Market Talk

Grain markets are largely moving lower to start the week without a fresh story to impact the trade. Meanwhile, cattle are starting the week on a good note. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary for Monday, May 5th, 2025.

As we close out the week, wheat rallied a bit while soybeans and corn were mixed. Plus, it was a higher day in livestock futures to round out the week. Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures joins us to discuss old crop, basis levels, thoughts on weather starting to take center stage in new crop and more. Find more online as well by heading to https://www.paradigmfutures.net.

Plus at the end of the show, Farm and Ranch Media's Susan Littlefield is joined by David Ericson from AgOptimus for an end of the week recap of the market trade. You can find more online at https://agoptimus.com.

We continue to see a fair amount of volatility in fertilizer markets worldwide while the grain trade finished up the week mostly mixed to higher. Mike Castle, Senior Fertilizer Analyst with StoneX joins us to discuss in the Market Talk Midday Commentary for Friday, May 2nd, 2025.

Wheat continues to struggle as KC contracts made new lows on May Day Thursday while we largely saw two-sided trade across the grain and livestock sector to start the month. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us for conversation about the rally in soybeans, wheat charts, cattle and dairy market action and thoughts on the latest economic data we've seen this week. Learn more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also, it is the latest episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Brad Kooima from KKV Trading. They talk about how the cattle market is feeling extremely overbought, with all-time highs in the cash trade. The big question now: is there still room for risk management—does hedging make sense at these levels? Learn more at https://www.kkvtrading.com.

We started higher in grain and livestock trade on May Day but we are starting to see some erosion in the markets as we get to midday on Thursday. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss market action and new news regarding China/US relations.

Wheat and corn found a decent rally on Wednesday after we saw a bit of a breakdown across commodities on Tuesday. Meanwhile, cattle futures ended their run of higher sessions with a lower day at midweek. Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics joins us for a breakdown of the markets, a discussion on lower U.S. GDP numbers, technical market factors, fundamentals, geopolitical influence and much more. Find more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

Also on today's show, we are joined by Chip Nellinger from Blue Reef Agri-Marketing for perspective on the grain and livestock markets as we close out the month of April. What do we need to pay attention to as planters continue to roll and these markets move into a new month? Find more online as well by visiting https://www.bluereefinc.com.

We see the corn and wheat markets finding some positivity at midweek with pressure in soybeans and livestock. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss grains, livestock and macro market action on this Wednesday, April 30th.

What led to the grain markets being under pressure on Tuesday? Was it weather and planting progress? First notice day in grains for May contracts? What about the rumors of trade deals with countries like India and Japan? A lot of questions to explore on today's show with Jim McCormick from AgMarket.net.

Also, we discuss the state of rural broadband and efforts to expand access along with the growth of data centers and the opportunity for rural communities. Jeff Johnston is lead digital infrastructure economist in CoBank's Knowledge Exchange research division. He joins us for a conversation.

Soybeans and corn had a fairly mixed session, working off the lows from the morning trade while wheat was under pressure. Cattle also had a solid start to the week. John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the start of the trading week. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

We see a potential severe weather outbreak to start the week in the Midwest along with more active weather this past weekend and for the rest of the week ahead. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss as we start the week on Monday. More at https://www.ag-wx.com.

It's a mixed start to the week in the grains and oilseeds with soybeans and corn moving off their morning lows. Meantime, could the latest developments with New World Screwworm have an impact on cattle trade this week? Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.