Episodes 7
Avg. Duration 31m
Activity Highly Active
Since Apr 2026
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
98%
Hosting
rss.buzzsprout.com

About This Podcast

Most grain market commentary is written for traders, not for the elevator manager deciding whether to store or sell this week. The Basis Brief Agricultural Intelligence Series covers basis fundamentals, WASDE interpretation, and physical market structure in the practitioner language that country elevator operators, ag lenders, and feed mill managers actually use. 

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Module 6 — Practical Intelligence Consumption

May 19, 2026 39m Transcript

The capstone module. Everything in the prior five episodes feeds into a single practical question: what does high-quality weekly grain market intelligence actually look like for a physical operator,…

Module 5 — Market Structure and Seasonality

May 12, 2026 29m Transcript

The futures price curve — the relationship between nearby and deferred contract prices — is one of the most information-rich signals available to a physical grain operator, and one of the most…

Module 4 — How WASDE Moves Basis

May 05, 2026 25m Transcript

This is the conceptual bridge that most market summaries fail to build — and the one that makes Basis Brief's analysis genuinely useful to physical operators rather than just informative. A WASDE…

Module 3 — USDA Data Sources

Apr 28, 2026 37m Transcript

The entire Basis Brief intelligence pipeline is built on free, publicly available government data. This episode covers the three USDA data sources that matter most — the WASDE, AMS Daily Grain Market…

Module 2 — How Physical Grain Operators Use Basis

Apr 21, 2026 30m Transcript

Knowing what basis is and knowing how practitioners use it daily are two different things. This episode bridges that gap. It follows an elevator manager through their morning routine, explains how…

Module 1 — Basis Fundamentals

Apr 14, 2026 41m Transcript

The foundational module. If you work with physical grain in any capacity — as an elevator manager, ag lender, feed mill buyer, or producer — basis is the single number most directly connected to your…

Overview — Grain Elevators Are Physical Hedge Funds

Apr 08, 2026 19m Transcript

Most people glance at the corn price scrolling across the bottom of a financial news screen and assume they understand it. They don't. That number — $4.72, December corn — is a paper price for a…

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Basis Brief has published 7 episodes since April 2026, covering topics in Business, Education.

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Basis Brief is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 31m.

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