Podcast appearances and mentions of Mike Minor

Mike Minor and Luke Wells discuss some headwinds in the hog market. Some WASDE and grains outlook as well.

Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing is our guest market analyst plus we talk volatile weather with Brian Bledsoe of Brian Bledsoe Weather and Brian Splitt of AgMarket.net shares price action perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Monday's show, we talk weather for the week ahead with Eric Snodgrass from Nutrien Ag Solutions followed by a recap of last week's Professional Ag Marketing annual crop tour and a look at the markets with Mike Minor. Then, we talk market action and get perspective on yield estimates, weather, risk management and more with John Heinberg from Total Farm Marketing to close the show.

Mike talks about the pressure in grain markets early Tuesday on weather, WASDE positioning and Ukraine announcing an alternative export route. Cattle higher with help from cash and death loss, hogs fail with poor demand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Minor hit the road to see the crops in South Dakota and North Dakota. Listen to his findings here!

On Monday's show, we talk markets with Mike Minor from Professional Ag Marketing in Segment One followed by weather with Eric Snodgrass in Segment Two. Then we get analysis and perspective from John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing later in the show.

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Mike Minor and Kyle Kracht discuss the July Cattle on Feed, border reopening and more in this week's Cattle Talk Podcast

Mike Minor and Lucas Peters discuss the annual crop tour and more in this week's episode.

Mike Minor, Professional Ag Marketing says corn and soybeans fall on more favorable weather. Cattle continue to recover, hogs take a break. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A rough Monday across ag commodities — soybeans led grain losses, cattle futures got hit hard, and the pressure spilled into hogs and outside markets. Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing joins Market Talk to break down the "big three" (plus a new fourth factor) driving the selloff, what USDA's phased reopening of the southern border means for cattle imports from Mexico and why producers shouldn't panic-sell into a rough day. Find more at https://www.professionalagmarketing.com. As we finish out July, many areas of the U.S. are dealing with extreme heat and humidity for a few days to start the week. What is the outlook for later this week and into the month of August? Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss in our Weekly Weather Update for Monday, July 27th, 2026. More at https://www.agweather.com. We also close out the show and hear a Monday market conversation between Susan Littlefield and Jim McCormick from AgMarket.net in Segment Four.

Crops are looking solid across much of the Midwest, despite heat stress and wildfire smoke in the Great Lakes area. Soybeans rallied again on more Chinese demand business while corn and wheat were mixed and cattle ended their long losing streak with higher futures on Monday. Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us to discuss on one of today's interviews. We also hear from John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing who joins us for analysis and perspective. There are also numerous weather factors being watched right now across the U.S. including wildfire smoke impacts in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes, extreme heat continuing across some areas, severe weather potential and even activity in the Gulf. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss on our Weekly Weather Update. Find more at https://www.agweather.com.

Is it time to get bullish in the grain markets? Could we have a weather story developing amid global geopolitics, demand and more? Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth with Van Ahn & Company joins us for a conversation and perspective on what's driving the grain markets and her reaction to a bit of a disappointing close to grain markets on Monday's session. We also talk inflation, interest rates, energies and the cattle market. Find more online by visiting https://www.vanahnco.com. The grain markets gapped open on Sunday night amid the hot and dry weather forecast for much of the Plains and Midwest this week. You add in renewed concerns of war in the Middle East and you have a market that is trying to find some bullish support. Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us to discuss the grain market story and analysis of lean hogs and cattle. Find more online by visiting https://www.professionalagmarketing.com. Also to being the show, with some areas of the plains set to see multiple days of 100 degree temperatures this week, along with dry weather, there is a natural concern for corn and soybean crop development. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss the forecast on our Weekly Weather Update. Find more at https://www.agweather.com.

Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing is our guest market analyst this afternoon plus producers Lucas Roney of Illinois and Trent Kuhn of Iowa report details of recent heavy rains and crop conditions. We get mid-week basis update from Nick Tsiolis of Farmer's Keeper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even with hot weather in the forecast this week, the grain markets saw a selloff and profit taking on Monday to kickoff what could be a volatile week of trading. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss how the hot weather might be a supportive factor short term, thoughts ahead of USDA's reports, macro perspectives and a look at cattle, hogs and dairy. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. Corn and soybeans were under pressure to start the week on Monday ahead of USDA's acreage and grain stocks reports on Tuesday. Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us from the road to discuss crop conditions, report day ahead, last week's Quarterly Hogs & Pigs report and more. Find more at https://www.professionalagmarketing.com. A large heat dome is setting up over much of the U.S. east of the Rockies for this week. Along with that, ridge-riding thunderstorm and severe weather potential is out there as well. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss the set up and outlook ahead of the 4th of July holiday. Find more at https://www.agweather.com.

