Grain and livestock markets kicked off the final month of 2025 with a lower day across much of the trade. Is the seasonal low volume holiday trade mindset and winter blues already settling into the commodity markets? John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to share perspective on the markets as we kicked off the week and the month of December. Find more online by visiting their website at https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Meantime, meteorological winter has arrived as the calendar turns to December and we saw winter arrive in a big way across much of the Midwest over the weekend. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss on our Weekly Weather Update. Learn more online at https://www.ag-wx.com.

Grain and livestock markets are quietly lower to start the month of December. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to look at Monday's market action.

After the volatility to start the week on Monday, and amid the holiday shortened trading week, cattle futures somehow rallied to a higher weekly close as we finished out the month of November on Friday. Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek in Sioux Center, IA joins us to wrap up the week in the livestock and grain markets. Find more at https://www.kkvtrading.com.

Also on today's show, we feature two conversations from the 2025 NAFB Convention last week in Kansas City, MO as we talked with David Widmar from Agricultural Economic Insights and Tanner Ehmke with CoBank. And in Segment Four, Susan Littlefield visited Friday with Sue Martin From Ag & Investments in Clarion, IA to wrap the month of November in the trade.

The Friday after Thanksgiving is usually a quiet market day with a hard open and shortened session of trading. We see grains quiet with more strength in cattle futures to close out the week. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss and wrap up the week of trade.

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! On today's episode, we look at the strength in grain and cattle futures ahead of the holiday on Wednesday. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to discuss factors he is watching across wheat, crude oil, corn, soybeans and cattle as we close out the month of November. More at https://www.globalcommresearch.com.

On this week's Cattle Chatter, Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek breaks down how the Tyson plant closure is set to weigh on the trade in the weeks ahead. Cattle weights remain elevated, though the incoming Arctic blast may finally trim some pounds. Brad also dives into the formula trade, what this shutdown means for leverage, and why history may be repeating itself — echoing the plant closure challenges we saw back in 2015.

It was another day of pre-holiday trade in grains and oilseeds on Tuesday, with narrow and quiet trading ranges. Meantime, cattle did bounce a little in futures on the day. We discuss the importance of risk management and looking at your plans as we head towards Thanksgiving with Tyler Schau from AgMarket.net.

Also, we listen to a conversation from last week's NAFB Convention in Kansas City, MO as we analyze the farm economy and trends heading into 2026 with Megan Roberts from Compeer Financial.

It is another quiet day in the grain and oilseed markets as more pre-holiday position squaring seems to be at play. Meantime, the cattle market is bouncing a bit after an ugly Monday trade. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Midday Commentary.

The news of Tyson Foods closing it's Lexington, Nebraska plant has been the talk of the cattle industry since Friday afternoon and it was the main driver of a limit down day across live and feeder cattle futures to start the holiday week. Meanwhile, it was quiet pre-holiday trade in the grains and oilseeds on Monday. Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth with Van Ahn & Company joins us for analysis on today's show. Find more online by visiting https://www.vanahnco.com.

Some folks could see snow, some could see severe weather.......either way you slice it things could be dicey for Thanksgiving this week across the country. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss the weather outlook as we finish up November. More at https://www.ag-wx.com.

Also on today's show, we head back to last week's NAFB Convention in Kansas City, MO and get a harvest recap and agronomic update from Ohio and the Eastern Corn Belt with John Brien, Agronomy Division Manager for AgriGold. More at https://www.agrigold.com.