{"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":"Jul 24 | Closing Market Report","slug":"jul-24-closing-market-report","published_at":"2026-07-24T18:48:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249/jul-24-closing-market-report","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/cf95516d","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/cf95516d/b79312be.mp3","summary":"cmr260724 The July 24, 2026, broadcast of the Closing Market Report, hosted by Todd Gleason, provides a comprehensive overview of current agricultural commodities and weather forecasts. Market analyst Dan Basse outlines a bullish, demand-driven outlook for corn and soybeans, citing European droughts, Black Sea conflicts, and expanding US biofuel consumption, while advising producers to utilize marketing tools that maintain upside potential. Following the market analysis, meteorologist Eric Snodgrass details a stark regional divide in crop conditions, noting that severe heat and dryness are heavily stressing the Western Corn Belt while eastern regions fare much better. Snodgrass also cautions that a historic, rapidly intensifying El Niño could lead to a wet, difficult autumn harvest. 01:22 Ag Markets with Dan Basse, AgResource Company 09:41 Ag Weather with Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien Ag Solutions ★ Support this podcast ★","meta_description":"cmr260724 The July 24, 2026, broadcast of the Closing Market Report, hosted by Todd Gleason, provides a comprehensive overview of current agricultural com…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1164,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/closing-market-report-808249/episodes/jul-24-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/jul-24-closing-market-report.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}