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Shawn Hackett

Agricultural Market Analyst, Hackett Financial Advisors

Search every verified Shawn Hackett interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Shawn Hackett, agricultural market analyst at Hackett Financial Advisors, appeared on the October 16, 2026, episodes of Market to Market and Market Plus, where he discussed USDA crop yield reports, grain storage strategies, and weather risks. He questioned the USDA's decision to raise corn yields in its latest report, stating that harvest data was insufficient to justify such a change and suggesting it might have been better to wait for the November report. He also said he believed the USDA's soybean yield estimates were likely accurate, possibly needing a slight upward adjustment. Hackett expressed a preference for storing corn over selling soybeans, citing stronger and more stable demand for corn and the high costs of planting the crop. He noted that soybean prices around $13 were favorable for selling. He also discussed potential risks to Brazil's second-crop corn from a possible El Niño, referencing past yield declines, and commented on the limited role of China in grain demand, saying that any potential impact was already priced into the market. Additionally, he addressed wheat market sensitivity to potential geopolitical deals, suggesting that any short-term selloff from a proposed ceasefire would not last.

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“My feeling is that when I look at the corn market and I look at second crop corn, which we didn't talk about with the weather, but a super El Nino has impacted second crop corn significantly in the past, where it hasn't done soybeans as much because most of it's grown in the hot, dry areas. We've seen corn heels down 20% plus multiple times in 23 and 2015. And if you think about having that happen again, and you thin”

“I'm much more favorable overall, generally speaking, towards corn. I think that the corn market has a much stronger, stable demand. We don't have to worry about China buying or not buying. And what I when I look at how expensive the corn crop is to put in the ground, not only here but elsewhere. And, and I look at what I think is going to take place with geopolitics, the diesel price and everything and the fertilizer”

“My issue with the USDA report this go around is that they really have enough harvest data to make a change of that magnitude. I mean, we hardly turn the wheel at that point in the corn grain belt. My problem is maybe they're right, but wouldn't it have been better to wait until November report when we have a huge swath of reported yields coming out of the field to make a better determination of their correct or not, ”

“They keep buying. They keep buying. They keep buying. Xi Jinping is coming here on the 24th to talk to Trump. I am sure they're going to keep buying, and maybe they're going to make some positive announcements on some other ag markets that they're going to be buying on top of that. You know, even though apparently, the Iranian conflict seems to reach some type of an equilibrium here, I still think we are just one mov”

“Absolutely, and it needs to do it. I think what everyone has to understand is that the largest export months are September, October, November. In the month of August, they exported only the same amount that they did in 2010 when they had a one-in-50-year drought and had export controls. So, it's just incredibly low volumes coming out of the region. And if those supplies stay turned off getting going into September, I”

“I never believed that this agreement was for China to go run the market higher. I've always felt it was for the Chinese to time their purchases when it's most suitable for them. They're not stupid. I think they know what El Niño means for US production. I would expect them to look for large to be a large buyer in the month of August when there's the pressure and the speculators are hitting the market and farmers are ”

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