Market Talk

About Market Talk

Bringing you the agriculture marketing information you need, daily! Hosted by farm broadcaster and media personality Jesse Allen; tune in as we talk with various marketing experts about the market trade and suggestions for marketing.

Publisher

Jesse Allen

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Nov 2020

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1,180 of 2,509 episodes have a transcript.

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   9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Friday, October 9th, 2026- Karen Braun and Joe Kooima

   Corn took a hard hit after USDA's October WASDE surprised the trade with a bigger corn yield, while cattle futures closed the week with strength and hogs stayed under pressure. Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading in Sioux Center, Iowa joins Market Talk to break down the report, what moved the grains, why the cattle market is a two-tiered story, and what is weighing on hogs. He also shares a reminder for producers as harvest rolls on: one October report is not the final word, and your marketing plan still matters. More at https://www.kkvtrading.com (https://www.kkvtrading.com). USDA's October WASDE report raised the national average corn yield from 178.5 to 181.2 bushels per acre, and the trade did not see it coming. Karen Braun, Chief Market Analyst at Zaner Ag Hedge, joins Market Talk to break down the surprise: what early harvest reports were saying, why the September to October jump is so unusual, where the extra bushels showed up by state, and why January can still change the story. She also covers soybeans and China, the South American crop outlook, wheat and Russian exports, and what farmers should keep in mind as they rethink their marketing plans. Find more at https://www.zaner.com (https://www.zaner.com).

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   9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Midday Commentary 10/9/26 (October WASDE Recap)- Arlan Suderman

   USDA raised its yield estimates for both corn and soybeans in the October WASDE. The bigger corn crop lifted projected 2026/27 ending stocks by more than a quarter of a billion bushels. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joined us for a recap in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.

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   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Thursday, October 8th, 2026- Bryan Doherty and Brad Kooima

   Jesse Allen interviews Bryan Doherty and Brad Kooima about critical market pivots for corn and cattle ahead of the USDA WASDE report.

Inside a recent episode

Friday, October 9th, 2026- Karen Braun and Joe Kooima

Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That was up from USDA's previous estimate of 178.5. So we haven't had an adjustment in the October yield that high. in a long time uh you look back over the last seven eight years the biggest change in the october estimate had been eight tenths of a bushel i think one of the differences this time around was that because of the rain delays um far more of the crop in fact nearly all the crop essentially was still in the field when their surveyors were out there sampling weighing samples And so USDA got a much better look in the October report, October objective survey of what was actually out there. […]

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• Bryan Doherty
• Brad Kooima
• Arlan Suderman
• Mike Zuzolo
• Casey Schleusner

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766,919

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100

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99

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

90

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