Friday, December 5th, 2025- DuWayne Bosse, Joe Kooima, Sam Hudson and Ryan Moe
Release Date: 12/05/2025
Market Talk
We saw a fairly quiet end of the week in the market trade as we started off 2026 trading officially on Friday. Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth with Van Ahn & Company joins us for some analysis and thoughts on the markets as we close out the holiday week of trade. Find more at . Also, it is a new episode of Cattle Chatter as Susan Littlefield is joined by Scott Varilek from Kooima Kooima Varilek to discuss the end of 2025 in the cattle markets. Find more online by visiting .
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As we officially kickoff trade for 2026 (and close out the week) on Friday we see a mixed tone in grains and higher action in cattle. We talk markets with Arlan Suderman from StoneX in our Midday Commentary for Friday, January 2nd, 2026.
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On this episode, we listen back to recent conversations with Chad Hart from Iowa State University and Tyler Schau with AgMarket.net as we finish out 2025.
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Susan Littlefield sits in on today's show and has a conversation with Jim McCormick from AgMarket.net and much more.
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As we near the end of what has been a volatile year for the markets and U.S. agriculture, we take a pause to recap 2025 and make a small wishlist for the year ahead when it comes to the markets and more. Tommy Grisafi with AgBull Media and Nesvick Trading Group joins us for a conversation. Find more online at . Also, we hear the remainder of our conversation from earlier in the week with Mike Castle from StoneX on today's episode.
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We saw a bit of that Santa Claus rally in the grain trade on Wednesday, led by the soy complex. Meantime, the livestock trade was a mixed bag as we headed into the Christmas holiday. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to take a look at the week in the market trade as we head into the holiday. More online at . This was a year for the record books when it comes to the amount of uncertainty we dealt with in American agriculture and the fertilizer market was one of many items caught up in the uncertainty. How is the outlook shaping up for 2026? Mike Castle, Lead Market...
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It appears that the grain and livestock markets have entered into holiday mode as there is not a lot of fresh movement or news to discuss. However, that doesn't mean you should completely check out over the holidays. Jacob Burks with AgMarket.net joins us to discuss risk during the final few days of the year and we look ahead to early 2026, the January WASDE and more. Find more online at . Also, it is a new episode of Cattle Chatter out a little early this week as Susan Littlefield is joined once again by Brad Kooima from Kooima Kooima Varilek to look at this year in the cattle markets and...
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The grain and livestock markets are looking like they have truly entered holiday mode at midday on Tuesday with very quiet action across the board. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.
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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 . 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 .
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Monday sees a mostly higher day across the grain and livestock trade as we dive into the Christmas holiday week. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.
info_outlineGrain markets struggled into the first weekend of December with soybeans leading the way lower, even as Chinese sales were reported for soybeans on Friday morning. Are we already getting into the holiday blues for these grain and oilseed markets? What about the early 2026 acreage battle? DuWayne Bosse with Bolt Marketing joins us for a conversation about the week in the grain and livestock markets. More at https://www.boltmarketingllc.com.
Also, we saw cattle futures (and lean hogs too) finish with a solid day higher on Friday as the cash cattle market has also seen a substantial rebound this week. Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek joins us to share thoughts on the proteins getting back to market fundamentals and we touch on the quiet grain trade for the week as well. More at https://www.kkvtrading.com.
And in our opening segment, we feature a conversation that Susan Littlefield had on Friday at the close with Sam Hudson from Cornbelt Marketing and Jesse has commentary from Ryan Moe, Regional Director at StoneX.