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Grain Markets and Other Stuff

by Joe Vaclavik

Joe Vaclavik and Mackenzie Johnston discuss the grain markets, the business of farming, news related to agriculture, and a variety of other topics.

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Episodes

  1. US Corn Export Sales are Down Sharply - Lower Prices to Spark Demand??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🚢 Export Sales Surge—Soybean sales hit 2.8mmt for the week ending Oct 15, well above…

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  2. Putin is Ready to Talk, Wheat Drops + Did Corn Prices Just Bottom?

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🇷🇺🇺🇦 US-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are expected to resume in...

  3. Nebraska Corn Growers are FURIOUS with USDA

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽❓ The Nebraska Corn Board is pressing the USDA for answers after Nebraska’s corn…

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  4. MORE Farm Aid - Trump Announces Another $8 BILLION in Payments

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 📉 Corn and soybean futures closed lower on Monday, with Dec26 corn dropping about 7...

  5. Russia/Ukraine Grain Shipments are Down 40% - Is the "Starvation/Famine" Talk Real or Just Noise??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube 🇺🇦 Ukraine Grain Routes — Russian attacks have nearly halted Black Sea shipments, so Zelenskiy is asking Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary to let Ukrainian grain…

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  6. Soybeans SINK Despite Big Increase in Chinese Buying

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube 🫘📉 Soybeans dropped sharply Thursday, with Nov26 down ~14 cents to $12.63/bu, the lowest settlement since late August. Harvest pressure, dry near-term forecasts, and a...

  7. Inflation Continues to Run HOT - Surprising Impact on Corn Prices

    Farmers, please complete our quick/anonymous yield survey! https://forms.gle/rpmAeTstQtgJREFt9 Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for...

  8. China Says it Doesn't Need US Corn - Is the White House "Fact Sheet" Wrong??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🇨🇳 China Corn Imports: Despite recent tariff relief, US corn is still priced out of...

  9. SUPER El Niño is Coming - Do Traders Care??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌊 Super El Niño Watch: US forecasters put the odds at 83% that the developing El Niño...

  10. Corn Prices COLLAPSE on USDA Data - What Do Matt and Joe Think?

    Joe's Premium Subscription: https://standardgrain.com/ Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4NJ9AZc... 🌽 USDA shocked the trade Friday, raising the 2026 US corn yield to 181.2bpa, up from 178.5bpa last month and well above the 177.7bpa…

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  11. One Iowa Farm Had 42 Lines of Credit. Debt Crisis Incoming??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: https://standardgrain.com/ Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4NJ9AZc... 💰 USDA pegs inflation-adjusted US farm debt at a record $605+ billion, roughly double the 2000 level. 🔍 But officials warn the true...

  12. USDA Preview + Another Round of Corn Belt Rain

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌧️ More Rain for the Corn Belt: Tropical Storm Isaias could bring 1–4 inches of rain…

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  13. Soybeans Rally on Harvest Delays + Farmer Sentiment Fades

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 Soybeans: Harvest delays fueled a grain market rally, with Nov26 soybeans jumping…

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  14. Harvest Pace Slips Below the Five-Year Average + Trump Expands Access to Off-Road Diesel

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 U.S. Harvest Falling Behind: Corn harvest is 23% complete and soybeans 25%, both…

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  15. Favorable Corn Belt Weather Forecast

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌦️ Corn Belt Weather: Drier weather this week should help accelerate corn and soybean...

  16. Iowa Drenched Again: When Will Harvest Finally Get Moving?

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌧️ Weather: Heavy rain drenched Iowa and eastern Nebraska, with Omaha receiving nearly…

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  17. USDA Scr#ws the Farmer AGAIN - "Finds" More Corn Bushels

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Corn futures tumbled Wednesday after USDA pegged September 1 stocks at 2.095 billion...

  18. "Wars are Expensive" - Rising Interest Rates Squeeze Farm Margins

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 📈 The 30-year Treasury yield just blew past 5.61%—its highest level since 2002!...

  19. Will Iowa Farmers EVER Harvest This Year's Crop?? + China Soybean Letdown

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 Soybean futures plunged Monday, with Nov26 beans falling nearly 31 cents to close...

  20. Soybeans EXCLUDED from China Tariff-Exempt List - Prices Drop

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🤝 The US and China agreed to cut tariffs on $30 billion worth of nonsensitive goods,...

  21. Corn Prices TANK Following "No News" Trump/Xi Meeting

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🤝 US-China Talks: Xi Jinping and President Trump met in Washington, but the meeting...

  22. Bessent Says US/China Extend Trade Truce - Corn Purchases Next??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: https://standardgrain.com/ Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4NJ9AZc... 🤝 The US and China agreed to extend their trade-war truce by two months to January 10, giving both sides more time to reach a broader...

  23. Trump Supports Diesel Export Ban + Western Corn Belt Harvest Delays

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Iowa's corn and soybean harvests are running well behind schedule, with just 4% of...

  24. Corn Jumps on Possible China Interest + Diesel Export Ban and E15 in California

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Corn futures rallied Monday, with Dec26 gaining ~16¢ to close at $5.43/bu. The move...

