Market Talk

Wheat and soybean oil have found some support to start the week and the month of July while corn is quiet and livestock trades lower. We take a look at the early week market action with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX in our Midday Commentary for Monday, July 1st, 2024.

USDA's Grain Stocks and Acreage Reports were full of surprises on Friday as we ended the month and the quarter. DuWayne Bosse from Bolt Marketing and Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth from Van Ahn & Company join us to recap/debate the numbers, look at market sentiment and discuss risk management moving forward for producers in the grain markets.

Reach DuWayne at https://www.boltmarketingllc.com and reach Kristi at https://www.vanahnco.com.

Higher grain stocks across corn, soybeans and wheat with more corn and less soybean acres than the trade was expecting. The USDA Grain Stocks and Acreage reports have thrown us some interesting curveballs today. We break down the information and more with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX in our Midday Commentary.

The wheat markets finally saw a rally on Thursday led by Chicago and Minneapolis futures while row crops and livestock were mixed to lower. We discuss the bounce in wheat, market sentiment ahead of Friday's big USDA reports/end of the month and quarter and get analysis from Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing. Learn more online by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also, Nutrien Ag Solutions has acquired Suncor Energy's AgroScience assets, which consists of several patented and patent pending technologies in the area of biocontrol. We learn more about the acquisition under the Loveland Products business of Nutrien with Francisco Manzano, Director, Business Development for Loveland Products, Inc. You can also learn more online at https://www.lovelandproducts.com.

Wheat markets were seeing strength at midday with the rest of the grain and livestock trade mixed to lower. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for market analysis in our Midday Commentary for Thursday, June 27th, 2024.

Wheat tried to bounce on Wednesday but finished off session highs while corn and soybeans also fell slightly lower. Global weather, fund positions, chart action, end of the month reports and more are all playing a role in grains. Plus, cattle and hogs had a strong day to the upside at midweek. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss what he is seeing in the markets at midweek.

You can learn more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

Wheat and corn are trying to bounce a little on Wednesday with some inter-market spreading in soybeans. Meantime, a solid day higher at midday in cattle and hogs futures. We discuss the midweek market action with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

It was another tough day in the markets on Tuesday as grains found pressure despite falling crop ratings, weather issues and much more. We talk about market sentiment towards the USDA Crop Progress report, weather challenges and trying to take emotion out of your marketing decisions with Jacob Burks from AgMarket.net on today's show.

We also talk with North Dakota farmer and United Soybean Board Communication and Education Chair, Matt Gast, in Segment Two. He shares some recaps of spring planting and early growing conditions along with some of the projects that USB is working on from his committee.

Grains are under pressure on Tuesday while livestock are also a mixed bag. We discuss what is moving these markets lower and get analysis from Arlan Suderman of StoneX in our Midday Commentary for Tuesday, June 25th, 2024.

We saw soybeans and soybean meal find some support to start the week while wheat and corn were under pressure on Monday. Meantime, cattle finished somewhat mixed after a surprisingly bearish Cattle on Feed Report last Friday while hogs found more selling pressure. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the market action, how the weather and flooding could potential play a role and much more. Learn more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Weather continues to be a main storyline for the markets as we see immense flooding in parts of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota along with heat and humidity in much of the country. Eric Snodgrass from Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to provide updates and thoughts on where the forecast is heading. Learn more at https://www.ag-wx.com.