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Professional Ag Marketing Podcast — 410 episodes

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1

WASDE recap and market reaction

2

Who is fueling this cattle rally?

3

Holiday Hog Harvest Kerfuffle

4

Funds are a Record Long on Corn

5

Are Cattle Prices Sustainable at This Level?

6

Hogs are Shedding a Record Short

7

Is $6 corn back on the table?

8

The Battle for Margin Has Shifted in Cattle

9

Is the Hog Market About to Surprise Everyone?

10

Trump Drops Ground Beef Tariffs to Lower Prices

11

Corn Continues to Rally for Multiple Reasons

12

Hog Futures not Responding

13

Tyson Closure: The Leverage Shifts Away from Cattle Producers

14

Wheat leads, corn follows, bulls win the week

15

Some Hog Market Headwinds

16

Final Estimates for our 2026 Crop Tour Across the Midwest

17

Northern Section of the 2026 Crop Tour (SD, ND, MN) with Estimates

18

Day 4 of the 2026 Crop Tour (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa) with Indiana and Illinois Estimates

19

What to do About This Cattle Rally?

20

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in Hogs

21

Day 3 of the 2026 Crop Tour (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio) with Ohio Estimates

22

Day 2 of the 2026 Crop Tour (Iowa, Illinois, Missouri) with Missouri Estimates

23

Day 1 of the 2026 Crop Tour Complete with Nebraska Estimates

24

Grains Fall as we Prepare for the 2026 Crop Tour

25

Kyle Kracht Post Cattle on Feed and Border Reopening

26

Hams & Bellies Shock: Sudden Product Dump and Reaction

27

Chasing $6 Corn: Opportunity or Illusion?

28

Cattle Market Challenging Multi Year Trends

29

Hog Weights Falling: What it Means for Cutout

30

BONUS EPISODE: Lucas Peters and Kyle Kracht on Cattle Insurance Opportunity

31

Kyle Kracht on the Cattle Market's Continued Slide

32

Honing in on the Grain Market

33

National Pork Industry Conference Recap

34

WASDE Sparks a Rally in Corn

35

Cattle fall once again. Who has the leverage?

36

Hogs are green ahead of NPIC

37

USDA Sparks the Rally, Can Mother Nature Stop It?

38

USDA Offering $500 Million to Small Beef Processors

39

Beware of Premium

40

Aerial Crop Tour and Market Recap

41

They Came for Soccer... Stayed for Beef

42

Where are the Silver Linings in the Hog Market

43

Placements Came in Low - Post Cattle on Feed

44

Sales are Heading to China

45

Support Incoming in the Hog Market?

46

Crushing It: Soybean Processor Margins Explode Higher

47

Cattle on Hold: Screwworm Logistics & Quarantine Disruptions

48

Is the U.S. Consumer Stung? Pork Demand in a Funk

49

Screwworm is Here, Cattle Market Reaction | Cattle Market Talk June 5th, 2026

50

Weather Sell Off | Grain Market Talk June 5th, 2026

51

Live at World Pork Expo — industry mood and optimism | Hog Market Talk June 3rd, 2026

52

Fading the Inflation Trade | Grain Market Talk May 29th, 2026

53

Late Summer Cattle Supply Combined With Weights May Be Burdensome | Cattle Market Talk May 29, 2026

54

Darkest Before the Dawn | Hog Market Talk May 27th, 2026

55

Sell Off Pre Report | Cattle Market Talk May 22nd, 2026

56

Riding the China Rollercoaster | Grain Market Talk May 22nd, 2026

57

Lots of Red in the Markets | Hog Market Talk May 21st, 2026

58

Post WASDE and Trade Negotiations | Grain Market Talk May 15th, 2026

59

China reopens to U.S. beef — what that means | Cattle Market Talk May 15th, 2026

60

Cutting Summer Kills | Hog Market Talk May 13th, 2026

61

Market Correction Ahead of China Talks: Corn & Soybeans Breakdown | Grain Market Talk May 8th, 2026

62

Lula to the White House | Cattle Market Talk May 7th, 2026

63

Bellies, Butts, and Hams | Hog Market Talk May 6th, 2026

64

Corn trades above $5.00 for the first time since 2023 | Grain Market Talk May 1st, 2026

65

Is the recent cash rally cutting into the packer's margins? | Cattle Market Talk May 1st 2026

