Morning Coffee and Ag Markets
This podcast delivers weekly insights for the agriculture industry, covering everything from farm-level risk management to market volatility and production challenges. Beyond the farm, we discuss key supply chain issues, like Federal Reserve policies, port strikes, and Mississippi River disruptions, affecting everyone from producers to those all along the supply chain. Join us every Monday morning for engaging conversations with agricultural economists and industry experts about the agricultural economy at both the micro and macro level. Each episode also features a market report, offering current and historical futures price trends.
Podcasting since 2024 • 82 episodes
Morning Coffee and Ag Markets
Latest Episodes
Episode 80 - Row-Crop Markets in Transition: Supply, Demand, and Pricing Opportunities
Rising input costs are creating new challenges for producers as fertilizer and fuel markets respond to global conflict and supply chain uncertainty. In this episode, Hunter Biram and Ryan Loy are joined by Grant Gardner (University of Kentucky)...
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Episode 80
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Episode 79 - 2026 Farm Budget Implications of the Conflict in the Persian Gulf
Join Hunter Biram and Breana Watkins as they discuss how rising fuel and fertilizer prices linked to conflict in the Persian Gulf are reshaping crop profitability heading into the 2026 season. Updated University of Arkansas enterprise budgets s...
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Episode 79
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Episode 78 - Developing a Crop Marketing Plan in 2026
Hunter Biram is joined by Will Maples of Mississippi State University to discuss building a disciplined crop marketing plan for 2026. They emphasize using breakeven costs to set realistic price targets, spreading sales to manage risk, and docum...
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Episode 78
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Episode 77 - How could insured farmers adjust to the Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) rule from USDA?
In this episode, Hunter Biram and special guest Francis Tsiboe explore how USDA’s new Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) rule will reshape prevented planting insurance starting in the 2027 crop year. With the elimination of the prevente...
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Episode 77
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Episode 76 - Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Payments and Implications for Arkansas Farmers
Hunter Biram and Ryan Loy walk through the newly finalized Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) payment rates and estimate Arkansas producers will receive about $347 million in total support. They discuss how the per-acre rates for key crops compare ...
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Episode 76
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