Chat BDC

About Chat BDC

Chat BDC is the executive briefing for farm CEOs, CFOs, and senior managers running America's largest farms. Each episode delivers concise, actionable business intelligence across all market categories. Hosted by Mike Opperman, Chat BDC delivers concise market information to help farmers make more informed business and investment decisions. Whether you manage 2,000 cows or 20,000 acres, this is the ag business podcast built for farmer CEOs.

Publisher

Mike Opperman

Category

business · business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jan 2026

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

195 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Powder Strengthens and Cheese Rebounds, Cattle Rally, Payments Offset Higher Crop Costs

   Send us Fan Mail Today we start with a look at how milk powder prices continue to strengthen as cheese prices rebound, but butter continues to slump. We also look at how cattle prices rallied late last week and what could be on the horizon. We finish with how government payments could help offset higher input crop input costs, including diesel prices.

2. 

   13 Oct 2026

   New Dairy Checkoff Leadership, New USDA Grazing Initiatives, Corn Futures Rebound

   Send us Fan Mail Today we start with news on the new Dairy Checkoff leader, then pivot to new initiatives from USDA for grazing lands allotments. We finish with and update on commodity markets after the WASDE surprise from last week.

3. 

   12 Oct 2026

   A Drop In Milk Production Forecast, Bumpy Roads Ahead for Cattle, and A Corn Surprise

   Send us Fan Mail Today we start with a look at the latest WASDE report and a drop in milk production forecast. Then we go through a report from Dave Weaber at Terrain regarding Q4 cattle markets, and finish up back at the WASDE report and a surprise increase in projected corn yield.

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