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The outside markets saw volatility on Monday amid the reports of a US/Iran peace deal. Meantime, the cattle complex had a good start to the week while the grain markets were quietly mixed. Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us to share perspective on the ag markets and share some thoughts on consumer meat demand amid rising inflation. Find more online at https://www.professioanlagmarketing.com. We saw a rough few days of severe weather in parts of the Midwest the last few days and it sounds like there is more on the way this week. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss on our Weekly Weather Update. Find more at https://www.ag-wx.com.

Mike Minor and Mike Fitzgerald discuss current hog expectations live at the World Pork Expo!

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New month, same story it seemed on Monday as the grain and livestock markets were largely mixed with the exception being soybean oil and cattle finding early week support. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us on today's show to provide analysis and perspective as the markets enter a new month with many of the same dynamics and headlines factoring into the trade. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. We saw soybean oil move higher again on Monday, along with crude oil, while the rest of the grain markets were mixed to lower watching the same old news headlines and more. Meantime, cattle futures had a decent rebound from last week to kickoff the month of June. Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us to discuss on today's show. Find more online at https://professionalagmarketing.com. As the calendar flips to June, farmers and ranchers are watching the drought monitor, severe weather, rain potential and more closely as we enter the growing season. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss on our Weekly Weather Update. More at https://www.ag-wx.com. We also close out the show in Segment Four as our own Susan Littlefield talks markets after Monday's session with Matt Bennett from AgMarket.net.

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Brian Basting of Advance Trading discusses fundamentals and risk management plus we get a cattle market report from Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing and basis update from Nick Tsiolis of Farmer's Keeper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The grain markets shot higher to start the week as the White House released news on Sunday of reported agricultural purchase commitments made by China during last week's summit between Trump and Xi. Does this news give the grain markets enough juice to work back through key levels of resistance in the trade? How does the weather conversation play into things? John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the grains and livestock markets on today's show. Find more online at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. As the grain markets reacted higher on Monday to reported news of China agricultural purchase commitments after the Trump/Xi summit, the livestock markets trade mixed to lower to start the week. Mike Minor and Luke Wells from Professional Ag Marketing join us to discuss the trade action in cattle, hogs and the grain markets. More at https://www.professionalagmarketing.com. We saw a large outbreak of severe weather over the weekend in parts of the Plains and Western Corn Belt with numerous reports of large hail, damaging winds, heavy rains and tornadoes across parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri with more on the way to start the week. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss in our Weekly Weather Update for the week of May 18th, 2026. More at https://www.ag-wx.com.

It was a classic "turnaround Tuesday" in the trade today as we saw the livestock complex find support to the upside after profit taking to start the week. Meantime, grains saw a round of profit taking as we've been testing key resistance levels. Brian Splitt with AgMarket.net joins us for some technical analysis of the the trade as we talk corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice and cattle on the show. Find more at https://www.agmarket.net. Also, Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us to share perspective on the livestock markets, talk weather in the western Corn Belt and more. Find more at https://professionalagmarketing.com.

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Sue Martin with Ag & Investment Services, Inc. talks market action and Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing shares livestock market perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Haley Bickelhaupt and Chip Flory start with details of Cattle on Feed Report and how the ag markets performed this week. Chip talked risk-on and -off strategies for the livestock and grain markets with Mike Minor from Professional Ag Marketing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing joins Michelle Rook to discuss all aspects of the markets and Oliver Sloup has price action analysis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The grain and livestock markets found themselves mostly higher as we started off the Christmas holiday week. Are we finally getting back to trading fundamentals in the grain markets? What about continued support in lean hogs and cattle? Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us to discuss on today's show. More at https://professionalagmarketing.com. Also, it sounds like it is going to be a very mild holiday week ahead across a wide area of the country. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us for our Weekly Weather Update with a look at the Christmas forecast. More at https://www.ag-wx.com.

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Mike Minor flys solo today giving an update on the trade war with details on Argentina and China interactions. He also talks about the massive rally in GOLD and the STOCK market. Lastly he gives an update on harvest progress and some charts. 

Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing joins us to discuss crop outlook, how corn can absorb yield cuts without moving carryover, trends in the hog market and more. Price action analysis with Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friday on AOA, we start the show with a look at a positive end of the week in the markets with Mike Minor from Professional Ag Marketing. In Segment Two, we discuss matching cows to their environment, mature cow weights, herd rebuilding and more with Dr. Jamie Courter, State Beef Genetics Extension Specialist at the University of Missouri. In Segment Three, we learn about the 12th annual Mahindra Military Salute Giveaway with Viren Popli, CEO and President of Mahindra Ag North America. Then we close the show hearing a bit of a recent conversation on whether more milk and fewer cows is a smarter path for ag policy with David Javier Iscovich, CEO of Mileutis.

