Susan Littlefield sits in for Jesse Allen on Friday's show and has conversations with Arlan Suderman at StoneX, Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics and Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek to close out the week.

Susan Littlefield sits in today on Market Talk as she spends time at World Pork Expo in Des Moines, IA. We hear conversations with USMEF and Dr. Lee Schulz from Ever.Ag. It's also a new episode of Cattle Chatter with Brad Kooima from KKV Trading and we talk markets with David Ericson from AgOptimus.

Money flow seemed to be against the grain and cattle markets again on Wednesday as we saw pressure across the ag trade except for soybean oil and lean hogs. Could this be a sign that funds are exiting their positions and taking money out of the ag markets? Is this simply a short term correction or the start of a longer term trend? We discuss that, algorithm trade action and more with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics. Find more online at https://www.globalcommresearch.com. BASF and Arva Intelligence have announced a strategic collaboration to help biofuel producers and farmers capture the full value of the Clean Fuel Production Credit (Section 45Z) once the implementing regulations are finalized. We learn more about this with Jeff Carver, Commercial Manager for xarvio® BIOENERGY at BASF Agricultural Solutions and Ryan Pearcy, Managing Director, Biofuels and Renewable Energy at Arva. You can also learn more at https://agriculture.basf.us/crop-protection/news-events/news-releases/BASF-and-Arva-announce-strategic-collaboration-to-deliver-a-pathway-for-farmers-and-biofuel-producers-to-benefit-from-the-45Z-biofuel-tax-credit.html

Markets are seeing selling pressure at midweek as money flow trends against grain and livestock markets. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

Markets are seeing pressure and negative money flow across grains and livestock on Tuesday. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss the market action at midday.

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.

We see a mixed start to the month of June in the markets with crude oil, soybean oil and cattle finding early week support. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary for Monday, June 1st, 2026.

The trend was lower on Friday across the grain and livestock trade (the lone exception being soybean oil) as it appeared funds and algo traders took more profit out of the markets ahead of the weekend. As planting wraps up and crops get some heat, when will the weather conversation start to factor into the markets? DuWayne Bosse from Bolt Marketing joins us from his tractor cab for analysis and perspective on grains, livestock, meat demand and more. Find more online at https://www.boltmarketingllc.com. It was a tough end of the week and month in the livestock trade on Friday as we saw broad based selling in cattle and hogs futures. Cash trade for cattle was also a tad weaker on the week and commodities (except soybean oil) were generally in the red as well. Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek joins us to share perspective on the livestock and grain markets to end the week. Find more at https://www.kkvtrading.com.

We saw broad based selling pressure in the markets to end the week and the month of May. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joined us to share perspective in our Midday Commentary on Friday.

We saw soybean oil and soybeans find support on Thursday with the latter being pulled higher by a surge in bean oil. The rest of the markets had a mixed to sideways tone as we near the end of the week and the month of May. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the market action on today's show. Find more at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com. Also, it's a new episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Brad Kooima in Segment Two and we hear from Sam Hudson of Cornbelt Marketing to open the show in Segment One who gives perspective on this week's market trade action.