Closing Market Report

Todd Gleason is a farm broadcaster located on the Urbana Champaign campus of the University of Illinois. He works for University of Illinois Extension and with Illinois Public Media.

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Sep 25 | Closing Market Report

September 25, 2026

The September 25, 2026, broadcast of the Closing Market Report, hosted by Todd Gleason, examines recent developments in commodity markets and global agricultural weather.

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SPECIAL | Reagan, Trump, Argentina, & Beef Producers

October 27, 2025

This episode of the Closing Market Report seeks to lay out how in October of 2025 President of the United States Donald J. Trump's desire to support the nation of Argentina as its peso was collapsing, coupled with his intent to reconfigure world trade using tariffs, devolved into a domestic...

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Oct 24 | Closing Market Report

October 24, 2025

- Mike Zuzolo, GlobalCommResearch.com
- Eric Snodgrass, NutrienAgSolutions.com

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Oct 23 | Closing Market Report

October 23, 2025

- Matt Bennett, AgMarket.net
- Importing Argentine Beef
- Machinery Costs Rethink
- Mike Tannura, Tstorm.net

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Oct 22 | Closing Market Report

October 22, 2025

- Greg Johnson, TGM TotalFarmMarketing.com
- Maria Kalaitzandonakes, University of Illinois
- Drew Lerner, WorldWeather.com

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Oct 21 | Closing Market Report

October 21, 2025

- Naomi Blohm, TotalFarmMarketing.com
- Dave Chatterton, SFarmMarketing.com
- Don Day, DayWeather.com

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Oct 20 | Closing Market Report

October 20, 2025

- Curt Kimmel, AgMarket.net
- Maria Kalaitzandonakes, University of Illinois
- Trent Ford, Illinois State Climatologist
- Ben Brown, University of Missouri

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