Agriculture markets, policy, and risk in motion.
AgriTalk AM & PM treats agriculture as a live operating board, moving from futures closes and crop conditions to Washington policy and livestock health. Its AM and PM editions pair quick market recaps with interviews that ask what each headline means for farms, ranches, and agribusiness decisions.
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AgriTalk AM & PM is a daily agriculture market and policy desk in audio form. It starts with movement. Wheat is higher or backing off, crude oil is spilling into soybeans, the dollar is shifting, cattle are testing highs, hogs are making new lows. From there, the show asks what matters next. The pace is brisk, and the assumptions are practical. Listeners are expected to understand that fertilizer prices can affect acreage, that border rules can move cattle markets, and that a USDA report can change the tone of a Friday afternoon. The AM editions often widen the frame. Chip Flory brings in policy voices, farm leaders, and producer panels to connect Washington decisions, trade relationships, disease risk, and planting conditions to what is happening on the ground. The PM editions, led in the excerpts by Michelle Rook, are more tightly tied to the close. They track grains, livestock, outside markets, weather, and analyst positioning after the trading day has put real numbers on the screen. The show is not ornamental. It moves by segment, guest, commodity, and issue, with little patience for vague commentary when a price, deadline, agency action, or field condition is available. Recent episodes range from the Strait of Hormuz and fertilizer supply to Mexican cattle trade, New World Screw Worm, Texas wheat, almond sustainability, Cattle on Feed, and planting delays across the Corn Belt. Guests are pressed for impact. Can policy bring nearby fertilizer relief? Is the border reopening predictable enough for markets? Are wet fields and nitrogen costs enough to shift corn acres into beans? Those are the kinds of questions the show is built to answer. The tone is familiar without becoming personal. It has some banter, but the center of gravity stays with producers, traders, analysts, and ag-business listeners trying to make sense of a crowded news board. AgriTalk AM & PM stands out because it keeps farm policy, commodity markets, weather, livestock health, and producer decisions in the same conversation, where they actually affect one another.
Made for: For farmers, ranchers, commodity watchers, ag lenders, merchandisers, and policy-minded listeners who want market moves tied to practical consequences. It assumes comfort with futures, USDA reports, input costs, livestock trade, and crop-weather pressure.
What sets it apart: AgriTalk AM & PM combines same-day market recaps with policy and producer interviews, keeping Washington, weather, inputs, and livestock risk connected to the board. The AM and PM rhythm gives it both early context and end-of-day market interpretation.
Hosted by Chip Flory
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
AgriTalk AM & PM connects daily commodity moves with the weather, policy and production choices shaping farm economics.
Chip Flory's morning conversations and Michelle Rook's afternoon market discussions keep farm economics close to the day's price action. AgriTalk AM & PM tracks grain, oilseed and livestock markets alongside the forces moving them, including crude oil, currency shifts, weather,…
Chip Flory asks what Washington can actually do about fertilizer prices; you get past the headline.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A clear ag-market recap that links Friday's macro shock to crop and livestock follow-through.
Friday's market reaction gives the episode its shape: the Strait of Hormuz reopening pushed equities to new highs, crude oil sold off hard, and grain futures opened under pressure before ending mixed and far from their lows.
A brisk market-and-policy roundup with prices, fertilizer politics, and producer costs.
Agritalk comes in briskly, with the morning market picture leading the way: crude oil is down, grains and oilseeds are softer, lean hogs are weaker, and cattle are moving higher alongside equities.
A brisk market-and-weather update on grains, livestock, and planting pressure.
Agritalk PM delivers a sharp market read that keeps weather, grain action, and livestock strength in the same frame. Weather premium in the grain complex, corn trying to follow, soybeans under pressure from a plunging crude oil market, and continued fund selling all shape the…
Fast ag-market radio that ties policy, trade, and producer risk into one morning.
Agritalk opens with the market tape and the policy moves that can jolt cattle, corn, and beans before lunch. Chip Flory keeps it moving: wheat backs off after a three day rally, corn and beans edge higher, outside markets stay mixed, and the hour keeps circling back to the…
Markets, D.C. pressure, and field-level issues move quickly here.
Agritalk starts with grains and oilseeds moving higher, soybean oil still under pressure, and cattle at a new all-time high, while Washington hangs over the farm economy.
Farm business talk with coffee-shop honesty.
Jeff Peterson says Nebraska irrigated corn yields are 20–30 bushels per acre below last year, despite USDA raising the state estimate 11 bushels.
Agritalk opens Friday morning with a market board that is already on the move.
April 17 brought a sharp market reset after the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
This episode of AgriTalk covers agricultural market updates including wheat, corn, and livestock, and features upcoming interviews on trade missions with USMEF in Mexico, sustainability in almond production, and updates on New World Screw Worm in cattle trade.
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Agritalk opens with a market check and a Tax Day welcome.
This episode of Agritalk provides a market analysis of agricultural commodities, discussing price movements in grains and livestock with expert guests.
Michelle Rook opens on a market board with something moving in nearly every lane.
Tuesday morning opens with a busy market check.
On Michelle Rook's first AgriTalk PM, July soybeans closed down 13¾ cents at $11.77½ and July corn fell a quarter-cent as the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz blockade pushed outside markets.
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This episode of AgriTalk discusses recent market movements in agriculture commodities, including wheat futures, bean oil, and cattle, along with updates on Federal Reserve interest rates and upcoming interviews with industry experts.