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UAW Calls Strike Against Deere & Co. | FTT Audio October 14, 2021
UAW Calls Strike Against Deere & Co. | FTT Audio October 14, 2021

Soybean futures suffer technical damage, inflation continues to build and EPA announces upcoming roundtables to discuss WOTUS...

Job Walkouts on the Rise | FTT Audio October 13, 2021
Job Walkouts on the Rise | FTT Audio October 13, 2021

China's grain and meat imports fall, the House passes debt legislation and the Fed hints at tapering asset purchases...

Big Balance Sheet Adjustments Possible | FTT Audio Oct. 12, 2021
Big Balance Sheet Adjustments Possible | FTT Audio Oct. 12, 2021

USDA will release key report data at 11am CT, Cordonnier raises Brazilian corn crop estimate and WHO asks China to closely monitor a strain of H5N6 bird flu...

Buyers Scramble to Acquire Natgas | FTT Audio October 8, 2021
Buyers Scramble to Acquire Natgas | FTT Audio October 8, 2021

The Senate passes short-term debt ceiling increase, heavy rains threaten crops in northern China and nations struggle to fill natgas coffers amid scarce supplies...

Global Food Prices at 10-year High | FTT Audio Oct. 7, 2021
Global Food Prices at 10-year High | FTT Audio Oct. 7, 2021

The Biden administration considers tapping SPR supplies, U.S. beef exports surge in August and Senator McConnell offers alternative to raising the debt limit...

Attache Raises China's Corn Import Projection | FTT Audio Oct. 6, 2021
Attache Raises China's Corn Import Projection | FTT Audio Oct. 6, 2021

President Biden hints at sidestepping filibuster rules, Bayer AG wins in court decision and the USTR will accept comments on U.S./China trade policy...

Another Chinese Real Estate Firm in Peril | FTT Audio Oct. 5, 2021
Another Chinese Real Estate Firm in Peril | FTT Audio Oct. 5, 2021

Significant precipitation is expected over the northern plains, Biden chides GOP leaders on the debt ceiling and Growth Energy presses Supreme Court on RFS...

Friday Wrap-up | October 1, 2021
Friday Wrap-up | October 1, 2021

Davis Michaelsen and Editor Brian Grete discuss USDA's reports and this week's market action...

Euro Zone Inflation Soars | FTT Audio Oct. 1, 2021
Euro Zone Inflation Soars | FTT Audio Oct. 1, 2021

Welcome rains fell in wheat country, Biden signs budget stopgap and China's U.S. beef imports rise sharply...

First Thing Today Audio | September 30, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 30, 2021

Key reports will be released at 11am CT today, China's PMI falls into contraction territory and Chinese crushing facilities close amid energy shortages...

First Thing Today Audio | September 29, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 29, 2021

Funding for the government will run out tomorrow night unless an agreement can be reached, a tropical cyclone strikes Indian crops at an inopportune time and CHS Inc. reports it has resumed exports from Louisiana...

First Thing Today Audio | September 28, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 28, 2021

The Senate rejects debt ceiling related bills, the Czech Republic detects H5 Bird Flu and lean hog futures are off to a strong start to the week...

Signal to Noise | September 27, 2021
Signal to Noise | September 27, 2021

Chip Flory of AgriTalk and Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer have a conversation with Paul Neiffer of CliftonLarsonAllen about potential future tax liabilities for farmers and ranchers.

First Thing Today Audio | September 24, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 24, 2021

China overlooks trade scuffle to import Aussie wheat, Argentine corn planting is off to an early start and biofuels groups urge the Biden administration not to lower RFS targets...

First Thing Today Audio | September 23, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 23, 2021

World Weather Inc. predicts dry fall and winter, China works to stabilize fertilizer prices and supplies and Taiwan files application to join CPTPP...

First Thing Today Audio | September 21, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 21, 2021

Experts believe a bailout is likely for the beleaguered Chinese real estate firm, the Biden administration reopens international travel and the pork product market takes a dive...

First Thing Today Audio | September 14, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 14, 2021

House Democrats have detailed their proposed tax increases, nearly 50% of U.S. offshore oil production remains out of service and Canada’s cattle and swine herds are likely to contract...

Friday Wrap-up | September 10, 2021
Friday Wrap-up | September 10, 2021

Davis Michaelsen and Editor Brian Grete discuss this week's market action...

First Thing Today Audio | September 10, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 10, 2021

USDA will release key reports at 11am CT today, ADM expects to begin loading out of some Louisiana terminals and China lowers corn usage estimates...

First Thing Today Audio | September 9, 2021

Nearly 80% of U.S. crude production in the Gulf of Mexico remains offline, U.S. economic growth downshifts and August factory-gate prices in China rose dramatically...

First Thing Today Audio | September 8, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 8, 2021

The social infrastructure bill still faces hurdles, the House Agriculture Committee’s initial reconciliation package will include funding for ethanol infrastructure and the livestock markets take on a bearish tone...

First Thing Today Audio | September 3, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 3, 2021

StoneX raises crop forecasts, restaurant reservations have tumbled and USDA Secretary Vilsack promises aid for hog producers and bio-fuels...

First Thing Today Audio | September 2, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | September 2, 2021

Carghill Inc. confirms damage to Louisiana shipping hub, Brazil investigates a possible case of BSE and global food costs are on the rise...