It was a rough week for some of the ag markets and Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing shares analysis of the volatility plus we review the Crop Production report released today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Concern over comments by President Trump in regards to China, more SRE/RVO rumors and maybe some general end of the month fatigue all seemed to weigh on the markets Friday. Soybeans, soybean oil and cattle finished lower with spring wheat and lean hogs the bright spot. Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us to discuss the week and month in the grain trade and we take a deep dive into the hog market as well on today's show. Find more online at https://www.professionalagmarketing.com.

Tons of market volatility to end the month of February as we saw a risk-off day across grain and livestock markets. Can all of this volatility lead to opportunity with your marketing plan? Mike Minor with Professional Ag Marketing joins us for analysis and thoughts in the grain complex, a deep dive on hogs and much more on today's show. Find more online at https://www.professionalagmarketing.com.

Chip Flory talks ag market outlook and risk management with Mike Minor, Professional Ag Marketing. Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures shares price action analysis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grains found a bounce on Friday with soybeans and soybean oil leading the way to the upside. Meantime, feeder cattle saw a nice surge with hogs under pressure to end the week. We talk markets with Mike Minor from Professional Ag Marketing on today's show. Plus, we close our our week at the NAFB Convention and have conversations with Corey Rosenbusch from The Fertilizer Institute, Mike Seyfert from the National Grain & Feed Association and Lance Ruppert from Growmark during our final day in Kansas City.

Michelle Rook is sitting in for Chip this afternoon and we wrap up this year's College Roadshow tour on AgriTalk at South Dakota State University with Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing and Matt Diersen, SDSU Extension Risk and Business Management Specialist.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Tuesday's AOA, we start the show with a recap of the Professional Ag Marketing Midwest Crop Tour last week with Mike Minor. He shares his thoughts on crop prospects and if USDA's latest estimate for record corn and soybean yields could be reality. In Segment Two, we discuss the depressed grain prices and the impact it is having on the fertilizer markets along with world issues to watch with StoneX VP of Fertilizer, Josh Linville. Next up in Segment Three, we take a look at the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer results with Dr. Jim Mintert from Purdue's Center for Commercial Agriculture. Finally, we talk with American Clean Power Association CEO Jason Grumet about the association and Power Up Iowa Day at the Iowa State Fair on Tuesday.  

Bob Elliott, co-founder and CEO of Unlimited Funds, shares his perspective on the overall U.S. economy, including current conditions and if/when the Fed might cut interest rates. We get a crop tour report from the fields in the Midwest from Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing. And we have a new episode of USB's Soy Checkoff Check-in, with guest Patrick Giberson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We wrap up Merck Day today in Luverne, Minnesota at Rock Veterinary Clinic with market analysis of livestock and grains with Jeff Hoogendoorn and Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing. Plus Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures shares price action perspective and we have spotlights with Merck Animal Health.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing joins us for a look at the Cattle on Feed report, hogs, planting delays, funds, money flow and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Ira spoke with Award-winning chefs Susan Feniger & Mary Sue Milliken, who just opened their first stand alone and drive-thru concept of their BBQ Mexicana in the Las Vegas valley. In this episode of “Talk About Las Vegas With Ira,” Susan and Mary Sue talk about their long careers in the culinary world; how they first met in a restaurant kitchen and realized how both of them were dedicated to their careers; how they developed their idea for BBQ Mexicana, which blends Mexican and traditional southern flavors, crafted with organic, seasonal, and fresh ingredients; how the first stand alone and drive-thru concept included quick and casual food made to order; why people look at restaurants as entertainment; how executive chef Mike Minor came up with the idea of fusing Mexican and BBQ and introducing the BBQ Smoker; and therir plans for the future.

On Tuesday's AOA, powered by Cenex Premium Lubricants, we start the show with a look at market action ahead of the USDA reports with Mike Minor from Professional Ag Marketing. In Segment Two, we get some agronomy tips ahead of spring planting season with Angie Rieck-Hinz, Field Agronomist with Iowa State University Extension. Next up in Segment Three, we discuss ethanol related topics like E-15, the recent EPA tailpipe emissions rule and the recent CERAWeek activities with Growth Energy CEO, Emily Skor. Finally in Segment Four, we get the results of the Farm Futures March 2024 acreage estimates with Jacqueline (Jacquie) Holland, Grain Market Analyst with Farm Futures and Farm Progress.  

This kicks off our 8 episode series on crop insurance. Lucas Peters and Mike Minor discuss the basics of crop insurance in first episode. This episode Lucas goes over revenue protection.