Market Talk

Soybeans, soy oil and wheat led the grain markets mostly higher on Thursday. We saw a positive reaction to the Fed comments on Wednesday along with many other factors supporting the ag markets. Kent Beadle with CHS Hedging joins us to discuss our trade today.

Grains are positive today after the Fed's monetary policy statement on Wednesday. We are seeing a few factors play into today's higher action including good demand for soy oil and a lower US dollar. Arlan Suderman of StoneX joins us to discuss.

**DUE TO TRAVEL CONSTRAINTS WE DON'T HAVE A FULL MARKET SHOW TODAY.** However, Jesse Allen gives us a brief overview of Wednesday's lower trade action and then we have a discussion with Jana Davidson from the Progressive Agriculture Foundation about staying safe around the home and farm during the holidays. Learn more at www.progressiveag.org.

Markets are under heavy pressure across the board today as we await the monetary policy announcement from the Fed at 1pm CST. Wheat under the heaviest pressure due to that and Australian wheat values crashing. Arlan Suderman of StoneX joins us to discuss.

Soybean meal was the star of the show on Tuesday helping to move the soybean market higher. We also corn up slightly and wheat was mixed. Cattle and hogs finished moderately lower in quiet trade. All of this while we await news from the Fed after their two day meeting wraps on Wednesday. Brian Splitt with AgMarket.net joins us to discuss on today's show!

Soybean meal has great strength on the day on Tuesday and that is helping the soybean market move higher. Plenty of concerns over what will come out of the Fed's two day meeting concluding tomorrow. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss.

Soybeans were under heavy pressure on Monday while corn was down slightly and all three wheat futures traded higher. Wheat was helped by dryness in the southwestern plains and concerns of a lack of global quality milling wheat. Cattle futures traded higher as well. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss. Learn more at www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Corn and soybean markets are under pressure on Monday with wheat turning positive due to tight global supplies. Meantime, cattle futures are turning higher after early pressure. Arlan Suderman of StoneX joins us to discuss Monday's trade.

After the release of the December WASDE report, grain markets ended up being split. Corn and soybeans were up moderately with wheat under pressure. Most of the changes seen in the WASDE were to the global side. Livestock were mixed with hogs higher and cattle lower after a dismal weekly export sales report. Brian Splitt from AgMarket.net joins us to discuss all of Thursday's action.

We got the December WASDE numbers and they were largely uneventful. Weekly export sales were decent on the grain side but dismal for livestock. Arlan Suderman of StoneX joins us to run through all of today's market news and notes.