We talk with Darren Hudson, Professor, Larry Combest Chair and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Assessment at Texas Tech University about the cotton market and ag economy.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture join Chip Flory and Davis Michaelsen for the Friday Free-for-all. Topics include renewing USMCA, House Farm Bill status, New World screwworm status, and a lot more.

We talk about cattle markets with Chris Swift of Swift Trading Company plus Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures shares price action analysis.

This morning we had conversations with Renewable Fuels Association chief economist Scott Richman, National Corn Growers Association president Jed Bower, and former National Association of Wheat Growers president Bill Flory.

The second part of our coverage today at the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City, sponsored by Winfield United. We have conversations with ARA president and CEO Daren Coppock, StoneX Group's vice president of fertilizer Josh Linville, and newly-minted ARA chair Dave Spears.

We are in Salt Lake City at the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) Conference & Expo, with coverage sponsored by Atticus. We have conversations with Mike Roudi of Emergent Connext, Richard Gupton and Hunter Carpenter of ARA, and Joe Glauber of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge is our host this afternoon and Karen Braun, also of Zaner Ag Hedge, is guest market analyst. Brian Splitt of AgMarket.net shares price action perspective.

Professor Emeritus Dr. Jim Mintert of Purdue joins us to discuss the latest Ag Economy Barometer, which saw an uptick since last month. We have this week's Farmer Forum day early to make way for ARA Convention coverage tomorrow. Joining is Scott Berger of Iowa and Tim Gregerson of Nebraska. Topics include navigating these challenging times of high prices of purchases and low prices of sales and plans for next year.

Steve Georgy of Allendale, Inc. joins Davis Michaelsen for a conversation on export sales, cash flow, potential for 2026 acreage mix and marketing opportunities. Plus Jack Scoville of The Price Futures Group on price action and Cary Artac of artacadvisory.com and wickedstocks.com with a chart update and stock watch.

We kick off December 2025 with two popular and extraordinarily-informed guests: Greg Peterson, better-known as Machinery Pete, and Paul Neiffer, himself also known as The Farm CPA. Greg talks about his Pick of the Week and Paul has a calculator for SDRP Stage 2.

We wrap up this week with more conversations recorded at NAFB’s Trade Talk: Matt Sowder and Ben Pratt of Mosaic, Chase Sanders and Josh Ladd of John Deere, and Abe Smith from Corteva.

Welcome to our post-Thanksgiving Friday Free-for-all. It was recorded pre-Thanksgiving on Wednesday so if there was some major policy news since then we’ll talk about it on Monday. Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio join us to discuss tariffs, the Federal Reserve, E15, Brazil, China, and a lot more.

Our coverage of NAFB Trade Talk continues with conversations with Stephanie Wolfe of RCIS, Terry Johnston of Farm Rescue, AgMarket.net’s Matt Bennett is representing Beck’s, and Dale Ireland from Syngenta.

Happy Thanksgiving from AgriTalk! For this show we present conversations recently recorded at NAFB's Trade Talk event. Our guests are American Soybean Association president Caleb Ragland, National Corn Growers Association president Jed Bower, and in-coming A.S.A. president Scott Metzger.

Allison Thompson of The Money Farm is out guest analyst this afternoon and we talked holiday trade, option expiration, first notice day and export demand for corn and soybeans. Todd Horwitz of bubbatrading.com shared perspective on market participation.

National Sorghum Producers CEO Tim Lust joins us to discuss some of the industry news and priorities going forward. And our Farmer Forum features Tim Burrack of Iowa and Ken McCauley of Kansas. Topics include the cash crunch, including high prices for everything, and what farmers are looking for to help through these challenging times.

Alan Brugler of Brugler Marketing & Management joins us to discuss trade with China, cattle volatility, movement of the 2025-crops and outlook for the 2026 crops. Brian Splitt of AgMarketing.net shares price action analysis.

