Market Talk

Markets were mostly friendly today with a little bit of spread trade happening, with lower new crop corn. Overall, a solid day in the markets as we continue to digest the March plantings estimates. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.net joins us to discuss.

It was a mostly risk on trade today in the ag sector with only old crop corn, soybean meal and KC wheat showing weakness. Plenty of spillover buying from last week's report with another report coming up on Friday. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to talk about Monday's trade.

With no markets today for Good Friday, our host Jesse Allen takes a look at some of the top agriculture news stories and features from the last month in a special episode of Market Talk. Have a safe and blessed Easter holiday weekend!

We saw plenty of spread trading in the grain markets Thursday after the surprising USDA reports. New crop was higher in corn and soybeans with old crop turning lower. Livestock were mixed with hogs higher after a huge export sales number. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to talk about as we wrap up a holiday shortened trading week.

DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL ERRORS, THIS EPISODE IS BEING REPOSTED AND RELEASED AGAIN ON APRIL 1ST, 2021.

USDA shocked the trade today with lower than expected corn and soybean acerage in it's Prospective Planting numbers. Grains moved limit higher after the report. Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics joins us today to break it all down.

USDA shocked the trade today with lower than expected corn and soybean acerage in it's Prospective Planting numbers. Grains moved limit higher after the report. Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics joins us today to break it all down.

Lots of risk off trade again Tuesday in the grains with livestock mixed as well. Matt Bennett with AgMarket.net joins us to discuss the day and preview the big USDA reports on Wednesday.

Monday saw plenty of fund/non-commercial liquidation and risk-off trade in grains ahead of Wednesday's USDA reports. Soybean oil and cattle were strong on the day though. Bryan Doherty joins us to discuss on Episode 100 of Market Talk!

***NOTE*** This episode was supposed to release on Friday, March 26th, 2021 but due to a technical issue it is releasing on Monday, March 29th, 2021. Our host Jesse Allen gives a brief Monday morning grain market preview before we talk E15 with Kim Reddin of the Colorado Corn Administration.

Livestock were higher on the day Thursday with a late afternoon release of the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report which was very interesting. Grains were a mess on the day with a lot of fund liquidation. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to talk about all of it.