{"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":1241,"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":"2026-09-23T18:21:25.542173+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249"},"episode":{"title":"Aug 20 | Closing Market Report","slug":"aug-20-closing-market-report","published_at":"2026-08-20T18:48:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249/aug-20-closing-market-report","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/ec2971cd","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/ec2971cd/c2f50f6e.mp3","summary":"The August 20, 2026, Closing Market Report highlights critical observations from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, revealing significant regional crop yield discrepancies across the Midwest. Market analysts Matt Bennett, Oliver Sloup, and Sherman Newlin confirm that while eastern Iowa and Minnesota project strong corn yields, excessive moisture in Illinois and drought conditions in western Iowa will likely necessitate downward revisions to current USDA estimates for those states. Despite localized nitrogen loss and lower ear counts in the eastern Corn Belt, Bennett anticipates upward adjustments to national soybean yields due to favorable late-season finishing conditions. Meteorologist Mike Tannura forecasts a generalized drying trend and normalized temperatures moving into September, indicating that late-season weather variables will have a diminishing impact on final production numbers. 02:07 Ag Markets with Matt Bennett, AgMarket.net 07:18 Pro Farmer Crop Tour with Oliver Sloup and Sherman Newlin 07:28 Crop Tour Update from Corn Belt Garden Spot 12:32 Crop Tour Update from Western Iowa and Minnesota 20:11 Ag Weather with Mike Tannura, Tstorm.net ★ Support this podcast ★","meta_description":"The August 20, 2026, Closing Market Report highlights critical observations from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, revealing significant regional crop yield discr…","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/aug-20-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/aug-20-closing-market-report.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}