MarketJournal | October, 04 2024 | Full Episode

With harvest in full swing, we decided to get a look at how a crop gets it's start. Long before a seed ends up in planted in the ground, it must first be grown. This week we looked around Prairie Valley Seed to see how their harvest season is going for our in the field update.

Nebraska's diverse grasslands blanket more than half the state. These grasslands serve multiple purposes including, providing homes for wildlife, recreational opportunities and of course, creating grazing opportunities for the livestock producers around Nebraska. That's why grassland conservation was a topic of discussion for several UNL seniors this week.

Between harvest being in full swing and new strikes happening in shipping ports on in the gulf and on the east coast, there were a lot of current events testing the markets this week. Joining us this week to discuss those trends is Barchart Senior Analyst Darin Newsom. Here is our conversation from Thursday morning.

We got a little break from the late summer heat this week can we all look forward to sweater weather and pumpkin spice soon? Chief Meteorologist Eric Hunt has the answer.

Over the last year the price for cattle has been up and down. These changes in market values and higher interest rates are having an impact on beef cow share and cash lease agreements in determining what is fair to both parties involved.