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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Aug 21 | Closing Market Report

- Matt Bennett, AgMarket.net
- Oliver Sloup, BluelineFutures.com
- Sherman Newline, RMCommodities.com
- Mike Tannura, Tstorm.net

Pro Farm Crop Tour Thursday Scouting Reports

Pro Farmer Crop Tours scouts report in from Iowa and Minnesota.
- Oliver Sloup, Blueline Futures
- Sherman Newlin, Zaner Ag Hedge

Aug 20 | Closing Market Report

- Greg Johnson, TGM TotalGrainMarketing.com
- Oliver Sloup, BluelineFutures.com
- Sherman Newlin, RMCommodities.com
- Drew Lerner, WorldWeather.cc

Pro Farmer Crop Tour Wednesday Scouting Reports

Pro Farmer Crop Tours scouts report in from Illinois and Nebraska
- Oliver Sloup, Blueline Futures
- Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge

Aug 19 | Closing Market Report

- Naomi Blohm, TotalFarmMarketing.com
- Oliver Sloup, BluelineFutures.com
- Ted Seifried, ZanerAgHedge.com
- Don Day, DayWeather.com

Pro Farmer Crop Tour Tuesday Scouting Reports

Pro Farmer Crop Tours scouts report in from Indiana and South Dakota
- Oliver Sloup, Blueline Futures
- Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge

Aug 18 | Closing Market Report

- Curt Kimmel, AgMarket.net
- U of IL Extension Director Announced
- 1989 (2025) Crop Tour How To
- #pftour25 Scouting Reports

Pro Farmer Crop Tour Monday Scouting Reports

Pro Farmer Crop Tours scouts report in from Indiana and South Dakota
- Oliver Sloup, Blueline Futures
- Sherman Newlin, RMC a division of Zaner Ag Hedge

1989 (2025) Crop Tour How To

You'd be hard pressed NOT to know about the Pro Farmer Crop Tour taking place across the Midwest this week. It has roots with the Illinois Corn Growers and the Illinois Farm Bureau. 36 years ago University of Illinois Farm Broadcaster Todd Gleason road along on the eatern leg of the tour. The...

Aug 15 | Closing Market Report

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

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