{"podcast":{"title":"Closing Market Report","slug":"closing-market-report-808249","podcast_index_feed_id":808249,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/closing-market-report","website_url":"https://willag.org","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_X0dAL7EfkYALQO2lxHFWCQd-g1JpDdsk1VodMLbsPU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI2OTk5LzE2NDEz/OTU1NjMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Todd E. Gleason","episode_count":1169,"summary":"Established 1985 The Closing Market Report airs weekdays at 2:06pm central on WILL AM580, Urbana. University of Illinois Extension Farm Broadcaster Todd Gleason hosts the program. Each day he asks commodity analysts about the trade in Chicago, delves deep into the global growing regions weather, and talks with ag economists, entomologists, agronomists, and others involved in agriculture at the farm and industry level. website: willag.org twitter: @commodityweek","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T08:17:22.841561+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249"},"episode":{"title":"Apr 29 | Closing Market Report","slug":"apr-29-closing-market-report","published_at":"2026-04-29T18:38:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249/apr-29-closing-market-report","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/42491dd9","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/42491dd9/192da49c.mp3","summary":"- Ag Markets with Greg Johnson, TGM - Kansas Hard Red Winter Wheat Abandonment - Ethanol, Carbon Markets, and Corn Prices - Ag Weather with Drew Lerner, @worldwx The April 29, 2026, Closing Market Report covers updates on agricultural markets, crop conditions, and weather forecasts. Greg Johnson of TGM notes that while Midwest farmers are making steady planting progress, recent price rallies—driven by poor western wheat conditions and global factors—have prompted some opportunistic new crop sales. Dan O'Brien from Kansas State University highlights that poor weather may lead to the abandonment of some hard red winter wheat in Kansas, though current high prices might persuade producers to harvest what they can rather than destroy the crop. Finally, meteorologist Drew Lerner reports on recent and upcoming freezing temperatures threatening the Great Lakes region, a brief drying window for Midwestern planting, and potential moisture stress for Brazil's safrinha corn crop. ★ Support this podcast ★","meta_description":"- Ag Markets with Greg Johnson, TGM - Kansas Hard Red Winter Wheat Abandonment - Ethanol, Carbon Markets, and Corn Prices - Ag Weather with Drew Lerner, @…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1430,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/closing-market-report-808249/episodes/apr-29-closing-market-report/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249/apr-29-closing-market-report.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}