Market Talk

Another day of headline risk at play in the markets on Tuesday with the Iran war and RVO rumors playing into the trade action. Jacob Burks with AgMarket.net joins us to discuss the rumors in the trade, a look ahead to next week's USDA acreage report and much more. Find more online at https://www.agmarket.net. Also in Segment Four, we share a conversation from Monday afternoon at the National Grain and Feed Association convention with Matthew Connelly from Hedgepoint Global Markets about the overall volatility in the marketplace.

Markets are mixed on Tuesday as we see more headline volatility at play. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss the latest headlines and the added volatility to the markets.

Monday was another day of headline news risk and volatility in the markets. We catch up on the latest market moves in grains, livestock, energies and the stock market as we start the week with John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing. Learn more online by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. We are seeing a rollercoaster of weather with record heat over the weekend, coming off a recent blizzard. What does the temperature and precipitation outlook show us for the next few weeks ahead? Will we see some drought relief in the plains? And what's this "Godzilla El Niño" talk on social media? Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss on our Weekly Weather Update. Find more at https://www.ag-wx.com. We also get the show started talking seed treatments with Troy Bauer from BASF and close things in Segment Four with Susan Littlefield and Jim McCormick from AgMarket.net talking markets after Monday's session.

We see more volatility in the markets tied to headline news risk from the Middle East. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to run through what's happening to start the week in our Midday Commentary. We also touch on more RVO rumors and some positivity in the livestock complex.

As war continues to rage on in the Middle East, we have seen attacks on key energy infrastructure this week that could take years to rebuild. What does that mean for the longer term impacts on fertilizer pricing and supply? Mike Castle with StoneX joins us to share perspective on what's happening with fertilizer and the longer term farmer impacts we could see ahead. It was also a "Steady Eddie" kind of week in the cattle complex as we wrapped up trade on Friday. Amid the on-going volatility we saw firm cash and futures that worked back and forth throughout. Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek joins us to wrap up the week in the market trade, thoughts on cattle and a quiet hog market plus a look at the pressure to end the week in the grain markets. And we close the show with a recap of the latest Cattle on Feed report that just came out with Kyle Bumsted from Allendale and Jesse has a look at the closing markets to end the week in Segment Four of the show.

We saw corn and soybean futures find support to the upside on Thursday, while the livestock complex traded lower with feeder cattle the leader to the downside. Geopolitical risk from disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on energy infrastructure have reinforced some inflationary narratives, drawing speculative interest back into grain markets. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us for a conversation about this week's trade in Segments Three and Four while we get perspective on the impacts to fertilizer and gas production in the Middle East as Melih Keyman is the Founder, President, and CEO of Keytrade, one of the world's leading fertilizer trading companies, joins the show. In Segment One, we get things started with a new episode of Cattle Chatter as Susan Littlefield is joined once again this week by Brad Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek. You can watch their full conversation as well on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@markettalkag

It's mixed action in the grain complex at midday Thursday while we see more movement in energies and fertilizer. Mike Castle with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Thursday, March 19th, 2026.

The grain markets moved higher on Wednesday as energy prices continue to lead the way, while the weather story may also be starting to play a role. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss the market action at midweek included influences from the Middle East/energy price volatility, weather, the Fed and inflation concerns, the Jones Act waiver announcement on Wednesday, this week's cattle trade and so much more. Find more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. Also, we discuss the use of AI and robotics in agronomy. Taylor Wetli is US Commercial & Business Development Manager for Solinftec and he joins the show to tell us more about the work they are doing to bring new technologies to the farm. Find more online at https://www.solinftec.com/en-us.

Grains and oilseeds are finding support at midweek as energy prices continue to move higher. We also saw some hotter than expected inflation data out this morning while livestock trade is seeing some profit taking. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Wednesday, March 18th, 2026.

Markets are reacting to news that a meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping could still be five to six weeks away. At the same time, Brazil has resumed shipping soybeans to China as harvest picks up pace. Additional pressure is coming from fertilizer markets and rising oil storage levels. Despite that, grains managed to bounce back on the day, with some optimism building around the crushing sector. In livestock, the cattle market is keeping a close eye on a potential JBS strike, all while preparing for Friday's closely watched Cattle on Feed report. Susan Littlefield sits in for Jesse Allen today and has a conversation with Matt Bennett from AgMarket.net. Also, she talks with Mike Zuzolo in Segment Two of the audio only podcast and gets an update on Nebraska wildfires in Segment One with Craig Uden from Nebraska Cattlemen.

