6 millio...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 20, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Wheat prices are rising due to reduced acreage, especially in Australia. Fertilizer prices and weather conditions are also influencing planting decisions. Cattle and calves on feed slig...

​Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 17, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Pre-weekend profit-taking influenced trade, with energy markets softening due to ceasefires in Israel-Lebanon and US-Iran. Soybean sales dropped to the lowest since the marketing year...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 16, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Wheat is leading the market due to US Plains weather stress and lower global production forecasts. Soybean spread activities pressured nearby contracts. Early US planting raised expecta...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 15, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 15, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 14, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Commodity traders noted a lack of fresh bearish or bullish news, with the energy complex trading in the red, adding pressure to the ag sector. US soybean planting is ahead of last year,...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 13, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Grain futures are supported by concerns over rising global input costs and steady export demand. Wheat fields in the southern plains may be abandoned, tightening supply. New crop contra...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 10, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. The USDA's April WASDE report maintained corn ending stocks at 2.1207 billion bushels, raised the average cash corn price to $4.15/bushel, and increased soybean use by 35 million bushel...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 9, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. The US wheat crop is under significant stress, with fields in poor condition unlikely to benefit from forecasted rains. The soy complex is firmer, led by a rebound in soy oil, while corn...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 8, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. The US-Iran ceasefire caused crude oil to drop $20/barrel, the US dollar weakened, and equities surged. Soybeans tried to firm, while grains faced modest pressure due to improved rain ch...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 7, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Crude oil prices are affecting commodities, with little fresh news ahead of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. Steady corn and soybean balance sheets and slight w...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 6, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. While recent moisture was welcome for sme areas, drought conditions persist, particularly for the winter wheat crop. Traders are monitoring potential threats to early corn and soybean pr...

​Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 3, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. The market complex is closed today due to it being Good Friday. The impact of the US-Iran conflict on commodity markets, with President Trump's statements on the conflict's end being me...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 2, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. Traders remain due to the US-Iran conflict. February crush and grind numbers met expectations, and weekly export sales are anticipated to be similar to the previous week. Weather conditi...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 1, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. In the USDA's prospective planting report released yesterday, corn acres were slightly above expectations, while soybean and wheat acres were lower, with wheat plantings at a 102-year lo...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, March 31, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. USDA corn inspections rose to 1.79 million metric tons, up from 1.7 million tons the previous week. Soybean assessments dropped to 586,427 metric tons from 1.11 million tons. Wheat insp...

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, March 30, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. The grain markets are positioning ahead of quarterly reports, expecting larger corn stocks and soybean acreage shifts, livestock markets with box beef stabilizing and tight pork supplie...