Tuesday, August 11th, 2026- Jacob Burks and Ben Johnston

Soybeans and wheat led the grains lower Tuesday as traders squared up positions ahead of Wednesday's August WASDE report, while corn held within a penny and cattle and hogs finished mixed. Jacob Burks of AgMarket.net joins Jesse to recap the trade — from the corn yield debate (188 last year vs. an expected ~182 this year) and a wet August forecast weighing on beans, to China's soybean purchase pace ahead of a proposed Trump-Xi meeting, Kansas' smallest winter wheat harvest in nearly 70 years, sluggish pork exports, and a cattle market that feels like it wants to go lower. Also in Segment Two, we talk more broadly about the economy, inflation, USMCA and more with Ben Johnston, COO of Kapitus. He joins us for a big picture look at the overall economy and what it means for agriculture on today's show.