It was a rough start to the week on Monday, March 16th, 2026 as the entire soy complex came under heavy selling pressure. What led to soybeans, meal and soybean oil being down daily limits? John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss headline news impacts, fund positioning in corn and soybeans, cattle market strength and more. Find more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. Also on today's show, we talk a lot about futures and options but what about ETFs for individual agricultural commodities like corn, wheat, and soybeans? What is an ETF exactly and how is it different? Sal Gilbertie of Teucrium Trading, a firm that deals with commodity ETFs, joins us for a conversation about how to use commodity ETFs as a modern risk management tool in today's farm economy. Learn more online at https://teucrium.com.

The soy complex is under heavy pressure to start the week and that is spilling over into corn and wheat as well. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

More volatility was seen this week in the markets as we continue to trade off headlines from the Middle East and much more. We open the show with perspective on the recent market volatility and look at some bigger picture trends with Shawn Hackett from Hackett Financial Advisors in Segment One. In Segment Two, we discuss a mixed bag of back and forth trading in cattle that was seen on Friday. Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek joins us and highlights how we need to pay attention to the upcoming kill for some potential cattle market direction. And as much as the volatility can create opportunity, you have to remember to keep your orders working in this market to take advantage of the market moves. We talk about that and much more in Segment Three and Four with Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth from Van Ahn & Company on today's show.

It's a mixed bag in Friday's market trade with wheat seeing a rally into the weekend. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss the markets heading into the weekend.

Crude oil worked higher again on Thursday and that helped to pull the grain complex higher as well (although we did finish a bit off of session highs on the day). Meantime, the cattle complex also saw a nice rally from the lows into the close. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us again this week to discuss the ongoing volatility in the markets. More at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. And speaking of the cattle complex, we get perspective on the volatility and more with this week's episode of Cattle Chatter. Susan Littlefield is joined once again by Brad Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek for this week's conversation. Find more online at https://www.kkvtrading.com.

More volatility is being seen in the markets on Thursday with crude oil on the rise once again, pulling grains and oilseeds higher with it. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss the movement in the markets during the StoneX Ag & Dairy Market Outlook meeting in Nashville, TN.

War headlines continue to drive the energy markets at midweek along with RVO rumors and more, which caused grains and oilseeds to work higher on Wednesday. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to break down the volatility, what it means for inflation concerns and a look at more up and down in the cattle complex as well. Find more online by visiting his website at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. Also, in Segment Two, we hear more about PI AgSciences, Inc. new novel biochemical technology for crop defense against parasitic nematodes. Wes Hays, North America commercial lead, Brands, at PI AgSciences, joins us for a conversation.

Minimal changes were noted in the March WASDE Report out from USDA on Tuesday as the markets continued to trade more on Middle East headlines, with algorithmic trade leading the charge. Tyler Schau with AgMarket.net joins us for a wide ranging discussion on market volatility, risk management, cattle market moves and much more. More at https://www.agmarket.net. We also listen back to our Midday Commentary and analysis from Arlan Suderman at StoneX to open the show and then get a recap of the National Farmers Union convention with Rob Lee from the South Dakota Farmers Union in Segment Four.

The March WASDE Report was released by USDA on Tuesday and it reflected minimal changes to the domestic and global balance sheets overall. In fact, USDA made no changes to U.S. corn, soybean or wheat ending stocks estimates with some slight changes on various global balance sheets. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to recap the WASDE and discuss the ongoing influence from the Middle East headlines on the markets.

Another day of volatility in the commodity markets on Monday as grains and oilseeds, along with livestock, settled the session mostly mixed to lower. Crude oil finished well off session highs after spiking to near $120 overnight as Middle East headlines continue to flow.  John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing joins us in the back half of today's show for a conversation while we also get insight from Mike Castle with StoneX in Segment Two. At the start of the show, we take a look at more severe weather risk this week and discuss the forecast with Eric Snodgrass from Nutrien.

Crude oil hit $90 a barrel on Friday as war premium continued to bring money flow to the markets. Grains and oilseeds were up sharply as well led by wheat and soybeans while corn followed behind. What does all of this volatility and upside momentum mean for producers on the cusp of spring planting season in the U.S. and does it bring opportunity to manage risk? DuWayne Bosse with Bolt Marketing joins us for a conversation on today's show. Find more at https://www.boltmarketingllc.com. Another Friday, another sharply lower day in cattle futures. As we see volatility and strength in crude oil, grains and equities it seems the opposite is happening in the cattle trade. Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek joins us to discuss if there are warning signs we need to be paying attention to in the cattle market along with perspective on the war volatility elsewhere in the trade. More at https://www.kkvtrading.com. Also, in Segment Two, we listen back to an excellent conversation about soybean cyst nematode that Susan Littlefield had during Commodity Classic. She is joined by Horacio Lopez-Nicora, Assistant Professor and Provost's Early Career Scholar, Soybean Pathology and Nematology at Ohio State University.

More volatility was seen across the markets on Thursday with crude oil hitting the $80 per barrel mark while the Dow Jones was down around 1,000 points on the day. Grains and oilseeds were higher led by a sharp rally in wheat while it was a mixed session in livestock. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss risk management amid volatility, the question of whether or not we are losing corn acreage due to fertilizer challenges and much more on today's show. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. Also, the livestock trade was quieter on the day Thursday. Who is going to win the leverage battle in the cattle complex? That's one of many items discussed on this week's episode of Cattle Chatter as Susan Littlefield talks once again with Brad Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek. In Segment One, we share a conversation from Commodity Classic as Farm and Ranch Media's Corryn La Rue talked with Nathan Keane from the National Association of Wheat Growers.

On today's episode, we sit down with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics for analysis and perspective on the evolving war in the Middle East and why the Strait of Hormuz is a key chokepoint for global trade, energy, fertilizer and ag commodities in general. PLUS, we take a look at the resurgence in cattle futures at midweek and much more on today's show. Find more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. Also on today's show, as farmers and agriculture industry professional made their way to Commodity Classic in San Antonio, TX last week, the team at BASF hosted a group of ag journalists for their annual Science Behind event to showcase new products and innovations. One of the highlights was Nemasphere™, one of the most groundbreaking innovations in soybean cyst nematode (SCN) management in over 60 years. We talked about the product with Michael McCarville, Trait Technology Lead for BASF.

We see a less volatile trading day on Wednesday across grain, livestock and outside markets. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss the latest trade action at midweek.

We see the volatility continue in crude oil, heating oil, RBOB gasoline, gold, silver, stocks, etc. But not as much volatility is being seen necessarily in the grain and livestock complex. How much impact could outside market pressures have on the ag sector? Brian Splitt from AgMarket.net joins us for analysis and insight after Tuesday's trade. More at https://www.agmarket.net. The outside markets continue to show immense volatility as we continue to watch what is unfolding in the Middle East. Tommy Grisafi with Ag Bull Media and Nesvick Trading Group joins us to discuss the latest moves in energies, metals and financial markets along with how it translates over to grain and livestock trade. Find more at https://www.agbull.com.

We see more volatility in the market trade on Tuesday as we watch the headlines from the Middle East. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for our Midday Commentary to discuss the latest moves in grains, outside markets and livestock. We also talk about the updated StoneX Customer Survey for Brazil that came out on Monday afternoon.

It was no surprise that we saw volatility across the market trade to start the month of March as the weekend actions in the Middle East have stirred many market sectors. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the latest market moves in grains, livestock and energies along with thoughts on navigating risk management right now. Find more online by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. As we enter into the month of March, are we ready to fully embrace spring or will there be another round of cold weather ahead? Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss the March outlook for preciptation, temperatures and how it's a "buyer beware forecast" right now. Find more online at https://www.ag-wx.com. Plus at the beginning of the show, we talk fertilizer markets specifically as Susan Littlefield has a conversation with Josh Linville, VP of Fertilizer at StoneX, about the latest in the Middle East and potential market impacts.

Plenty of volatility in the markets after the weekend strikes on Iran. We break down some of the latest moves with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, in our Midday Commentary for Monday, March 2nd, 2026. ***Recorded at 11am CST***

Wheat saw a big rally into the end of the month on Friday, helping pull corn and soybeans along for the ride to the upside. Meanwhile, it was tough couple of days to close February in the cattle markets. On Friday during Commodity Classic in San Antonio, TX, we sat down on the trade show floor with Brian Splitt and Cory Bratland from AgMarket.net for analysis and insights. Plus, we share this week's episode of Cattle Chatter as Susan Littlefield talked on Thursday with Brad Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek about the volatility in the cattle market. At the end of the show, we have a Friday conversation with Joe Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek for more insight into what drove the cattle markets to finish out the week.

