Market to Market
This Week
Episode
Heavy rain and high heat blanket much of the country. Nitrate levels drop in Iowa waterways. Past failures in America’s land promise. And, commodity market analysis with Dan Hueber.
Market Analysis
Dan Hueber discusses economic and commodity markets.
Market Plus
Dan Hueber discusses economic and commodity markets in this web-only feature.
Market Feature
When the Civil War ended, measures briefly allowed former slaves to petition for Confederates’ abandoned or confiscated farms - in one of America’s first attempts at land redistribution to formerly enslaved people. But it largely failed.
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Several rounds of rain struck parts of the Midwest this week. Iowa fields southwest of Des Moines were under water as isolated rain amounts between 5 and 8 inches fell early in the week.
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This week, heavy rains lowered nitrate levels in Iowa’s Raccoon River, but water usage restrictions remain in place.
MtoM Podcast
Karen Braun of Reuters Open Interest shares commodity market insights, crop tour analysis, and how weather and trade impact grain prices.
Classroom
Market to Market Classroom connects you with stories about the science, technology, culture, and business of agriculture.
Market to Market 50th Season Celebration
Iowa PBS
A trusted source of agricultural news and analysis for five decades, celebrate Market to Market.
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About the Show
For more than four decades, Market to Market has covered the issues affecting the more than $1 trillion business of agriculture. Whether it’s global trade conflicts, environmental controversies, changing technologies or emerging enterprises, our reporters make it their business to explain the issues faced by the nearly 60 million people who live and work in rural America. And Market to Market’s team of experienced analysts has a long history of providing expert analysis of the major commodity markets and delivering insight into trends and strategies that help producers and processors cope with changing times.
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