Market Talk

On Tuesday's Market Talk, we begin the show with news headlines and listen back to our Midday Commentary with Arlan Suderman at StoneX in Segment One. Then, we listen back to a conversation with Terry Johnston, Development Officer for Farm Rescue, during this year's Farm Progress Show in Segment Two.

Jacob Burks of AgMarket.Net joins Tuesday's Market Talk in the second half of the show to break down the market's reaction to Friday's WASDE, a surge in energy prices tied to Middle East supply threats, and early signs of life in the cattle market. Burks and Jesse Allen cover soybean crush data, the diesel price squeeze hitting producers mid-harvest, 2027 acreage math, wheat's geopolitical exposure, and why hogs still can't find a bottom.

Soybeans and soybean meal are finding support on Tuesday while it's mixed across other commodities. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss the trade action in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.

Grain markets take a breather to start the week while cattle break out technically and hogs stay stuck. John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing joins Market Talk to unpack the post-WASDE reaction in corn and soybeans, why funds are still holding record-large grain positions, a simple options strategy for locking in value ahead of harvest, the technical turn building in cattle, and why the dairy market still can't find its footing.

Cattle futures start the week strong, hogs come under pressure, and the corn balance sheet gets a little tighter after Friday's WASDE. Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing joins Market Talk to break down the North-South cash cattle spread, why the rally may be running into resistance, what's dragging on hog prices, a new wrinkle in next year's corn acreage battle, and why this week's FOMC meeting matters as much as any crop report.

Heavy rain is finally hitting the Western and Central Corn Belt, but Eric Snodgrass of Nutrien Ag Solutions says it's arriving two months too late to help this year's crop. In this week's weather update, Eric breaks down the flooding rain moving through Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, the historic heat baking the South, a record-quiet Atlantic hurricane season, and what El Nino means for South American planting and the U.S. fall and winter outlook.

Soybeans are the upside leader on Monday while corn and wheat are quietly mixed, as crude oil prices move about $100 a barrel. Meantime, cattle futures are moving higher once again with feeders the leaders to start the week. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

Grain markets were under pressure on Friday, both before and after the September WASDE Report from USDA. DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing joins Market Talk to break down Friday's report, a lower corn yield, a surprise bump in soybean yield, and tightening ending stocks across corn, soybeans and wheat that Bosse says could mark "the beginning of a bull cycle" heading into 2027. Plus: record diesel prices, risk management heading into harvest, and why the feeder cattle market is holding up even with corn trading lower.

Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek also joins Market Talk to unpack Friday's September WASDE report, a volatile pre-report session, a sharp fund-driven reversal in soybeans, and a cash cattle market that's finally showing signs of life. Kooima also weighs in on wheat, diesel-driven inflation, and why the hog market remains stuck in neutral.

We also hear from Heather Ramsey with The ARC Group in Segment One who shares analysis and perspective of Friday's WASDE report from USDA and where the trade goes from here into next week.

USDA slightly cut the U.S. corn yield projection on the September WASDE report while there were minimal changes elsewhere. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for a recap and analysis of the September report out on Friday.

We saw soybeans rally to new highs on Thursday while there was some late session buying in wheat, amid fresh escalation in the Black Sea. Corn and cattle were also in the green on the day. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the trade action and also continue our series on futures and options strategies.

In Segment Two, it is a new episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Brad Kooima as they discuss the latest movement in the cattle market.

Soybeans and cattle are finding support on Thursday while we saw a rise in the latest headline Producer Price Index out this morning. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for a conversation about the markets in our Midday Commentary.

Wednesday's trading session left commodity markets pointing in several directions at once, and Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics says the common thread is a market still trying to price in an energy shock ahead of Friday's WASDE report. Zuzolo joined Market Talk on Wednesday to break down early harvest quality concerns, the Middle East-driven oil spike rattling grain markets, wheat's technical levels, and what fund positioning is telling us about the cattle complex.

Also in Segment Four, Susan Littlefield shares a conversation from the Farm Progress Show with United Soybean Board Director Patrick Giberson from New Jersey.

We see broad pressure in grain and livestock trade on Wednesday while energy prices are on the rise once again. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss the markets and review the September StoneX Customer Survey yield results that were released on Tuesday afternoon.