The Elevator’s Cut Podcast
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The grain merchandisers podcast where Roger and Jason capture the big topics and challenges of the grain industry with humor, pragmatism, and simplicity. With a few decades of combined experience in the basis trading, brokerage, and farm marketing spheres, they use their experiences and knowledge of their area of the grain business to shed some light on what they can, and debunk some myths and exaggerations that exist in the grain industry.
There is a risk of loss in futures and options trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
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The Biggest Lie About $5 Corn
S2E16 - Disclaimer: There is a risk of loss in futures and options trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. May brings bad weather, planting stress, and $5 corn,…
The DeLorean Market: Why the Public is Wrong About Oil Prices
S2E15 - Disclaimer: There is a risk of loss in futures and options trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Everyone says the market is "wrong," but the truth is…
S2E14 Navigating the 2026 Grain Market
S2E14 - Disclaimer: There is a risk of loss in futures and options trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Welcome back to The Elevator's Cut! In this episode,…
6 Cultural Traits of a Successful Grain Business
S2E13 - Disclaimer: There is a risk of loss in futures and options trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Welcome back to The Elevator's Cut! In this episode,…
Beyond the Forecast: What Weather Actually Means for the Elevator
S2E12 - Disclaimer: There is a risk of loss in futures and options trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Welcome back to The Elevator's Cut! In this episode,…
Winning the Basis Battle: How to Make Your Grain Bins Pay for Themselves
S2E11 - Disclaimer: There is a risk of loss in futures and options trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Welcome back to The Elevator's Cut! In this episode, your…
S2E10 How Commercial Elevators ACTUALLY Make Money
S2E10 - Disclaimer: There is a risk of loss in futures and options trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Welcome back to The Elevator's Cut! In this episode, your…
S2E9 What is Going on with Harvest?!: Tariffs, Trade, and the Truth About Prices
S2E9 Welcome back to The Elevator's Cut! In this episode, your hosts Roger Gattis and Jason Wheeler are analyzing the intense harvest season, from viral videos of collapsing grain bins to the serious…
The Truth About Grain Markets: Why You Can't Blame the Elevators
S2E8 Welcome back to The Elevator's Cut! In this episode, your hosts Roger Gattis and Jason Wheeler are joined by special guest Scott Hansen, a grain business legend with decades of experience. In…
Your Harvest Time Companion - Navigating Big Yields and Low Prices
S2E7 Join Roger and Jason on "The Elevator's Cut Podcast" as they dive into the current harvest landscape. Why are farmers selling even when prices are low? We'll discuss the massive yields emerging…
S2E6 The Banker's Cut 2025: Redone, Reborn, Resomething - Featuring Jeff Reardon
S2E6 Join Roger and Jason on "The Elevator's Cut Podcast" as they welcome back industry legend, Jeff Reardon! In this insightful episode, Jeff, a financial expert and CPA, dives deep into the current…
What Position My Position Was In - Featuring Michael Kaeb
S2E5 Join hosts Roger Gattis and Jason Wheeler on this episode of The Elevator's Cut as they welcome back old friend and former grain elevator manager, Michael Kaeb of White Commercial. Michael, now…
S2E4 The Grain Elevator's Secret Sauce (Spoiler: It's NOT Price!)
S2E4 Welcome back to The Elevator's Cut, where Roger Gattis and Jason Wheeler cut through the misconceptions and complexities of the grain industry with a healthy dose of humor and pragmatism. This…
S2E3 What's The Market Really Saying?
S2E03 What is the market really saying? Probably “good luck,” but we’re listening anyway. In this episode, Roger and Jason decode how merchandisers respond to spread structures, why everyone’s…
S2E2 Spreads, Basis, and Risk—What Merchandisers Miss Most
S2E2 In this episode, Jason and Roger return from the road to unpack what they’re hearing across the industry—from farmer frustrations to merchandiser game plans. They dig into summer inversions,…
S2E1 The Grain Mafia, Market Myths, and the Art of Being Wrong
S2E1 Who’s really pulling the strings in the grain market? The Grain Mafia? The speculators? The deep state? In this episode, Roger and Jason break down the latest rally, debunk some classic…
2025 Merchandising Prospectus
How are basis traders looking at this recent harvest and the outlook for this season? We talk through the basics of what's going on, the importance of setting boundaries with customers, the value of…
Basis Decay!?
The guys are back delving the Zeitgeists on all the latest bad basis takes. We discuss how basis may not actually have destroyed the country's infrastructure, how "trading like an elevator" may not…
2024 Harvest Time Companion Part 2
We are back with Part 2 for your harvest time listening pleasure. This time, with Special Guest, Susan Stroud of No Bull Ag (NO BULL (nobullag.com)). We delve into the Corn Sweat Zeitgeist, of…
2024 Harvest Time Companion Part 1
It's that time again for some audio to help pass the long hours of harvest. The guys have a special guest, Michael Kaeb from IL, to share stories and have some fun talking about the more entertaining…
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The Elevator’s Cut Podcast has published 100 episodes since February 2019, covering topics in Business, Management.
The Elevator’s Cut Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 40m.
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