We catch up with Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D. U.S. Meat Export Federation president and CEO Dan Halstrom joins us to discuss USDA's announcement of accepting applications for funding under the 2026 America First Trade Promotion Program.

The cattle market has been having a rough time lately so we have Don Close, senior animal protein analyst at Terrain Ag, join us to talk it over. Plus Jack Scoville of The Price Futures Group shares price action perspective and Cary Artac of artacadvisory.com and wickedstocks.com shares a chart update and stock watch.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks about his Pick of the Week, which fetched an amazing record high, plus he previews several upcoming auctions throughout the midwest and one in Canada. Dr. Ernie Goss joins us to run through the results of Creighton University's latest Rural Mainstreet Index, which includes 1-in-3 bankers indicate a rural economy recession. 

Chip and Davis with details of today's grain and livestock trades with perspective on this week's prices action. Chip talked about "getting control" of 2025-crop bushels and the opportunity to get started on 2026-crop marketings with Brian Basting from Advance Marketing.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives joins us for the Friday Free-for-all and we welcome a new panelist, Callie Eideberg of The Vogel Group. Topics include changes to grocery-related tariffs, biofuels policies, SDRP-2, present final WOTUS rule, skinny Farm Bills and more.

Brian Splitt of AgMarket.net is our guest host this afternoon and DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing joins him to continue the conversation on the notion of "pain points" farmers are navigating between the end of harvest and the planning stages for next year. Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures shares price action perspective.

AgDay's Clinton Griffiths is our guest host this morning and he has conversations with Jackson Takach of Farmer Mac about the results of a recent ag lender survey, U.S. Congressman Sam Graves about the latest WOTUS rules, and Farm Journal's Chris Bennett on the issue of government overreach on private land.

Davis Michaelsen is host this afternoon and his guest is Todd Horwitz of bubbatrading.com. They discuss market strategy and risk management plus the economy and trade.

Margy Eckelkamp of thedailyscoop.com joins Davis Michaelsen to discuss A.I. plus fertilizer and the latest developments on the railroad merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. Then our Farmer Forum features Brent Judisch of Iowa and Sherman Newlin of Illinois.

Dan Roose of U.S. Commodities joins us to discuss fundamentals, price outlook, risk management and tampering with the cattle market plus Matt Bennett of AgMarket.net shares price action perspective.

NCBA chief counsel Mary-Thomas Hart joins us to share reaction and analysis of EPA's announcement of a "final" WOTUS rule. Drew Lerner of World Weather, Inc. talks about U.S. and South American weather over the coming weeks/months. The Farm CPA Paul Neiffer breaks down USDA's SDRP2 program.

We welcome back old friend Brian Grete, now with Commstock Investments, and he talks about grain and livestock markets with Chip, plus Jack Scoville of The Price Futures Group with price action analysis and Cary Artac of artacadvisory.com and wickedstock.com with chart update and stock watch.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – joins us to share his Pick of the Week plus report on other recent auctions and preview a few more. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley joins us to discuss several ag-related issues.

We've been waiting for the USDA crop production and supply & demand reports for a while. And now we have them. Chip Flory and Davis Michaelsen review the reports with an assist from Pro Farmer editor Bill Watts. And we wrap up College Roadshow 2025 at the University of Tennessee with a conversation with Professor Aaron Smith, ag economist.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and The Farm CPA Paul Neiffer join us for the Friday Free-for-all the exchange news and ideas on the government re-opening, tariffs affecting prices, chaos in the cattle industry and more.

It's a nice day for a walk and our guest analyst Kevin Duling of KD Investors does just that while sharing his perspective on what to expect from the grain markets tomorrow on a USDA report day plus Oliver Sloup has corn and cattle price action analysis.

College Roadshow is at the University of Tennessee this week and we have an enjoyable visit with Keith Carver, senior vice chancellor and senior vice president of the UT Institute of Agriculture. Bill Lapp of Advanced Economic Solutions joins us to help preview the reports from USDA on crop production and supply & demand that will be released tomorrow.

