Market Talk

No markets for Good Friday but we dive into market related topics on today's show. We start by having a conversation about seasonality in the markets, planting activity and more with Chad Hart from Iowa State University.

In the second half of the show, we welcome Susan Stroud from No Bull Ag to the show and we have a conversation about tariffs, export flows, China, South America and much more. Find more online at https://www.nobullag.com.

Also, at the start of the show, we get a rundown on the latest Cattle on Feed report as Farm and Ranch Media's Susan Littlefield gets details with Jerry Stowell from Country Futures in Frankfort, KS.

We saw a mixed to lower day in the grains and oilseeds on Thursday as we headed into the three-day holiday weekend with no markets on Good Friday. It was a bit of a disappointing close for corn and soybeans while we had another solid day higher in cattle futures. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to share thoughts on the week in the market trade. Find more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also, we debut our new weekly segment called Cattle Chatter as Farm and Ranch Media's Susan Littlefield sits down with Brad Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading in Sioux Center, IA to have a conversation about the week of trading in the cattle complex. More at https://www.kkvtrading.com.

Markets are fairly quiet again on Thursday as we near the three day weekend. We talk grains and get a look at the fertilizer market with Mike Castle from StoneX in our Midday Commentary.

Well for the most part, it was another quiet day in the markets with grains and oilseeds slightly higher while cattle and hog futures found solid strength on the session. Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss new WTO data that could impact commodities, weather fundamentals, spread action in corn and beans along with a look at this week's strength in the cattle market. Find more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

Also, Farm and Ranch Media's Susan Littlefield has a market conversation with Sam Hudson from Cornbelt Marketing in Segment Four with a recap of Wednesday's market action.

We see the grain and oilseed complex quietly higher on Wednesday as we close in on the end of a holiday shortened week with no markets on Good Friday. Mike Castle, Senior Fertilizer Analyst with StoneX, joins us in the Market Talk Midday Commentary for Wednesday to discuss the grain markets and equities at midday. Learn more at https://www.stonex.com/en.

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We saw the grain markets quieter on Tuesday with some spread trading happening in corn and soybeans. Meantime, the livestock complex (cattle in particular) had a solid day higher again. Jacob Burks with AgMarket.net joins us for a conversation on today's show. Find more at https://www.agmarket.net.

Grains markets are mixed to lower with livestock trading their way a bit higher on Tuesday. Overall, there seems to be less volatility in the markets today. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for Midday Commentary to discuss.

We saw good strength to start the week in cattle futures which also spilled over to lean hogs on Monday. Meanwhile, new crop soybeans were a little higher with old crop soybeans and corn slightly lower. Wheat found moderate pressure on the day as well. John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss Monday's trade. More at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us once again for our Weekly Weather Update as we discuss a more active weather pattern ahead of this holiday week. PLUS, what is the frost risk potential that still remains for the Midwest as we work into the heart of spring planting? Find more online at https://www.ag-wx.com.

We see mixed to lower action in the grain markets to start the week with livestock futures higher. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist with StoneX, joins us for a rundown of market action to start the week and some interesting news out of Argentina that could have an impact on the broader commodity markets moving forward.

We ended up the week on Friday with good strength in soybeans, wheat and corn along with the cattle futures. It was no doubt another volatile week of trade amid headline risk, tariffs, USDA reports and more. Ted Seifried from Zaner Ag Hedge joins us to break it all down and recap this past week in the trade. Find more online at https://www.zaner.com.

Also to close the show in Segment Four, we get some perspective on Friday's price action and the volatile week in the trade as we're joined by Shawn Hackett with Hackett Financial Advisors for market analysis. Find more online by visiting https://www.hackettadvisors.com.