Market Talk

We saw more hot inflation data on Wednesday, a struggling soybean market, mixed to lower action in wheat and a host of other items to watch across grains and livestock. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us for a technical and fundamental perspective on the midweek trade. Find more online at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

Also, we get more midweek price perspective and thoughts on the grains, cattle and dairy markets as Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us for a conversation. Find more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Mixed market action is being seen at midweek, following the ho-hum Tuesday USDA report. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss grains, livestock and more hot inflation data.

USDA released a fairly uneventful WASDE report for the month of February on Tuesday. There were some cuts to South American production while the U.S. balance sheets were left mostly unchanged. We run through the numbers and get price perspective and analysis on a lower day in grains and cattle from Cory Bratland with AgMarket.net and Garrett Toay from AgTraderTalk on today's program.

Find more online Cory and the team at https://www.agmarket.net and more for Garrett at https://www.agtradertalk.com.

We saw minimal changes on the February WASDE report from USDA. Arlan Suderman joins us to discuss some of the tweaks including to South American production and more in our Midday Commentary for Tuesday, February 11th, 2025.

We saw a fairly quiet day overall on Monday with some strength in corn and weakness in soy and wheat. Cattle futures had a solid rebound after a rough week last week and outside markets, including gold, continued to find some good money flow. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us for analysis and perspective on today's show. Find more online by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

It sounds like it could be a messy week of weather for many in the U.S. Midwest and Plains this week. Snow, ice, rain and more could be on tap with bitter cold hanging on in the Northern Plains. Eric Snodgrass with Conduit joins us to run through the weather outlook for the U.S. and South America in the week ahead. More at https://www.ag-wx.com.

At midday on Monday, we see a fairly quiet market trade overall with some support in corn and cattle to start the week. We discuss the trade action, headline risk and more with Arlan Suderman from StoneX in our Midday Commentary.

We saw a volatile week in the markets come to an end on Friday with mostly lower grain trade and mixed action in livestock futures. Threat of more tariff potential, weekend news headlines, weather in South America, a tough week in cattle futures and more have all been on the mind of traders to close out the week. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us for big picture perspective on this Friday. More at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Also on Friday's show, we hear from Deana Hardee, DVM, with Merck Animal Health about BRD, their new SENSEHUB product and more general cattle health thoughts during CattleCon 2025 this week in San Antonio, TX.

Grain markets are down moderately with livestock mixed to higher on Friday as it seems to be a generally risk-off type of day. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to close out the week for our Midday Commentary.

On today's show, we continue our coverage at CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio, TX. We hear from Kevin Good, vice president of market analysis at CattleFax, about their 2025 outlook. Dr. Mitch Blanding with Zoetis joined us for a cattle health conversation. Plus, we get price perspective on a tough day in cattle futures and a look at the grain markets with Tommy Grisafi from Nesvick Trading Group and AgBull Media.

We saw a mixed market day on Wednesday with soybeans under pressure with corn and wheat mixed. Livestock futures were higher with a nice rally in cattle. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss the markets. Learn more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

Then, as we continue coverage at the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, we talk biosecurity and cattle health with Dr. Julia Herman, Veterinarian and Beef Cattle Specialist with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.