Monday, May 11th, 2026 Program
The Trump administration is preparing to temporarily lower tariffs on imported beef in an effort to ease record-high beef prices for American consumers. That news on Monday sent cattle futures on a wild ride that ended well
Friday, May 8th, 2026 Program
We saw more profit taking in cattle futures on Friday while this week’s cash trade was strong again. What’s going on with the disconnect between the two markets and where do we go from here? Scott Varilek
Thursday, May 7th, 2026 Program
On today’s show, we hear from StoneX Senior Commodities Economist Mike Castle to kickoff the show followed by this week’s new episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Brad Kooima. Susan sticks with us in Segment
Mosaic Pulls Phosphate Forecast, Curtails U.S. Production as Soybean Growers Push Back
May 11, 2026 — The Mosaic Company withdrew its 2026 phosphate production forecast on Monday and announced partial curtailments at U.S. and Brazilian facilities, as runaway costs for sulfur, ammonia and urea — driven by the U.S.-Israel
Trump Administration Moves to Expand Beef Imports Amid Record High Prices
The Trump administration is preparing to temporarily lower tariffs on imported beef in an effort to ease record-high beef prices for American consumers. According to sources familiar with the plan, the administration could suspend the current tariff-rate
Major Warmup on the Way for the Midwest?
Could we see a warmup in the weather pattern to help propel more spring planting this week? What about the early week frost concerns in the Upper Midwest? Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to
Grain Export Sales Numbers Mixed
U.S. grain export sales were mixed in the latest weekly report from the USDA. Soybean sales fell to their lowest level of the marketing year that began September 1. Soybean sales totaled just 141,900 metric tons in
As drought worsens, Western states brace for wildfires, water shortages
From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that usually blankets the high country well into the summer. That snowpack is like a savings account