On Thursday’s episode of Market Talk, we sit down for another futures and options lesson with Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing discussing the basics of a long put option strategy. We also run through a poor close in Thursday’s grains trade and some thoughts on this week’s cattle action, the economy and more.
On this week’s Cattle Chatter, Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek breaks down the wave of market-moving data released late last week and discusses whether boxed beef values have begun to stabilize. He also examines whether retailers are starting to procure beef ahead of Labor Day demand and shares his long-term concerns about the lingering effects of last week’s extreme heat on feedlot performance and cattle health.
***AUDIO ONLY*** We also talk markets with Darren Frye from Water Street Solutions to open the show in Segment One:
