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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In this episode of the Closing Market Report, host Todd Gleason breaks down the November USDA WASDE and Crop Production Report with Naomi Blohm of Total Farm Marketing, highlighting unexpected drops in corn yield estimates, stable soybean numbers, and their resulting impacts on global ending st
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Oct 30 | Closing Market Report

- Joe Janzen, University of Illinois
- Matt Bennett, AgMarket.net
- WILLAg News Update
- Mike Tannura, Tstorm.net

Oct 29 | Closing Market Report

- Greg Johnson, TGM TotalGrainMarketing.com
- Drew Lerner, WorldWeather.cc

Oct 28 | Closing Market Report

- Naomi Blohm, TotalFarmMarketing.com
- Brittney Goodrich, University of Illinois
- Don Day, DayWeather.com

SPECIAL | Reagan, Trump, Argentina, & Beef Producers

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...

Oct 24 | Closing Market Report

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

Oct 23 | Closing Market Report

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

Oct 22 | Closing Market Report

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

Oct 21 | Closing Market Report

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

Oct 20 | Closing Market Report

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

Oct 17 | Closing Market Report

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

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