66

Iran, Crude, and Cash Hogs | Hog Market Talk April 29th, 2026

67

Wheat, Weather & Risk | Grain Market Talk April 24th, 2026

68

Placements Data | Cattle Market Talk April 24th, 2026

69

Hog Spread Action | Hog Market Talk April 22nd, 2026

70

(Sterile) Cattle on Feed Report | Cattle Market Talk April 17th, 2026

71

Early Planting Outlook | Grain Market Talk April 17th, 2026

72

Risk off Hogs, Risk on Financials | Hog Market Talk April 16th, 2026

73

WASDE Takeaways | Grain Market Talk April 10th, 2026

74

Technical Warnings in Cattle | Cattle Market Talk April 10th, 2026

75

Ceasefire? | Hog Market Talk April 8th, 2026

76

Corn Drifts From Crude Oil | Grain Market Talk April 2nd, 2026

77

Cash Confirms the Cattle Rally | Cattle Market Talk April 2nd, 2026

78

Pork's New Strategy | Hog Market Talk April 1st, 2026

79

There is Protein in Everything | Cattle Market Talk March 27th, 2026

80

Trump Pats Farmers Backs | Grain Market Talk March 27th, 2026

81

Business As Usual in the Hog Market | Hog Market Talk March 25th, 2026

82

Energy Surge | Grain Talk March 20th, 2026

83

Escalation Continues | Hog Talk March 20th, 2026

84

Greeley Strike Update | Cattle Talk March 20th, 2026

85

Inside the Beef Market | Cattle Talk March 13th, 2026

86

Barrels to Bushels | Grain Talk March 12th, 2026

87

Why Hogs Don’t Care About the Headlines | Hog Talk March 10th, 2026

88

Bombs Away | Grain Talk March 5th, 2026

89

Keeping an Eye on Mexico | Hog Talk March 5th, 2026

90

Iran War Impact | Cattle Talk March 5th, 2026

91

Comeback Story | Hog Talk February 27th, 2026

92

Cattle Market Meltdown | Cattle Talk February 27th, 2026

93

Pre State of the Union | Grain Talk February 24th, 2026

94

Historic Packer Margins | Cattle Talk February 20th, 2026

95

Bye Bye Tariffs | Grain Talk February 20th, 2026

96

Hog Market Prepares for Mexico Trade Talks | Hog Talk February 17th, 2026

97

Cattle Market Pulse | Cattle Talk February 13th, 2026

98

Corn vs Soybeans | Grain Talk February 13th, 2026

99

Hog Market Headwinds | Hog Talk February 11th, 2026

100

Cattle Con Recap | Cattle Talk February 6th, 2026

101

Industry Growth Plans | Hog Talk February 5th, 2026

102

Beans on the Move! What Sparked Yesterday's Surge | Grain Talk February 5th, 2026

103

Commodity Boom? | Grain Talk January 29th, 2026

104

Back to 2020? The Sharp Slowdown in This Week’s Cattle Harvest | Cattle Talk January 29th, 2026

