{"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":"May 07 | Closing Market Report","slug":"may-07-closing-market-report","published_at":"2026-05-07T18:35:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249/may-07-closing-market-report","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-market-report-808249","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/dc145e52","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/dc145e52/10d33f46.mp3","summary":"- Ag Markets with Matt Bennett - WILLAg News Update | USDA, USB, Women, and SNAP - Applied Research Results from the University of Illinois - Ag Weather with Mike Tannura The May 7, 2026, episode of the Closing Market Report features a variety of agricultural updates, beginning with analyst Matt Bennett discussing the sideways trade in corn futures, planting delays caused by wet Midwestern weather, and the impact of crude oil prices and international politics on oilseed markets. Additionally, the program covers agricultural news, noting the USDA's unexplained dismissal of several United Soybean Board members and the implementation of stricter nutritional stocking requirements for retailers in the SNAP program. University of Illinois entomologist Nick Seiter also joins the broadcast to highlight the newly published 2025 Applied Research Results guide, which offers farmers independent data on pest control and new findings concerning the northern corn rootworm. Finally, meteorologist Mike Tannura provides a global weather outlook, detailing severe drought concerns for the U.S. hard red winter wheat crop, favorable planting conditions in the Northwestern Corn Belt, the onset of the dry season for Brazil's safrinha corn, and beneficial rains expected across Europe and Russia. ★ Support this podcast ★","meta_description":"- Ag Markets with Matt Bennett - WILLAg News Update | USDA, USB, Women, and SNAP - Applied Research Results from the University of Illinois - Ag Weather w…","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/may-07-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/may-07-closing-market-report.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}