During the Thursday, February 26th, 2026 episode of Market Talk during Commodity Classic, we visited with CROPLAN to discuss what's new in the 2026 corn and soybean seed class, how localized seed innovation drives smarter decisions and more reliable returns for growers, how last year's challenges influences this year's decisions and so much more. Jeff Osterhaus, seed innovation manager for CROPLAN, joined us to talk about what the 2026 CROPLAN corn and soybean classes have to offer. We also sat down with Robert Cossar, CROPLAN seed innovation experience manager, to discuss how seed innovation is becoming more local and how data is leading to more predictable ROI. Find more information and your local retailer online at https://www.croplan.com. Plus, we also sat down with National Corn Growers Association Lead Economist Krista Swanson for our markets segment to discuss big picture supply and demand items for the corn market, the ag economy, USMCA, E-15 and much more. Find more at https://www.ncga.com.

On Wednesday's episode of Market Talk, we broadcast live from the Commodity Classic trade show floor with the folks at Farm Credit, discussing current conditions, financial realities on the farm and much more. We sit down with Tara Durbin, Chief Lending Officer for Agriculture at Farm Credit Mid-America during the first half of the show followed by Tony Jesina, Senior Vice President of Insurance with AgCountry Farm Credit Services and Farm Credit Services of America. In between, Zaner Ag Hedge Chief Market Analyst Karen Braun stops by for our markets segment to discuss some of the latest moves in the trade, South American competition in the markets and much more.

Soybeans were the upside leader on the day Tuesday as the markets were relatively mixed across the board. It seems like the markets are working through a fair amount of uncertainty regarding tariffs, China, Middle East tensions, acreage intentions and much more. Meanwhile on the livestock side, how much could the broader economy play a role later this year? Jim McCormick from AgMarket.net joins us on the sidelines of Commodity Classic in San Antonio, TX for today's market analysis conversation. Find more at https://www.agmarket.net. Also on today's show, we have two different agronomic conversations as we not only look back at 2025 but more importantly, look ahead to the 2026 growing season. In Segment One we hear from Alex Case, retail sales agronomist for Brevant seeds in Indiana who shares some tips on planning for 2026. Then, we talk with Syngenta's Jason Snell who dives more into lessons learned from last year and things to learn for this year ahead.

There is plenty of news to watch in the markets as we start the final week of February. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss everything from tariffs to geopolitics and more in our Midday Commentary.

The Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on Friday. The President responded in a press conference saying other measures would be taken. And the markets didn't seem to know what to think when it was all said and done. Ted Seifried with Zaner Ag Hedge joins us to discuss as we close out the week. More at https://www.zaner.com. Also as we wrap up the week, the cattle markets are watching multiple items including the Supreme Court tariff ruling, any updates on a potential strike at JBS in Greeley, CO, the cash markets and much more. Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek joins us to discuss the cattle, hog and grain markets as we close out the week. More at https://www.kkvtrading.com. And finally, what does this tariff news mean for the grain and fertilizer markets in the short and long term? Also, regarding fertilizer, what does this week's Executive Order mobilizing the Defense Production Act to safeguard the domestic production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides mean for the markets? Mike Castle with StoneX joins us to break it all down. More at https://www.stonex.com.

As we saw on Friday, the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. What does this news mean for the grain and fertilizer markets in the short and long term? Also, regarding fertilizer, what does this week's Executive Order mobilizing the Defense Production Act to safeguard the domestic production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides mean for the markets? Mike Castle with StoneX joins us to break it all down in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Friday, February 20th, 2026.

Wheat and crude oil continued their rally on the back of weather and geopolitical risk in those markets. Corn and soybeans were quiet once again as USDA's Ag Outlook Forum projected smaller corn acres and higher soybean acres for the year ahead. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the week in the grain and livestock markets. Find more at https://www.totalfarmarketing.com. Cash is still king in the cattle market, with Northwest Iowa seeing trades at $250, reinforcing the strength of negotiated cash. Attention now turns to Friday, which brings two potential market movers: the latest Cattle on Feed report and another vote at the JBS plant in Greeley, Colorado. On this week's Cattle Chatter, Brad Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek breaks down the strong cash movement, the impact of heavier cattle, and answers a listener question about cattle in Mexico and whether more are now being processed south of the border.

We saw a quieter day in corn and soybeans on Wednesday while we had strength in wheat, crude oil and soybean oil on the session. There are plenty of items at play including weather risk for wheat, geopolitical concerns across the globe, USDA's Ag Outlook Forum kicking off on Thursday, a Cattle on Feed report to end this week and much more. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to break it all down on today's program. Find more online at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. Also, we welcome Aaron Bertels from Crossroads Marketing to the show for analysis as we get things started in segment one and we close the show with comments from Mike Castle at StoneX from Wednesday's Midday Commentary.