Independent trader Rick Nazur joins us to discuss cash corn and soybeans, the price outlook for futures and some risk-management strategies plus Todd Horwitz of bubbatrading.com shares market/economic outlook analysis.

Tom Sell of Combest, Sell & Associates joins us to share perspective on the federal government re-opening and the possible residual inconveniences the public may yet need to deal with. This week's Farmer Forum features Gene Millard of Missouri and Randy Francois of Iowa. Topics include harvest/operation reports and thoughts on tampering with the cattle market and whether or not the country is headed in the right direction.

It is Veterans Day and we have our traditional guest Brian Splitt of AgMarket.net, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps. But of course he is also one of our trusted ag market analysts and so we also talk about charts and trends and price action.

We talk about seed with Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D followed by Professor Derrell Peel, extension specialist for livestock marketing at Oklahoma State University, about the possibility of new investigations into the Big Four packers. Then we hear a different perspective on the situation from conversation between Michelle Rook and Bill Bullard of R-Calf.

Jake Hanley of Teucrium ETFs joins us to discuss grain Exchange-Traded Funds fundamentals, money flow and investor ops plus Jack Scoville of The Price Futures Group shares price action analysis and Cary Artac of artacadvisory.com and wickedstocks.com has a chart update and stock watch.

Greg Peterson/Machinery Pete joins us for his weekly report including his Pick of the Week and preview several up-coming auctions of used machinery equipment. And we meet Rebecca Eifert Joniskan of the Indiana State Poultry Association who talks about some of the things that department does but also shares information about the recent discovery of bird flu in the state, which is earlier than usual.

Guest host Michelle Rook wraps up the week's trading with Jim McCormick of AgMarket.net.

The Friday Free-for-all features guests Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio. Topics include EPA announcements this morning, trade deal with China, continuing government shutdown, USDA reports coming out next week and a lot more.

Oliver Sloup from Blue Line Futures with perspective on today's selloff in the ag markets. Chip talked with Greg McBride from Allendale, Inc. to get ready for next week's USDA Supply & Demand and Crop Production Reports.

Lots of hot topics discussed with our guests this morning. John Newton is vice president of public policy and economic analysis at American Farm Bureau Federation and he joins us today to talk about trade, tariffs, and the cattle/beef market. Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Geoff Cooper discusses record ethanol production, status of year-round E15, and EPA on re-allocations on SREs. And Steve Nicholson, global sector strategist for grains & oilseeds at Rabobank, shares perspective on the trade deal with China, including purchase agreements.

Curt Kimmel of AgMarket.net joins us to discuss crop size, ethanol productions, chart trends in soybeans and in the cattle complex. Todd Horwitz of bubbatrading.com talks grain rally and cattle collapse.

Purdue Professor Emeritus Dr. Jim Mintert joins us for our monthly update on the latest Ag Economy Barometer plus we have a Farmer Forum with Kelly Garrett of Iowa and Kevin Paap of Iowa.

Brandt Heitman of BIS Commodities is our guest analyst this afternoon and we discuss cash market signals, trade agreement, futures trends and more. Matt Bennett of AgMarket.net shares price action insight.

We're covering the final Sustainable Ranchers Tour of 2025 down in Kingsville, Texas. We have conversations with James Clement III of Bloody Buckets Cattle Company, host of the event, Dr. Richard Machen of the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, and Bain Wilson and Tim Lockhart of Ranchbot Monitoring Solutions.

Brian Hoops of Midwest Market Solutions joins us for a conversation on grain and livestock markets, fundamentals and risk management. Jack Scoville shares price action analysis and Cary Artac of artacadvisory.com and wickedstocks.com has a chart update and stock watch.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – has quite a list of upcoming auctions, including his Pick of the Week. But he also has some notable sale price highlights in this week's used equipment report. After hearing last week about producers and the recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Competition Issues in the Seed & Fertilizer Industries, this morning we have a follow-up conversation with The Fertilizer Institute's president and CEO Corey Rosenbusch on the debate.