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Susan Littlefield talks with Thaddeus Bates from Nutrien Ag Solutions during the 2025 National FFA Convention.

The news of Tyson Foods closing it's Lexington, Nebraska plant has been the talk of the cattle industry since Friday afternoon and it was the main driver of a limit down day across live and feeder cattle futures to start the holiday week. Meanwhile, it was quiet pre-holiday trade in the grains and oilseeds on Monday. Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth with Van Ahn & Company joins us for analysis on today's show. Find more online by visiting https://www.vanahnco.com.

Some folks could see snow, some could see severe weather.......either way you slice it things could be dicey for Thanksgiving this week across the country. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins us to discuss the weather outlook as we finish up November. More at https://www.ag-wx.com.

Also on today's show, we head back to last week's NAFB Convention in Kansas City, MO and get a harvest recap and agronomic update from Ohio and the Eastern Corn Belt with John Brien, Agronomy Division Manager for AgriGold. More at https://www.agrigold.com.

On Monday's AOA, powered by Cenex, we start the show discussing the cattle market impact of Tyson Foods announcing closure of its Lexington, NE plant and more with Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst at Barchart. In Segment Two, could it be a messy week of holiday travel ahead? DTN Meteorologist John Baranick joins us to discuss the weather outlook for this busy week. In Segment Three, we learn about a new analysis from Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, which warns that the Trump administration's plan to weaken oil and gas bonding rules could leave American taxpayers footing up to $750 billion in cleanup costs for abandoned wells on public lands. David Jenkins, President, Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, joins us to discuss. Then in Segment Four, we get an update from Susan Littlefield on the Tyson plant closure and more ag news headlines.

We see the grain markets fairly quiet on Friday in a consolidation type of trade while the livestock markets are under pressure amid the removal of tariffs on Brazil and more. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Friday, November 21st, 2025.

This week brought a softer — and earlier — cash market, with a clear sense that leverage slipped away from producers. On this week's Cattle Chatter, Brad Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says ideal weather has cattle gaining well, adding pounds heading into processing, and that's contributing to what he calls a little "processing greed" right now. With Thanksgiving next week, it's a shortened run, but the hope is that holiday demand will kick in and shift the focus toward beef as we move through the holiday stretch.

On today's AOA, powered by Cenex, we share more conversations from the 2025 National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention in Kansas City. We talk with National Corn Growers Association First Vice President Matt Frostic followed by National Pork Producers Council Immediate Past President Lori Stevermer. In Segment Three, we hear from USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce. Then we close the show with American Coalition for Ethanol CEO Brian Jennings in Segment Four.

Wednesday on AOA, powered by Cenex, we are live from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention in Kansas City, MO. We start the show looking at markets with Naomi Blohm from Total Farm Marketing in Segment One. In Segment Two, we discuss the Pig Livability Project with Dr. Chris Hostetler from the National Pork Board and Dr. Joel DeRouchey from Kansas State University. In Segment Three, we have a conversation with National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Gregg Doud then we close the show with ag news headlines in Segment Four.

Tuesday seemed to be a consolidation day in the grains and cattle, with a bit of pressure in the lean hog complex. Overall, did traders take a bit of a pause after the volatility of Friday and Monday? Jacob Burks with AgMarket.net joins us for a conversation and look at the markets. Find more online by visiting https://www.agmarket.net.

Also, what did the WASDE have to tell us for wheat and cotton balance sheets? What about price action in corn, soybeans and cattle? Nick Lawrence with TraderPhD joins us to discuss on today's show. More at https://www.traderphd.com.