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.
Morning Coffee and Ag Markets
Latest Episodes
Episode 87 - 100 Years of Arkansas Soybeans
Arkansas soybeans have shaped the state’s agricultural landscape for the last century, growing from a rotational crop in the 1920s into Arkansas’s leading row crop today. In this episode of Morning Coffee and Ag Markets, Hunter Biram is j...
Episode 86 - Arkansas net farm income remains steady in 2026 driven by government assistance
Ryan Loy and Hunter Biram discuss the 2026 Arkansas net farm income outlook. While income is projected to remain steady, it is largely supported by increased government assistance as crop receipts decline and production costs rise. The conversa...
Episode 85 - Arkansas Farmer Decision Support Tool
Hunter Biram and Ryan Loy are joined by Eunchun Park to discuss a new integrated decision-support tool for Arkansas producers. The tool brings together crop insurance, farm program decisions, grain marketing, and input cost risk into one platfo...
Episode 84 - What Lower Interest Rates Mean for 2026 Budgets
Hunter Biram is joined by Ryan Loy to discuss the March 2026 Fed decision to hold interest rates steady and what that means for farmers. While rates have eased slightly, higher input costs mean producers are still borrowing more, keeping intere...
Episode 83 - Exploring Floating Solar on Arkansas Farms
Ryan Loy is joined by Mike Popp to discuss his recent research on floating solar systems in Arkansas. The discussion covers how these systems can generate electricity without taking farmland out of production, while also reducing water ev...