105

Hog Talk: Hogs Take A Hit

106

Grains: Exports and Bear Flags

107

Cattle: COF

108

Hog Talk: Iowa Pork Congress

109

Grains: WASDE Reaction

110

Cattle: Screwworm

111

Hog Talk: Special Interview

112

Grains: Farmcon 2026

113

Cattle: New Food Pyramid

114

Hog Talk: Snatch and Grab

115

2025 Recap

116

Hog Talk: Ripping Into 2026

117

Grains: Fuel Up

118

Cattle: Cut It Out

119

Hog Talk: H and P For Me

120

Grains: Buy the Rumor, Sell the Fact

121

Cattle: Get Sideways

122

Hog Talk: Vol and Mexico

123

Cattle: Cash Spark

124

Grains: Market Update

125

Hog Talk: Fund Buying

126

Grains: Dec WASDE

127

Grains: Trade Update

128

Cattle: Overview

129

Hog Talk: Recovery

130

Thanksgiving Feast

131

Grains: China and COF

132

Cattle: Weight It Out

133

Hog Talk: Margin Crunch

134

Grains: The WASDE

135

Cattle: Policy Driven

136

Hog Talk: The Ham Report

137

Grains: The Precautionary Principle

138

Cattle: Oh SNAP

139

Hog Talk: Broad Overview

140

Grains: Spooky Trade

141

Cattle: Dead Cat Bounce

142

Hog Talk: Fund Out

143

Grains: Damage

144

Cattle: Political Trade

145

Hog Talk: Bright Spot

146

Grains: Support Lines and China

147

Cattle: Trump Card

148

Hog Talk: Tech Slide

149

Grains: Bye Bye Trade Deal

150

Cattle: Front End Fun

151

Hog Talk: Left Out

152

Grains: Trade War and Charts

153

Cattle: Outside Fun

154

Hog Talk: Gov Shutdown

155

Cattle: Kriss Cross

156

Hog Talk: H and P For Me

157

Grains: Start Of Harvest

158

Grains: Margin Protection, China, and Yield Reports

159

Cattle: Seasons Change

160

Hog Talk: Cutout Cuts

161

Grains: WASDE

162

Cattle: Cash Is King

163

Hog Talk: Wait and Weights

164

Grains: Outside Noise

165

Cattle: Post Labor Day

166

Hog Talk: 8 Day Rally

167

Grains: Corn Rally

168

Cattle: Keep Up

169

Hog Talk: CME and Me

170

Grains: Pro Farmer

171

Hog Talk: Friday Jump

172

Cattle: COF

173

Cattle: Lord of the Flys

174

Grains: Soybean Talk

175

Hog Talk: Fair Value

176

Grains: 2025 Crop Tour Final Results

177

Grains: 2025 Crop Tour Day 5

178

Grains: 2025 Crop Tour Day 4

179

Grains: 2025 Crop Tour Day 3

180

Grains: 2025 Crop Tour Day 2

181

Grains: 2025 Crop Tour Day 1

182

Grains: Derecho Blows

183

Cattle: Boom

184

Hog Talk: Its Time

185

Cattle: Report Day

186

Grains: Basis Blues and Carry Clues

187

Hog Talk: Dealing

188

Grains: Bear Rally

189

Cattle: Quick Market Update

190

Hog Talk: Market Tweak

191

Grains: WASDE and BBB

192

Cattle: Reverse

193

Hog Talk: Trump Promises

194

Grains: Trump Trade

195

Cattle: Leverage

196

Hog Talk: Cut From Cutout

197

Grains: Hold or Sold?

198

Cattle: Split Screen

199

Hog Talk: H and P For Me

200

Grains: Wheaties

201

Cattle: Iran So Far Away

202

Hog Talk: Power Of Both

203

Grains: Boomtown

204

Cattle: ICED Out

205

Hog Talk: Boom

206

Grains: Crop Update

207

Hog Talk: World Pork Expo

208

Cattle: Cash Crazy

209

Cattle: Cyclist

210

Grains: Lack of Direction

211

Hog Talk: Refill

212

Grains: Rally Why?

213

Cattle: "Hole" Thing

214

Hog Talk: Cut It Out

215

Grains: Bulls vs Bears

216

Cattle: Tech Moves

217

Trade and WASDE

218

Crop Selloff

219

Weather and Trump Talk

220

All Over The Board

221

Tariff Talk and DC

222

‘Obliteration day’

223

Derisk

224

Reversal

225

5 Years of Bull

226

Tariff Week

227

Crop Insurance

228

Cattle On Feed

229

Head Of Tech

230

CATTLECON 2025

231

Crop Insurance Series: Government Payments

232

Crop Insurance Series: Private Products

233

Crop Insurance Series: ARC vs PLC

234

Crop Insurance Series: ECO

235

Crop Insurance Series: Changes

236

Trump, Funds, Cattle

237

Trump and Ethanol

238

Wacky WASDE

239

2024 Recap

240

Corn vs Soybeans 2025

241

Live At Take 16!

