Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, April 29, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning.

Commodity markets are being influenced by weather risks and geopolitical tensions, with dry conditions in parts of the U.S., drought in Australia and Asia, and potential drought stress in Brazil's safrinha corn crop. Energy shipments through the Persian Gulf remain constrained, keeping fuel prices high. The Iowa House of Representatives passed a right-to-repair bill, requiring manufacturers to provide repair documentation and tools at fair costs. Cattle futures posted gains, and weather forecasts predicted cooler temperatures and thunderstorms across the central and eastern U.S.

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