A mixed to higher day is being seen across grain and livestock trade at midday Thursday while word out of Washington D.C. is that E-15 language is not included in government funding legislation. We touch on that and more with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Soybeans and soybean oil saw good strength to the upside on Wednesday while the overall 2026 acreage debate seems to be ramping up amid other conversations in agriculture. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us for today's wide-ranging conversation on the grain, livestock and outside markets. More at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

Soybeans are the star of Wednesday's trade as the world watches comments from President Trump in Davos regarding Greenland. We get perspective on that and more in today's Midday Commentary with Arlan Suderman from StoneX.

Plenty of outside market volatility was seen on Tuesday amid the geopolitical headlines running wild the last several days. Meanwhile, it was a quieter day in grains and livestock to start the short trading week. Matt Bennett from AgMarket.net joins us to discuss what he is hearing from farmers, managing our risk moving towards spring planting and more. Find more online at https://www.agmarket.net.

We wrap the show in Segment Four with a look at what could be a wild week ahead for weather as Eric Snodgrass joins us for our Weekly Weather Update. More at https://www.ag-wx.com.

Markets are closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. We recap Friday's tough day in the cattle markets to start the show with part of our conversation with Joe Kooima from KKV Trading. Then, we listen back to our recent conversation on nitrogen with David Chaffin from Ever.Ag. Learn more online at https://www.ever.ag/nitrogen.

Newly reported New World Screwworm cases in Mexico on Thursday and words of warning from Texas ag officials found their way into cattle market sentiment and trade on Friday as we had a sharply lower day in feeder and live cattle futures. Meanwhile, the hog market continues to find support while grains finished the week on a quieter note. Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek out of Sioux Center, IA joins us to recap Friday's trade and look ahead to the three day holiday weekend. Learn more at https://www.kkvtrading.com.

Also, we get market perspective on Friday's program from Shawn Hackett with Hackett Financial Advisors. He joins us to discuss where the grain markets go from here now that we've digested the USDA numbers along with thoughts on weather, outside markets and more. Find more online by visiting https://www.hackettadvisors.com.

Grain markets are ending the week on a much quieter, more positive note Friday while the cattle market struggles with rumors regarding New World Screwworm. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us for analysis in our Midday Commentary for Friday, January 16th, 2026.

Soybeans saw decent strength on Thursday with another large crush number out from NOPA along with good export sales numbers. Meanwhile, the corn market continues to struggle under the weight of USDA's big surprises from Monday. Was corn silage the main culprit as to why we saw a large shock in harvested corn acres? That's one of many topics we discuss today with Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing. More at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also, we start the show with market analysis from Mike Castle with StoneX and follow that up in Segment Two with a brand new episode of Cattle Chatter. FARM's Susan Littlefield is joined again this week by Brad Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek for a deep dive into the cattle markets.

Many in agriculture are continuing to digest Monday's USDA data, how some of the numbers came to be and where these markets go from here moving forward. We dive in to some of the numbers, look at various correlations between various markets and touch on the cattle markets this week with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics. More at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

Also, we get some grain market analysis and thoughts on geopolitical impacts to the fertilizer markets on today's show as Mike Castle with StoneX joins us for an update as well.

It was a quieter day in the grain markets as we continue to digest the bearish USDA data that was released on Monday. Brian Splitt with AgMarket.net joins us to share perspective, talk chart action and more on today's show. Sign up for their upcoming conference and learn more at https://www.agmarket.net.

Also, as more farmers are storing grain for longer periods of time, bugs and pests can become a problem. We talk about some products and ways to protect your grain quality for longer periods with John Mays, Senior Director, Specialty Ag, Central Life Sciences. Learn more at https://www.bugfreegrains.com.