Market Talk

Soybeans led the grain complex lower on Monday after the U.S.-China summit delivered little ag news. Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing joins Jesse Allen in Segment One to break down the disappointment, Wednesday's quarterly Grain Stocks report, early harvest delays from heavy rain, war-premium erosion in wheat, and where hogs and cattle stand heading into October. Later in the show, John Hei...

Grains and oilseeds are under pressure to start the week amid some disappointment it seems from some traders regarding the US/China summit. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to put into perspective the market reaction and more as we move forward this week.

Grain and livestock markets finished mixed on Friday as we closed out a busy week of headlines in the market trade. Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek in Sioux Center, Iowa joins Market Talk in Segment One to break down a wild week in the cattle complex, a two-tiered cash market between the north and south, a technically bullish setup building in feeders, a still-struggling hog market, and what t...

Markets were fairly mixed on Thursday as traders wait for news from the Trump/Xi meeting at the White House. Bryan Doherty, senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing, joins Market Talk to break down a pivotal week in the grain markets ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting, corn's textbook technical setup heading into harvest, a soggy soybean harvest outlook, and a mixed bag across dairy, cattle and...

Mixed action in the markets at midday Thursday as traders await news from the Trump/Xi meeting in Washington D.C. while also watching other headlines. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.

Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics joins Market Talk to break down diesel export ban rumors, surging bond yields, the Trump-Xi summit's impact on grain markets, and record-setting cattle prices. Today's show powered by Brevant Seeds. Learn more online from Mike Zuzolo at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

We see the grain markets under pressure at midday while cattle are trending higher. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026.

Brian Splitt of AgMarket. Net joins Market Talk for technical analysis to break down corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and cattle charts as the market braces for a big meeting with China and the quarterly Grain Stocks report. Splitt lays out three separate technical measurements pointing to $6.50 corn, a soybean target near $13.60, an SRW wheat objective around $8.60, and a feeder cattle setup that co...

Grain and livestock markets are mixed to lower in a turnaround Tuesday type of trading session. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026.

On Monday's Market Talk, we start the show with meteorologist Eric Snodgrass of Nutrien Ag Solutions for the weekly weather update, breaking down a sharply divided pattern: heavy rain and stalk/root concerns across the Midwest, record heat and drought in the South, a historically quiet Atlantic hurricane season, and a split planting outlook in South America as a record-strength El Nino reshapes th...

Grain and livestock markets have found support to the upside through midday Monday. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.

Jesse Allen is spending time at the Agribusiness & Water Council of Arizona Annual Meeting and Water Conference today and he learns about water issues due to drought and more on today's show. In the audio version of the show, he talks policy and gets background from Tim Dunn, Arizona State Senator for District 25, in Segment Two. Then later in Segment Four, he learns about the Roosevelt Irriga...

Susan Littlefield sits in for Jesse Allen this afternoon and has market conversations with Shawn Hackett from Hackett Finanical Advisors, a new episode of Cattle Chatter with Brad Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek and she talks with Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing.

The Fed just raised rates for the first time in three years, a Saudi supply shock has Brent crude back near 2008 highs, and record rail fuel surcharges are hammering grain basis right as harvest gets underway. Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics joins Jesse Allen to unpack all of it, plus what's next for cattle, wheat, and the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting. We also get Fed reaction to open the s...

We talked the Fed, interest rates, energies and commodities in Wednesday's Midday Commentary with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

On Tuesday's Market Talk, we begin the show with news headlines and listen back to our Midday Commentary with Arlan Suderman at StoneX in Segment One. Then, we listen back to a conversation with Terry Johnston, Development Officer for Farm Rescue, during this year's Farm Progress Show in Segment Two. Jacob Burks of AgMarket. Net joins Tuesday's Market Talk in the second half of the show to break d...

Soybeans and soybean meal are finding support on Tuesday while it's mixed across other commodities. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss the trade action in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.

Grain markets take a breather to start the week while cattle break out technically and hogs stay stuck. John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing joins Market Talk to unpack the post-WASDE reaction in corn and soybeans, why funds are still holding record-large grain positions, a simple options strategy for locking in value ahead of harvest, the technical turn building in cattle, and why the dairy mark...

Soybeans are the upside leader on Monday while corn and wheat are quietly mixed, as crude oil prices move about $100 a barrel. Meantime, cattle futures are moving higher once again with feeders the leaders to start the week. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

Grain markets were under pressure on Friday, both before and after the September WASDE Report from USDA. DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing joins Market Talk to break down Friday's report, a lower corn yield, a surprise bump in soybean yield, and tightening ending stocks across corn, soybeans and wheat that Bosse says could mark "the beginning of a bull cycle" heading into 2027. Plus: record diesel p...

USDA slightly cut the U.S. corn yield projection on the September WASDE report while there were minimal changes elsewhere. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for a recap and analysis of the September report out on Friday.

We saw soybeans rally to new highs on Thursday while there was some late session buying in wheat, amid fresh escalation in the Black Sea. Corn and cattle were also in the green on the day. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the trade action and also continue our series on futures and options strategies. In Segment Two, it is a new episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littl...

Soybeans and cattle are finding support on Thursday while we saw a rise in the latest headline Producer Price Index out this morning. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for a conversation about the markets in our Midday Commentary.

Wednesday's trading session left commodity markets pointing in several directions at once, and Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics says the common thread is a market still trying to price in an energy shock ahead of Friday's WASDE report. Zuzolo joined Market Talk on Wednesday to break down early harvest quality concerns, the Middle East-driven oil spike rattling grain markets, wheat's techn...

We see broad pressure in grain and livestock trade on Wednesday while energy prices are on the rise once again. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss the markets and review the September StoneX Customer Survey yield results that were released on Tuesday afternoon.