Friday, May 15th, 2026 Program
As we head into the weekend, we sit down to talk commodity and livestock markets with Chad Hart, Professor and Economist at Iowa State University. We discuss the markets chasing headlines, the weather impacts, the law of
Thursday, May 14th, 2026 Program
Soybeans fell into some hard profit taking on Thursday as traders apparently caught wind of some small nuggets of information from the Trump/Xi meeting ongoing in China. That pulled corn and wheat lower while cattle futures closed
Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 Program
We saw a quieter grain trade on Wednesday while cattle surged and we got new energy and inflation data released as well. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to share technical analysis of things he
China Reopens Doors to U.S. Beef
China’s General Administration of Customs has granted five-year registration extensions to more than 400 U.S. beef facilities — 425 to be exact — that had been sitting in limbo in China’s food import system. On top of
Markets Want Details as China Talks Leave Questions
While Donald Trump and Jamieson Greer continue to say China will purchase billions of dollars in U.S. agricultural products, markets are reacting negatively to the lack of specific details in the agreement. Without firm numbers or commitments,
Grains Seeing More Follow Through Selling on Friday
It appears we have more follow-through selling in the grain trade on Friday while cattle futures are pushing a bit higher. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Friday Market Talk
Study Quantifies How Red Meat Exports Boost Domestic Feed Demand for Corn and Soybeans
Red meat exports delivered significant returns to corn and soybean producers in 2025, according to an independent study conducted by the Juday Group and released by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Nationally, U.S. beef and pork
Summit Carbon Reroutes Pipeline to Wyoming, Drops 8 Iowa Counties and 400 Landowners From Project
(AMES, IA) — Summit Carbon Solutions is significantly redrawing one of the most contested infrastructure projects in the Midwest, announcing this week that it will reroute its proposed carbon dioxide pipeline west through Nebraska to a new sequestration