First Thing Today Audio | August 31, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 31, 2021

A major U.S. shipper will divert shipments away from New Orleans, China's PMI slips and an Arizona Judge struck down a Trump administration water rule...

Friday Wrap-up | August 27, 2021
Friday Wrap-up | August 27, 2021

Davis Michaelsen and Editor Brian Grete discuss this week's market action...

First Thing Today Audio | August 26, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 26, 2021

Evacuations from Afghanistan continued overnight, lawmakers introduce legislation to encourage bio-fuel use and South Korea raises interest rates...

First Thing Today Audio | August 25, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 25, 2021

The House passes the Budget resolution, shippers are reporting ongoing difficulties filling orders and timely rains fell in key areas of the Midwest...

First Thing Today Audio | August 24, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 24, 2021

The House continues to struggle to find consensus, Senate republicans believe rising RIN prices are to blame for rising gasoline prices and cattle futures got of to a strong start to the week...

First Thing Today Audio | August 20, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 20, 2021

Results from Iowa and Minnesota are in, rains fell in some northern and western areas and a Rural Mainstreet Index holds above growth-neutral...

First Thing Today Audio | August 19, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 19, 2021

Illinois yield results from day three of Pro Farmer's Crop Tour were impressive, Vilsack is expected to make a dairy aid announcement today and Biden vows to evacuate Americans and Afghans from embattled Afghanistan...

First Thing Today Audio | August 18, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 18, 2021

Scouts on day two of Crop Tour found eye popping corn yields, significant rainfall is forecast for the northern plains and Biden's approval rating plummets...

Friday Wrap-up | August 13, 2021
Friday Wrap-up | August 13, 2021

Davis Michaelsen and Editor Brian Grete discuss this week's market action.

First Thing Today Audio | August 13, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 13, 2021

COVID-19 shutters a key Chinese port, House Democrats urge Speaker Pelosi to approve the bipartisan infrastructure package and home prices continued to soar in the second quarter...

First Thing Today Audio | August 12, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 12, 2021

USDA will release corn and soybean crop estimates today, China lowers soybean import projection and economists expect inflation to persist...

First Thing Today Audio | August 11, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 11, 2021

Hot, humid weather continues over the Corn Belt, the $3.5 trillion spending package narrowly moves forward and GOP leaders weigh in on raising the debt ceiling...

First Thing Today Audio | August 10, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 10, 2021

Cordonnier holds crop estimates steady again, the Senate is expected to clear the physical infrastructure bill today and Yellen urges a debt ceiling increase...

Friday Wrap-up | August 6, 2021
Friday Wrap-up | August 6, 2021

Editor Brian Grete and Davis Michaelsen discuss this week's market performance...

First Thing Today Audio | August 6, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 6, 2021

China will release food stockpiles, anthrax has been detected in a North Dakota cattle herd and the infrastructure bill continues to encounter hurdles...

First Thing Today Audio | August 5, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 5, 2021

The United States makes its first arms sale to China, House leadership wants more climate related language in the physical infrastructure bill and President Biden will sign an executive order setting emissions targets...

First Thing Today Audio | August 4, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 4, 2021

World Weather Inc. pulls rainfall from the forecast, California bars farmers from using stream and river water and Mexico bans imports of Dominican pork...

First Thing Today Audio | August 3, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | August 3, 2021

Crop condition ratings improve, Senate appropriations committee forwards 2022 FY spending bill and ASF ravages the Dominican Republic...

Friday Wrap-up | July 30, 2021
Friday Wrap-up | July 30, 2021

Brian Grete and Davis Michaelsen discuss this week's market action...

First Thing Today Audio | July 30, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 30, 2021

Wheat Quality Council Tour wraps up spring wheat survey, the debt ceiling looms this weekend and China will crimp fertilizer exports...

First Thing Today Audio | July 29, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 29, 2021

The Wheat Quality Council Tour continues to find extreme crop stress, the infrastructure bill moves into debate and the Dominican Republic is stricken with ASF...

First Thing Today Audio | July 27, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 27, 2021

Spring wheat crop conditions fall sharply, a key vote in Washington failed to happen yesterday amid partisan squabbles and Cordonnier maintains U.S. crop estimates...

Friday Wrap-up | July 23, 2021
Friday Wrap-up | July 23, 2021

Davis Michaelsen and Editor Brian Grete discuss this week's market action...

First Thing Today Audio | July 23, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 23, 2021

Temps cool in Canada but dryness remains, China's soybean imports are expected to slow in the second half of the year and GOP leaders say they will oppose efforts to increase government borrowing limits...

First Thing Today Audio | July 22, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 22, 2021

Canadian wheat crop struggles are not yet reflected in crop estimates, Senate Republicans block debate on infrastructure and China is dealing with major flooding...

First Thing Today Audio | July 21, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 21, 2021

The weather forecast remains concerning, Putin says he will work to curb food prices in Russia and the Federal Maritime Commission will conduct audits on major shippers...

First Thing Today Audio | July 20, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 20, 2021

Brazil's safrinha corn harvest progress lags year ago, squabbles continue over the infrastructure bill and the Biden administration blames China for a cyber attack...