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The Elevator's Cut Podcast

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.

Disclaimer: There is a risk of loss in futures and options trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

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Oct. 2, 2025

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 this candid discussion, we d...

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Sept. 4, 2025

Harvest Hustle: 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 from the Southeast and how...

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Aug. 6, 2025

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 financial landscape for g...

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June 25, 2025

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 a consultant for grain ele...

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May 22, 2025

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 episode, they tackle the "j...

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April 30, 2025

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 suddenly in love with averager c...

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March 21, 2025

Spreads, Basis, and Risk—What Merchandisers Miss Most

Ep 97 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, spread behavior that defies ...

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