Market Talk

Today's guests include Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing, Sue Martin with Ag & Investments and a new episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Brad Kooima from KKV Trading.

Guests today include Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics, John Bode with the Corn Refiners Association and analysis from Arlan Suderman at StoneX.

Guests include Jim McCormick from AgMarket.net, Eric Snodgrass from Nutrien with our Weekly Weather Update, Arlan Suderman at StoneX and Edward Hubbard from the Renewable Fuels Asssociation.

Wheat is under more pressure on Thursday after a poor close to the trade yesterday while corn and soybeans have tested key resistance but can't seem to break through it. Livestock trade is a mixed bag as well on the day. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for analysis in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Thursday, April 30th, 2026.

It was a higher day across many grain and livestock markets to start the week on Monday. Is this a one-off, general money flow kind of day or the start of something else? John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joined us for analysis on Monday's episode of Market Talk. Find more online by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Farm Profit Manager, a newly launched farm financial management platform, has surpassed one million acres enrolled by producers in just 10 days with 500 users in 23 states in North America. We sit down with Shay Foulk, co-developer of Farm Profit Manager and an owner of Ag View Solutions, who gives us background on why they have developed this platform and what farmers can expect when they use it. Learn more online as well by visiting farmprofitmanager.app.

We also begin the show with an agronomic conversation as Tryston Beyrer from The Mosaic Company joins us in Segment One and later in the show Brian Splitt from AgMarket.net joins us for more market analysis in Segment Four.

Cattle and soybean futures found some green on Friday while corn was dead quiet and KC wheat could not follow through after Thursday's strength on weather concerns. We get analysis and perspective on today's show as we start with Kyle Bumsted from Allendale who has perspective on the cattle and grain markets.

In Segment Two, we talk with Joe Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek who helps us break down the cattle and hog market action from Friday and this past week.

Then in Segment Three, we are joined by StoneX Senior Commodities Economist Mike Castle who breaks down the grain market trade to finish the week and provides thoughts on the fertilizer market action we are seeing currently.

Weather worries impacted the Kansas City wheat market on Thursday as the trade surged higher, spilling over into Chicago and Minneapolis wheat too. Cotton also saw some consolidation and support from the dry weather in the south it seemed on the day. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us for analysis of the grain, livestock and dairy markets today. Find more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also, the market is still searching for clarity on border developments, especially after Brooke Rollins canceled her planned Friday visit to Arizona. On this week's Cattle Chatter, Brad Kooima at Kooima Kooima Varilek looks at how that uncertainty is adding to an already quiet tone in the cash market, where a standoff continues and could stretch through Friday's close. For now, cattle weights aren't raising major concerns, while attention is starting to turn toward seasonal demand. With one of the biggest grilling occasions of the year—Mother's Day on May 10—just around the corner, there's optimism that boxed beef values could see improvement in the weeks ahead.

KC wheat is leading the complex higher today as weather concerns return to the market trade while corn and soybeans are quiet. Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for analysis and perspective in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Thursday, April 23rd, 2026.

At midweek, the commodity and livestock markets seem to be searching the latest Middle East headlines and weather forecasts for some direction. We break down the latest when it comes to energies, grains, livestock and financials with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics. Find more online at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

In segment two, we talk with Dylan Mangel, University of Nebraska plant pathologist, who shares some updates from The SCN Coalition's soybean cyst nematode management guide. He talks about some of the newest research and how they have expanded its reach by creating management guides to help farmers combat the emerging threats of root knot, reniform and lesion nematodes. You can learn more online by visiting https://www.thescncoalition.com.

Markets are mixed at midday on Wednesday as we search for direction in the headlines. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026.