Friday, May 15th, 2026 Program
As we head into the weekend, we sit down to talk commodity and livestock markets with Chad Hart, Professor and Economist at Iowa State University. We discuss the markets chasing headlines, the weather impacts, the law of
Grains Seeing More Follow Through Selling on Friday

It appears we have more follow-through selling in the grain trade on Friday while cattle futures are pushing a bit higher. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Friday Market Talk
Study Quantifies How Red Meat Exports Boost Domestic Feed Demand for Corn and Soybeans

Red meat exports delivered significant returns to corn and soybean producers in 2025, according to an independent study conducted by the Juday Group and released by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Nationally, U.S. beef and pork
Summit Carbon Reroutes Pipeline to Wyoming, Drops 8 Iowa Counties and 400 Landowners From Project

(AMES, IA) — Summit Carbon Solutions is significantly redrawing one of the most contested infrastructure projects in the Midwest, announcing this week that it will reroute its proposed carbon dioxide pipeline west through Nebraska to a new sequestration
NEW POLL: American Farmers Sound the Alarm on Input Costs, Tariffs, War with Iran and a Federal Government They Say Doesn’t Understand Them

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2026 — A new poll commissioned by Amato Advisors finds that American farmers, an overwhelmingly Republican-leaning constituency, are sending Washington a clear distress signal on the cost of farming, tariff damage, war with Iran and
Soy Checkoff Launches Soy Farmer Support Hub to Help Navigate Current Farm Challenges

St. LOUIS, Mo. — Farmer-leaders of the United Soybean Board built something their fellow farmers have long needed: one place for near-term solutions that matter. The Soy Farmer Support Hub, found at unitedsoybean.org/soy-farmer-support-hub, combines resources that the checkoff