Market Talk

Grain and livestock markets had a fairly quiet day on Thursday as we traded mixed for much of the session. In the case of grains, traders seemingly took enough weather premium out of this market as we now watch for the rains to verify and get ready for Friday's big USDA reports. We discuss today with Bryan Doherty, Senior Market Advisor at Total Farm Marketing. Learn more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also, we have our monthly conversation with former FSA Administrator and current Business Growth Director-Agriculture at OBP, Richard Fordyce. We talk weather impacting crop conditions, Prop 12, the EPA RVO news, latest on the Farm Bill and more.

Finally on today's show, Tryston Beyrer from the Mosaic Company joins Jesse Allen to discuss sulfur deficiency in our fields, signs to watch out for and how to manage it throughout this growing season and beyond. Learn more online at https://www.cropnutrition.com.

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Grain and livestock trade has been relatively mixed on Thursday as traders seemingly are getting ready for Friday's USDA reports in the trade. We discussed the market action and got analysis from Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, around the noon hour on Thursday.

Grains took another day of losses on Wednesday as traders took money off the floor and weather premium out of the markets with better rain chances in the forecast for much of the Corn Belt. We discuss the outlook for this market as we head toward USDA reports on Friday and the end of the month/quarter. Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss. Learn more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

Also in segment two today, we take a trip to central Iowa and find out how crop conditions are from Ames to Mason City with Angie Rieck-Hinz. She's a Field Agronomist with Iowa State University Extension and she fills us in on conditions as well as the latest on tar spot found in central Iowa corn over the last week.

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Grains are seeing follow through pressure on Wednesday with better rain chances in the forecast later this week and weekend. Livestock are trading mixed to higher and crude oil is finding support. We talk about it all with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Grain markets were sharply lower on Tuesday, despite a drop in crop condition ratings, as better rains in the forecast gave traders a reason to take premium out of the market. We talk technicals, charts and a little common sense marketing with Brian Splitt from AgMarket.net. Learn more online at https://www.agmarket.net.

Also, we learn more about the dealership concept FARMPOINT from CLAAS as the company's Patricio Frangella joins us at the end of the show to share details. Learn more online by going to https://www.claasfarmpoint.com.

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Grains are under heavy pressure as traders are taking weather premium out of the market, despite falling crop condition ratings. A wetter forecast is leading traders to take profit on Tuesday while cattle are having a strong day to the upside. We discuss the trade with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Markets were mixed to kick off the week of trade on Monday with the soy complex finding some support while corn and wheat were a mixed bag. Livestock were mostly higher led by lean hogs while the outside markets were mixed too. We discuss things with John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing. Learn more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Which parts of the Corn Belt got much needed, potentially crop saving rains over the weekend? Who missed out on that rainfall and what does the forecast for the week ahead look like? Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss. Sign up for his weekly weather newsletter here: https://info.nutrien.com/snodgrass_weather and find the latest forecasts online here: https://www.ag-wx.com/

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Markets are mixed to begin the week as we look at the impact of weather, the Russian coup attempt and more playing into the trade. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to provide insight into the trade.

The wild and wacky weather market continued on Friday as we saw continued profit taking in corn, soybeans, soybean meal and wheat ahead of the weekend. Traders seemingly taking risk off the table as we wait for rain across dry areas of the Corn Belt. We talk weather market sentiment and why we can't forget the ugly demand picture in all of this today with Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge. Learn more online at https://www.zaner.com.

Also, thinking about demand and trade with other countries, the Corn Refiners Association has released a new report looking at how the lack of new trade deals is hurting U.S. competitiveness. John Bode, CRA President and CEO, joins us to discuss that and talk about new trade related legislation in Washington D.C.

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Profit taking was the biggest storyline in corn and soybeans on the day Thursday as farmers and funds seemed to reward the recent weather rally. Wheat was able to trade mixed while cattle had a solid day higher. We talk charts, technicals and risk management with Bryan Doherty, Senior Market Advisor at Total Farm Marketing on today's show. Learn more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also, we look at the demand picture and how that ties into the markets with Doug Christie, Agricultural Commodities Fellow at Hedder, on today's program.

Today's show is brought to you in part by Growmark/FS; learn more at https://www.growmark.com.