The Final Bell

2-24-21 • Pumping more money into the commodities • Corn & Beans increase due to weather in South America • Demand for U.S. Wheat • Today’s ethanol report • Cattle trying to get back to normal post artic blast

2-23-21 • Crazy moves in the beans • Corn started out strong, but ended weak • Weather in South America models are not agreeing • Worries about the Brazil bean crop • Livestock saw some struggles

2-22-21 • Today’s recovery • What does that all mean? • Spread action in the grains • Retail for cattle • Cattle on Feed report of Friday • What’s going on in the hogs-nice positive feel

2-19-21 • Beans tried to hold together in the trade today • Corn has struggled • Killing time is the market feel • Wheat market is like a pendulum • Ag Outlook forum • Cattle could see some box beef cutouts peak this week • Weather concerns for livestock trade?

2-18-21 What did you think of the USDA Ag Outlook acres for corn and soybeans? How did the Outlook numbers compare to USDA’s baseline acre numbers from November? Do you think there will be much of a change in corn, beans, and wheat acres overall? Will CRP acres affect corn, beans, and wheat acres? How do you see prevent plant acres impacting the acreage mix? Do double crop bean acres vary much fro...

Arlan Suderman opens his vast portfolio of knowledge and experience as it applies to how the markets are being impacted by the artic blast.

2-16-21 • Strong day in the grain markets • Wheat continues to have some concerns due to the weather • Corn vs. wheat for feed usage • Volatility is the word of the day • Corn & beans acre talk will pick up, is there selling opportunity • Cattle is the weather short term struggle or long term positive? • Grain will have a strong hold on feeder cattle in the weeks to come • Hogs had a good trade da...

2-12-21 • Weather had a big play in the livestock • Markets are closed on Monday • Roller coaster trade this week • How much weight can we lose? • A lot of mechanical factors in the trade. • How are the weights on the cattle…are we too heavy? • Working with feeder cattle contract

2-11-21 • Another day of jumpy grains • How far behind is South America? • How is the quality of the grain? • Current crop being planted? • How close is China watching this crop? • What do U.S. producers need to keep an eye on with the S.A. crop?

2-10-21 • Why the grain collapse? • Beans up on Tuesday & a big drop today • All falls back to the money flow • Wheat & weather • Livestock reaction to grain markets

2-9-21 • Feeder cattle had a good trade day • Trigger was somewhat negative grain report • Corn was a driving factor in the livestock trade • Can cattle & cash still go higher? • Are there supply shortages for hogs? • Weather is that a worry? • WASDE Report

2-8-21 • Report out tomorrow • Tight correlations with 2008 on the charts • Cancellations in the month of march would be a possibility from China • Weather & its effects on wheat

2-1-21 Up and down day on the markets New crop beans remain strong Huge exports last week We are not the cheapest grain in town Basis remains unchanged Ethanol margins remain poor Any reaction to the January Cattle Inventory Report?

1-29-21 • Cattle market sees a demand driven market • How is supply looking • Reading restaurants are starting to open up • Retail demand is amazing-packers having more money to spend • End of month 16/18 have been lower • Stock market collapse • Hogs saw a big week-finally off its “tail” • Big export business to China • 230 million bushels of corn just this week to China • Exports off the charts...

1-28-21 • Market shift underway • Money flow & the dollar • Could we see a dollar ralley? • So the chance of follow the leader in the markets might be gone for awhile • China is buying more U.S. Grains • Not quite there for heard liquidation • Dairy & livestock helped by Government

1-27-21 • Pull back today in the grains • How much is the outside markets influencing? • Money making • China comes back for more soybeans • Inflationary risks still ahead • New strain of ASF in China • Struggle starting in the cattle complex

1-26-21 • A second day of higher grains • South America where are they at production wise • How do we compare with the contract high of last week? • Where are we currently at? • Basis talk • What happened to the funds last week & how did they participate?

1-25-21 • Soybeans pulled themselves up into a strong trade • Ethanol margins remain poor • South American forecast • Can the hogs continue the positive trade this week? • Snow could have more of an impact of the market’s tomorrow

1/22/21 • Summed up in one word YUCK • Rains in South America • Lack of rains here in the U.S. • Beans back to pre-report prices • Basis to remain unchanged-short term • Cattle welcomed lower corn

1-20-21 • Why the down markets the past two days? • What is the takeaway? • What’s going on in SA weather & their crops • Latest with wheat, but they are pulled down by corn & beans • Are there more export taxes being talked about? • Money supply in the long term • Cattle futures disappointed in Texas trade • Hogs pushed some green on the screen

1-19-21 • Input cost worries? • Tough day in the grains with lower prices • Huge news week in the U.S. & globally • With all this outside influence how is that effecting our markets • What goes up has to come down once & awhile • Mixed livestock cattle trade • Lower hogs

1-15-21 • Crop report • Trying to find levels to ration • South American weather • Harvest progress in South America • Russia trying to slow down quotas • Livestock structure is changing due to high prices grain • Contract highs on the livestock • Markets are closed Monday…but the rest of the world is trading

1-14-21 • How did today’s trade surprise? • Strong farmer selling…lines at the elevators • How has the basis changed in the past couple of days? • Could we continue to go up? • South American weather • Ethanol demand? • Are the grain markets overbought? • Cattle…where are things at & why not a better run?

1-13-21 • Return of the emotions of the markets yesterday • Wheat still dealing with Russia • Is there a big reversal in the weather pattern at the end of this month for South America? • USDA numbers pretty close to StoneX numbers • Sept 1 corn stalk numbers were adjusted as well this week • Higher corn-how have cattle been reacting?

1-12-21 • WASDE Report • How did the USDA get to those USDA numbers? • What will the overnight & Wednesday trade be like? • Corn/Bean/Wheat info • How will livestock continue to react?