Friday, August 14th, 2026- Joe Kooima and Brady Huck
Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek in Sioux Center, Iowa joins Market Talk on Friday to break down a rough end of the week in the cattle complex after Tyson Foods announced it is closing two beef facilities, including the Joslin, Illinois plant, and looking to sell a third. Joe explains why this round of consolidation does not feel like the last two, what the loss of open interest is telling him about who is left in the cattle market, and why packer margins recovered almost overnight. He also looks at a stagnant hog market, the surprise corn yield cut in Wednesday's WASDE report, and the…
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