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Arlan Suderman

Chief Commodities Economist

Role: Arlan Suderman is the Chief Commodities Economist for StoneX Group Inc. – FCM Division, a financial services provider for global markets.

Experience: Suderman oversees the company’s commodity market intelligence efforts. He provides unique market insight on global macro-economic trends and their implications for the commodity markets. Previously, Suderman served as Senior Market Analyst at Water Street Solutions, an agricultural consulting firm.

Prior to that, Suderman was a Market Analyst for Farm Futures magazine and FarmFutures.com, while also providing written daily market commentary for Farm Progress Companies’ family of state and regional publications and websites.

Suderman started his career with the Kansas Extension Service, developing educational programming focused on crop production, marketing and risk management. He later worked for a private consulting service helping farmers with marketing and risk management. 

Education: A graduate of Kansas State University, with a degree specialising in Animal Science & Industry, Suderman has an expertise and passion for the markets that gives him valuable insight into the realities of macro-economic trends and emerging geopolitical risks and how they influence the commodity markets.

Expertise: Suderman is a leading commentator in the Ag commodity sector, with particular expertise in the interaction with the broader markets. He shares his market commentary daily on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) with more than 50K followers, as well as on StoneX’s Market Intelligence Web site. Arlan can be heard daily on many radio stations across the Midwest as well as on Sirius XM Rural Radio and weekly on RFD-TV's Market Day Report, while also being a regular guest on AgDay, Market to Market, the U.S. Farm Report, and the Schwab Network, as well as regularly being quoted by the Wall Street Journal and by Reuters and Bloomberg.

Recent articles

Perspective: Mid-Day Commentary for September 18

September 18 - Stocks slipped negative again during the morning as Treasury yields rallied, with 2-year yields hitting fresh 2-year highs and 10-year Treasuries probing 5% again. Yet, the VIX continues to trade near 15 at midday, while the dollar index trades near 100.4. Yields on 10-year Treasuries are trading near 5.00%, while yields on 2-year Treasuries are trading near 4.74%. WTI crude oil is trading near $102, while Brent is near $104 per barrel. The grain and oilseed sectors are mostly in the red, led by big technical selling in soymeal that is dragging soybeans lower, while wheat prices also see heavy liquidation on selling ahead of the weekend. Next week's focus is going to be on possible developments surrounding President Xi's Thursday visit with President Trump, with negotiations ongoing between now and then.

Arlan Suderman
Arlan Suderman
  • Grains & Oilseeds

Perspective: Morning Commentary for September 18

September 18 – Stock futures were firm and commodity prices initially again weaker this morning as Wall Street prepares for another weekend when the headlines will continue to flow while the markets are closed. Commodity weakness ahead of the weekend fits a recent pattern for Friday trade. Global energy deficit fears continue to ease as we head into the weekend as Saudi Arabia partially restores flow along its east-west pipeline, and flow through the Strait of Hormuz may be improving. In fact, some reports suggest that ship-to-ship transfers may be moving more than 7 million barrels a day now out of the Gulf, with that number continuing to rise. Global central banks are attacking inflation, although questions remain regarding the effectiveness of those efforts amid high energy prices.

Arlan Suderman
Arlan Suderman
  • Grains & Oilseeds
  • Energy
  • Dairy
  • Renewable Fuels
  • Cocoa
  • Coffee
  • Cotton
  • Sugar
  • Meats & Livestock
  • Forest Products

Perspective: Mid-Day Commentary for September 17

September 17 - Stocks turned lower Wednesday as the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2023. Even so, the Fed signaled via its dot plot graphic that at least one more hike is likely, and other central banks seem to be following suit due to rising global inflation as energy prices soar. Those higher energy prices first show themselves at the pump, but they spread to other sectors of the economy with time, as energy goes into the cost and transportation of nearly everything we consume in one way or the other. The Fed focuses primarily on core inflation, which excludes the more volatile food and energy sectors, even though those are the sectors that the typical consumer focuses on the most. High energy prices first show up in the core producer price index - inflation at the wholesale or producer level - before making their way into the consumer core inflation numbers in the months that follow, as Mike has revealed in his recent commentary.

Arlan Suderman
Arlan Suderman
  • Grains & Oilseeds
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