Wheat and crude oil are the upside leaders at midday on Wednesday with weather and geopolitical risks at play. Mike Castle from StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

As we continue to watch the soybean market find support, there continues to be more early season chatter about increased soybean acres over corn and other commodities like cotton, rice, etc in 2026. But does it make sense? How does managing our risk come into play? Jacob Burks with AgMarket.net joins us to discuss the grains, livestock and outside markets on today's show. Find more at https://www.agmarket.net. We have multiple weather features to look at this week across the U.S. including winter weather, high winds and severe thunderstorm potential. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss everything on our plate this week along with thoughts on the drought concerns across much of the country heading towards spring. More at https://www.ag-wx.com.

It's a mixed day of markets as we resume normal trading after the three-day weekend. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss the grain, livestock and outside market factors to watch today and this week ahead.

On Friday, ahead of the holiday weekend, we saw a quieter day overall in the markets with mixed action in grains and livestock. The outside markets seemed to stabilize a bit as well with some strength in gold, silver, etc. Tommy Grisafi with AgBull Media and Nesvick Trading Group joins us for some perspective across the markets into the President's Day weekend. More at https://www.agbull.com. It has been a much quieter week in the cattle markets as we head to a three-day holiday weekend, with cash trade relatively slow this week. Are we nearing a point where we should be concerned? Is the proverbial "check engine light" on in the cattle market? How about the weaker week in the hog trade? Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek joins us to discuss. Learn more at https://www.kkvtrading.com. Also, we share part of the conversation that Susan Littlefield had earlier this week with Darren Frye from Water Street Solutions in Segment Four of today's show.

Markets are much quieter heading into the three day holiday weekend than they were earlier this week. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to break it all down at midday Friday.

Post USDA WASDE report, what is the new lay of the land in terms of grain and livestock market data? How is this going to impact fundamentals along with policy issues, weather, acreage and more? Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to break it all down on today's show. Find more at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. Also, we spend time today at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, KY! We talk in Segment One with Craig Lee from Geringhoff and then in Segment Four with Brad Beene from Amazone about products they have on display at this year's show.

Mixed action in the markets on Wednesday. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to talk grains, livestock and outside markets at midweek.

On Tuesday, USDA released the February 2026 WASDE report and showed minimal changes as expected. Changes included some revisions to the U.S. ending stocks for corn and wheat along with Brazil soybean production being raised. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX joins us to break down the numbers in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.

We saw a quiet start to the week in the grain and livestock markets as the grains prep for the February WASDE Report tomorrow. John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing joins us for a conversation. Also, we get an update on the weather forecast for the week ahead with Eric Snodgrass from Nutrien Ag Solutions and listen in to a conversation from last week during CattleCon 2026 with Kara Lee, Director of Producer Engagement, Certified Angus Beef.

We see a quiet and mixed trade to start the week in the ag sector while the outside markets watch the latest happening in Japan. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

It was a volatile week of trading in the cattle markets with the JBS Greeley, CO news on Thursday followed by more red hot cash cattle trade on Friday that helped support a decent futures rally. Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek joins us to share perspective on the livestock markets and a bit on the grains as we finish up the week. More at https://www.kkvtrading.com. Meanwhile, it was a strong week for the soybean complex although Friday did bring a round of profit taking and farmer selling it seems as we finished well of session highs. The corn and wheat markets continued to struggle with more quiet, rangebound trade. And, we also get thoughts on beef on dairy but looking at it from the dairy side of the equation with Bryan Doherty, Senior Market Advisor with Total Farm Marketing. Find more online by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

We spent the final day of Cattle Con 2026 in Nashville by having some conversations about the current state of the cattle markets, beef industry, demand and more. In Segment One, we talk with Dr. Derrell Peel from Oklahoma State University followed by Paul Dykstra from Certified Angus Beef in Segment Two. Then, we finish the show with a live episode of Cattle Chatter direct from the trade show floor as Susan Littlefield talks again this week with Brad Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek. Special thanks to Corteva Agriscience for having us in their booth for the live taping of this week's Cattle Chatter conversation.

On Wednesday afternoon, we spent time with the team at Farm Credit on the trade show floor during the Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, TN. We discussed the current state of the cattle economy and conversations you should be having with your lenders in 2026. We also talk with Brian Earnest, livestock economist with CoBank, about consumer meat demand and more. Farm Credit show guests include: -Josh Davis, Vice President of Food & Agribusiness with Farm Credit Mid-America -Todd Moore, Senior Credit Officer, Farm Credit Mid-America -Fallon Savage, Senior Vice President of Corporate Credit with Farm Credit Services of America, Frontier Farm Credit, and AgCountry Farm Credit -Landon Nelson, Vice President of Livestock Insurance with Farm Credit Service of America