Market Talk

We see green across the grains and oilseeds at midday on Friday with mixed action elsewhere. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joins us to discuss grains, livestock, new inflation numbers and more in our Midday Commentary for Friday, April 11th.

We saw the corn and soybean markets rally a bit on Thursday after the release of the April WASDE report from USDA, that showed minimal tweaks to the balance sheets with corn being the most notable. Meanwhile, wheat was disappointing and cattle were under pressure along with the stock market. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss. Learn more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

We saw the latest supply and demand estimates from USDA on Thursday and they didn't show much change overall for the month of April. The most notable was a bigger than expected change to U.S. corn ending stocks. We discuss the market action and have a conversation with Nick Lawrence, Marketing Advisor with ⁨@TraderPhD⁩ on today's show. Find more online as well by visiting https://www.traderphd.com.

The April WASDE report out Thursday did not feature many big surprises in the marketplace. We recap the numbers and discuss the broader market trade, new inflation data and more with Arlan Suderman from StoneX.

President Trump on Wednesday announced a 90 day pause on tariffs and a lower reciprocal tariff rate of 10% for countries that did not retaliate against U.S. tariffs while also raising the tariff rate on China to 125%. This news sent the markets sharply higher into the close across commodities, livestock, energies, metals and the stock market. Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics joins us to recap the news and breakdown some of the trends in these markets at midweek. Find more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

Also, Don Roose with U.S. Commodities joins us to kickoff the show in Segment One with perspective on the tariff news impacting the grains and thoughts on the recent moves in crude oil as well. Find more at https://uscommodities.com.

Markets are relatively mixed at midday as we continue to see escalation in tariffs between the U.S. and China. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for analysis on grains, livestock and crude oil at midweek.

We saw markets start higher on Tuesday but ended up finishing the day with mixed action across the board. Brian Splitt with AgMarket.net joins to provide a technical perspective to what is happening on various commodity charts, the correlation between stocks and cattle and much more. Find more details online as well by visiting https://www.agmarket.net.

Also in Segment Four, we hear from the newest member of our Farm and Ranch Media family Susan Littlefield. She shares closing market commentary from Tuesday with Darin Fessler of Lakefront Futures. Welcome Susan to the Market Talk family!

Markets are trying to rally a bit on Tuesday but we are starting to set back from our morning highs across grains, livestock and the outside markets. We talk about it with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX.

Grain markets did their best to stabilize on Monday with some green in old crop corn, soybeans and wheat trade was a bit higher across the board. Obviously tariffs and headline risk continues to bring volatility to the stock market and more. We discuss the market picture to start the week in a conversation with John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

We've seen large amounts of rain fall from Arkansas up through the Ohio River valley, causing widespread and devastating flooding. Not to mention, a ton of severe weather as well in recent days. We recap all of that, discuss frost/freeze potential for early this week and look at a new long term weather outlook with Eric Snodgrass from Nutrien Ag Solutions in our Weekly Weather Update. Find more at https://www.ag-wx.com.

Also, we start the show discussing the potential of increased soybean aphid pressure in the Midwest this year and talk about ways to minimize that pressure. Ron Geis, Market Development Specialist, Corteva Agriscience, joins us to discuss. Learn more at https://www.corteva.us/ridgeback.

Grain markets have somewhat stabilized to start the week while more volatility is hitting the stock market, energies and lower action is seen in livestock futures. We break down the latest market action with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist with StoneX for Monday, April 7th.

We saw more meltdown in the markets on Friday amid China's announcement of a 34% retaliatory tariff on Friday. Soybeans, cattle, hogs, stocks and crude oil were sharply lower on Friday while corn actually end the day and week mixed to higher. Naomi Blohm with Total Farm Marketing joins us for analysis and perspective on today's show. Find more online by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also, tariffs dominated the end of week market trade with heavy losses in stocks, crude oil, livestock and soybeans. Meanwhile, corn actually finished higher on the week. We get perspective on the tariff fallout and more from Tommy Grisafi from Nesvick Trading Group and AgBull Media. Find more online at https://www.agbull.com.

And, there was so much headline news risk in the markets this week, that it seemed to overshadow things like supply and demand fundamentals. David Brock with The Brock Report joins us to take a look at the balance sheets, export demand and more in corn, soybeans and wheat to close out the week. Find more online as well at https://www.brockreport.com.

***Segment with David Brock originally recorded on Thursday 4/3/25 after the close***