Market Talk

We see the grain markets fairly quiet on Friday in a consolidation type of trade while the livestock markets are under pressure amid the removal of tariffs on Brazil and more. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Friday, November 21st, 2025.

Tuesday seemed to be a consolidation day in the grains and cattle, with a bit of pressure in the lean hog complex. Overall, did traders take a bit of a pause after the volatility of Friday and Monday? Jacob Burks with AgMarket.net joins us for a conversation and look at the markets. Find more online by visiting https://www.agmarket.net.

Also, what did the WASDE have to tell us for wheat and cotton balance sheets? What about price action in corn, soybeans and cattle? Nick Lawrence with TraderPhD joins us to discuss on today's show. More at https://www.traderphd.com.

We have a jam packed show to start the week after the soybean trade led the grains and oilseeds higher on Monday. Brian Splitt from AgMarket joins us for analysis to open the show followed by our Weekly Weather Update with Eric Snodgrass from Nutrien.

Then, it's our weekly conversation with John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing followed by perspective on grains and fertilizer from Mike Castle with StoneX to close the show.

We see the grain markets rallying to start the week with soybeans leading the way. Mike Castle, Senior Fertilizer Analyst with StoneX, joins us to discuss the grains and fertilizer markets to start the week.

On Friday, USDA released a ton of data for the markets including the November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report along with a backlog of daily export sales data that hadn't been reported due to the government shutdown. We saw the grains and oilseeds find pressure post report, closing down double digits in many corn, soybean and wheat futures contracts on the day. Meantime, the livestock trade was mixed to higher.

In the opening segment, we get perspective and analysis from Mark Gold with Top Third Ag Marketing, a division of StoneX. We follow that up with a look at the livestock trade and thoughts on the USDA reports with Scott Varilek with KKV Trading. Then we close the show with analysis and perspective from DuWayne Bosse with Bolt Marketing to close out the week.

After not providing a report in October due to the government shutdown, USDA on Friday returned with a November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. USDA projected a slight reductions in overall corn production and yield along with overall soybean production an yield. USDA also released a backlog of daily flash sales data at the same time.

Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to go through the data in our Midday Commentary.

Was Thursday's trade as simple as buy grains, sell livestock? We saw good strength in soybeans and corn with heavy pressure in cattle and hog futures on the day while stocks were also under heavy pressure. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the trade action, thoughts ahead of Friday's WASDE report and the impact of data flowing again with the government reopening. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also on today's show, we have another episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Brad Kooima from KKV Trading as they discuss the on-going volatility in the cattle markets. And we also kick off the show talking markets with Kyle Bumsted from Allendale in Segment One.

We see the grain markets rallying a bit with stocks and livestock under pressure on Thursday. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss market action, government reopening impacts and more in our Midday Commentary.

As traders and farmers gear up for the November WASDE Report release on Friday from USDA, there are many questions as to what this data will look like from the Department of Agriculture. Plus, with the government presumably set to reopen soon, how will all of that back data possibly impact the markets? Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss on today's show. More at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

We see quietly mixed trade action across grains and livestock at midday on Wednesday. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss positioning ahead of Friday's USDA report and potential government reopening this week.