{"podcast":{"title":"Commodity Week","slug":"commodity-week-560682","podcast_index_feed_id":560682,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/commodity-week","website_url":"http://www.willag.org","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/e8_7gE4BpQTN-bC2nBJMqGzElOO7IAQJwiy3VpD_nrY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3MTgxLzE2NDEz/OTU1OTctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Todd Gleason","episode_count":229,"summary":"Established 1988 Commodity Week is a weekly wrap-up of the CME Group grain markets with analysis and guest interviews. The program is generally recorded Thursday afternoons and posted online by 7:00 p.m. central. It airs on WILL AM580 during the 2:00 p.m. hour each Friday. Commodity Week is a production of University of Illinois Extension and Illinois Public Media. Like the daily Closing Market Report, it is hosted by University of Illinois Extension Farm Broadcaster Todd Gleason. website: willag.org twitter: @commodityweek","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T10:21:42.055364+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commodity-week-560682"},"episode":{"title":"Apr 30 | Commodity Week","slug":"apr-30-commodity-week","published_at":"2026-04-30T21:19:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commodity-week-560682/apr-30-commodity-week","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commodity-week-560682","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/f0b7d4ce","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/f0b7d4ce/67f7d69f.mp3","summary":"Panelists - Ellen Dearden, AgReview - Logan Kimmel, Roach Ag - Arlan Suderman, StoneX The April 30 broadcast of Commodity Week examines agricultural marketing strategies amid geopolitical and economic volatility. Panelists urge producers to utilize current market rallies to execute incremental grain sales for the 2026 and 2027 crop years. The market is currently heavily influenced by speculative fund investments maintaining long positions in grains and cattle, which elevates price floors but increases market volatility. Geopolitical factors, such as the ongoing Iranian war and high global energy costs, are driving inflation and creating long-term concerns regarding fertilizer supplies into 2027. Furthermore, anticipation of a mid-May summit between U.S. President Trump and Chinese President Xi suggests potential shifts in trade agreements, with China likely targeting imports of U.S. beef, pork, and wheat rather than soybeans, alongside complex negotiations regarding biofuel feedstocks and used cooking oil. ★ Support this podcast ★","meta_description":"Panelists - Ellen Dearden, AgReview - Logan Kimmel, Roach Ag - Arlan Suderman, StoneX The April 30 broadcast of Commodity Week examines agricultural marke…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1917,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/commodity-week-560682/episodes/apr-30-commodity-week/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commodity-week-560682/apr-30-commodity-week.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}