  25. How Have SURGING Diesel Prices Impacted Corn Growers? (It's not Good)

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. ⛽ Diesel Prices – National average diesel hit a record $6.51/gal on Sunday, up 76%...

  26. Trump-Xi Meeting: Cancelation Rumors, Soybeans Lower

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🫘 Soybean meal ripped to a new contract high of $372.90 before settling at $368.70 as...

  27. US Harvest Delays?? + Trump HATES the Fed Rate Hike

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌧️ Heavy rain is soaking the Corn Belt again, with parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin...

  28. Meal Leads Soybean Higher + Diesel Export BAN??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 NOPA August Crush Data – US soybean crush hit an 11-month low of 205.456 million...

  29. BOOMING Soybean Demand: New Wisc Crush Plant + China Keeps Buying

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 CHS Announces Major Wisconsin Soybean Plant: CHS is building a ~$700 million soybean...

  30. Funds are Record-Long Grains, But Rake Hikes are Coming

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 USDA cut its national corn yield to 178.5 bpa (from 180.7) and production to 15.8...

  31. Soybeans Hit 32-Month High + $6 Natl Avg Diesel and Inflation

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 Soybeans surge on China demand — Nov26 futures jumped nearly 23¢ to close near...

  32. Diesel Hits Another Record, Inflation Is BACK

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🛢️ Oil Surges on US-Iran Tensions—Brent crude jumped 3.4% to top $100/barrel (highest...

  33. Was Pro Farmer WRONG? Everybody Else Has a Higher Corn Yield Estimate

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 StoneX Crop Estimates: StoneX trimmed its corn yield forecast to 182.9 bpa but…

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  34. Wheat Rallies on Failed Peace Talks + Funds RECORD Long Corn Market

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌾 Wheat & Black Sea Conflict — Wheat futures jumped as weekend peace talks between US...

  35. Putin, Grain Selloff, and USDA Farm Profit Update

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌾 Wheat: Wheat futures plunged as optimism over a potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal...

  36. Putin Talks Peace, Grain Markets Get SMACKED

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🇷🇺 Putin Signals Openness to Peace Deal – Putin said early this morning that several...

  37. Most Bullish Position of ALL-TIME!? Big Traders LOVE the Corn Market

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌾 Wheat futures rallied Tuesday, with Dec26 Chicago up ~9¢ to $7.83/bu and Dec26 KC up...

  38. BEANS IN THE TEENS: Soybeans Trade $13 on Weather, SRE Reallocations

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌾 EPA Small Refinery Exemptions: EPA granted full exemptions to 18 refineries and...

  39. US Crop Problems + Black Sea Chaos = Grain Prices Going VERTICAL

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌾 Wheat futures hit a 3+ year high Friday as Dec26 Chicago wheat jumped ~23¢ to…

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  40. Global Wheat SHORTAGE Incoming?? Prices Hit Multi-Year Highs

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌾 Wheat hits a three-year high as Black Sea exports nearly halt amid Russia-Ukraine...

  41. Putin's War Gamble | Trump Turns His Back on Farmers for Oil Refiners

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🇷🇺🌾 Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate—Peace talks have collapsed, and Russia is...

  42. Corn EXPLODES to New Highs on US Crop Concerns - Should Supply Rallies Be Sold??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Corn futures rallied Tuesday, with Dec26 up 8¢ to close near $5.24/bu on shrinking...

  43. Pioneer Finds HUGE Corn Yield Potential in Iowa - What Was All That Crop Tour Talk??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Corn Crop Conditions Slip — US corn ratings dropped to 57% good-to-excellent, down...

  44. Corn Yield Could Miss Trend by TEN Bushels per Acre says Crop Tour - Prices SURGE

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Crop Tour Shocks the Corn Market — Pro Farmer's survey pegged national corn yield at...

  45. BIG Double-Tops on Corn Charts +  Crop Tour Update IA/MN

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Pro Farmer Crop Tour Results — Iowa corn came in at 194 bpa (above the 3-yr average)...

  46. Corn/Soybean Prices SURGE + Consumer Inflation / Corn Production Cost SHOCK Chart

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 Soybeans led a broad grain rally Wednesday, with Nov26 jumping ~21¢ to settle near...

  47. Another Day of Crop Tour Disappointment + Fuel/Diesel Update

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Pro Farmer Crop Tour Results – Indiana corn came in at 183.5 bpa (down 5.3% YoY)…

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  48. Crop Tour: DISAPPOINTING Yield Potential in South Dakota and Ohio

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Pro Farmer Crop Tour Results (SD & OH): South Dakota corn came in at 149.1 bpa (-14%...

  49. Corn Belt FLOOD - Which Counties Saw the Most Rain and How Will Crops be Impacted??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌧️ Corn Belt Flooding Intensifies – The already-saturated Corn Belt got hit with…

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  50. Excessive Corn Belt Rain... Are Crops at Risk??

    Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Corn Belt Weather 🌧️ Too much rain is becoming a problem in parts of the Corn Belt....

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Joe Vaclavik and Mackenzie Johnston discuss the grain markets, the business of farming, news related to agriculture, and a variety of other topics.

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