242

WASDE

243

Mexico and Wheat

244

Screwworm and Rally

245

Funds and Fun

246

Election Hangover

247

Post Election

248

Crop Insurance, ARC PLC, Election

249

Grain Update

250

Spread Action

251

WASDE

252

Turn Around

253

Crop Progress and Margin Protection

254

FED and Harvest Progress

255

Margin Protection

256

Little Bit of Everything

257

Grain Market Overview

258

COF and Crop Tour

259

Margin Protection

260

2024 Crop Tour Final Review

261

2024 Crop Tour Day 5

262

2024 Crop Tour Day 4

263

2024 Crop Tour Day 3

264

2024 Crop Tour Day 2

265

2024 Crop Tour Day 1

266

Hard Selloff

267

Broad Commodity Overview

268

Price Action

269

WASDE

270

Grain Plan

271

Report Day

272

Cattle On Feed

273

Broad Market Overview

274

Planting Progress vs Yield

275

Ag Market Update

276

COF and Weather

277

Grain Gainz

278

WASDE

279

Grain Rally

280

Planting In A Wheat Rally

281

Outside Markets

282

Outside Markets and WASDE

283

Bird Flu

284

Stocks and Acreage

285

Cattle On Feed

286

Cattle Demand

287

WASDE

288

Closing Statement

289

Prices

290

Crop Insurance Series: Shallow Band Coverage

291

Crop Insurance Series: Additional Price Coverage

292

Crop Insurance Series: ECO

293

Crop Insurance Series: ARC vs PLC

294

Crop Insurance Series: SCO

295

Crop Insurance Series: RP Basics

296

Outlook Forum

297

WASDE Report

298

Cattle Report

299

Grains Slide Into the Weekend

300

Insurance

301

WASDE Beatdown

302

Serious Time for Serious People

303

2023 Recap

304

COF & H&P

305

The Pivot

306

Bore of a WASDE

307

End Of Month

308

Soy Frenzy

309

Its A Soy World

310

Kick to the Head

311

Bottoms Up

312

Soy bounce and what to do with stored corn

313

COF and Short Covering

314

WASDE Week

315

Corn Opportunities and Outside Market Influence

316

Hogs & Pigs Recap

317

Risk Off and COF

318

WASDE Worries

319

Pre Report Mindset

320

Weather Market On Labor Day?

321

Pro Farmer and Belly Crash

322

Grain Market Update

323

2023 Crop Tour Day 5

324

2023 Crop Tour Final Results

325

2023 Crop Tour Day 4

326

2023 Crop Tour Day 3

327

2023 Crop Tour Day 2

328

2023 Crop Tour Day 1

329

Grain Attack

330

Market Overview

331

War and Weather

332

WASDE & CPI

333

Broad Market Overview

334

Acreage Report

335

Cattle and Weather

336

Weather Market

337

WPX & WASDE

338

Weather & Cattle

339

Weather Market

340

Cattle on Feed

341

WASDE & Prop 12

342

Outside Market Pressure

343

The 3 Step Process

344

Joe Santos on Macroeconomics

345

Matthew Diersen on Cattle Volatility and Options

346

WASDE & CPI

347

Cash Cattle

348

Record Prices and Report Week

349

Soy Selloff and Corn Exports

350

Risk Off

351

Bank Collapse and WASDE

352

Grain Outlook

353

Corn Collapse

354

2023 Weather

355

Yield Protection

356

Cattle Inventories

357

Weather, ARC, PLC, and SCO

358

Cattle On Feed

359

What the WASDE

360

Running on E

361

2022 Year Review

362

Shootin' the Breeze

363

Keeping the Bulls FED

364

WASDE

365

Soybeans Got Crushed

366

Renewable Diesel

367

Cattle on Feed

368

Lets Talk Corn

369

A wild week to go nowhere

370

November Events and Intro to Macy

371

Grain Demand and Cattle on Feed

372

WASDE & CPI

373

Export Problems

374

A Risky Stocks Report

375

Interest Rates and Cattle on Feed

376

WASDE and Hog Update

377

Harvest Storage Decisions

378

Protecting 2023 Row Crop Margins

379

ProFarmer, Urea, Margin Protection

380

Lean Hog Selloff

381

August WASDE

382

2022 Crop Tour Final Results

383

2022 Crop Tour Day 5

384

2022 Crop Tour Day 4

385

2022 Crop Tour Day 3

386

2022 Crop Tour Day 2

387

2022 Crop Tour Day 1

388

Big Jim Agronomic Outlook

389

Cattle Inventories

390

Macro Overview and NPIC

391

Summer Trade

392

Stocks and Acreage Recap

393

Seasonal Direction

394

The Dome of Doom

395

WASDE and CPI

396

Lets Talk Replant

397

Its a global market

398

Cattle On Feed

399

WASDE Yield Adjustment

400

Full Market Recap

401

Bird Flu Update

402

Corn Market Valuation

403

Inflation Data and Cattle

404

Special Guest Daryl Ritchison on Weather

405

Report Week

406

Hog Fundamentals With Luke Wells

407

Cattle and WASDE with Nick Bork

408

Medieval Invasion In Modern Times

409

Protecting the wild ride

410

Keeping up with the markets