Our guest analyst this afternoon is Karl Setzer of AgriVisor and we talk about drought and how recent dry situations like 1988 and 2012 worked out and Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain looks at the price action today and says we're in a weather market.

We meet Gerry Hayden of the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health who is 8,500 miles away in Cambodia on a mission to bring American soy meal to parts of the world to fortify their aquaculture products with protein. Then we catch up with Mike Steenhoek, executive director at the Soy Transportation Coalition, on infrastructure inflation and how programs like Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would be affected.

Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag is our guest analyst this afternoon and he talks about the virtue known as patience. Plus Jack Scoville of Price Futures Group shares price action perspective and Cary Artac of Artac Advisory has chart updates.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – joins us to talk about his Pick of the Week and preview some upcoming auctions. We get an intel download on the situation in Ukraine from Dan Basse, president of AgResource Company. And Josh Linville of StoneX updates us on the fertilizer market.

We have a bit of a change-up for this week's Friday Free-for-all...we still have Shaun Haney from RealAgriculture, but today we also have senior analyst Roger Bernard from IHS Markit and Farm CPA Paul Neiffer of CLA Connect (with more vital info about ERP program).

What a wild week. We talk about it with guest analyst Dan Uttech of New Vision Co-op in Minnesota plus price action perspective from Chip Flory.

We talk crop conditions, markets and risk-management with Ryan Wagner of Bolt Marketing plus get price action perspective with Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures.

We have a jam-packed show this morning. We begin with a Grit with Grace story feature three sisters who have made an impression on social media as they educate followers about their farm operation. Then we have this month's Outdoors on the Farm episode with guest Tom Flory and a conversation with Iowa DNR wildlife biologist Andy Kellner. And finally Karol Aure-Flynn of Wells Fargo joins us to discuss the price increases of food ahead of the July 4th holiday.

Clayton Pope of Clayton Pope Commodities is our guest analyst this afternoon and this week you'll have to wait for the end of the show to hear bubbatrading.com's Todd Horwitz on price action and the economy.

For our June episode of Outdoors on the Farm sponsored by basecampleasing.com we have a conversation with Andy Kellner, Wildlife Biologist – Depredation Program, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, about wildlife and how it can affect farming, especially deer. This is the full, un-edited conversation.

U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) joins us to discuss the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, which recently passed the House, and addresses concerns about the bill, such as the creation of a special investigator position. Farmers/ranchers Casey Schumacher of Nebraska and Mark Putney of Iowa are in this week's Farmer Forum. Topics include status updates on their operations, weather-related challenges, expanding slaughter capacity, profit equity with packers, and various bills making their way through the House and Senate.

Matt Bennett of agmarket.net joins us to discuss managing the emotion of the market plus Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain shares price action perspective.

Today is summer solstice and thermometers across the country are rising up to the occasion. For an extended look at the weather we chat with Michael Clark of BAMWX. Then we have a special D.C. Signal to Noise conversation with Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer.

The markets are closed today in observance of Juneteenth. Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – has Eric MacPherson of Dawson Tire with him to make a special announcement. Plus Farm Journal's Chris Bennett joins us to talk about some of the recent stories he's been writing up. And Tanner Beymer, director of government affairs and market regulatory policy, explains NCBA's opposition to the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act that passed the House last week.

Don Roose of U.S. Commodities joins us for a conversation about the demand side of the grain markets and we review the inflation situation.

The markets are closed in observance of Juneteenth. Our guest analyst this afternoon is Professor Chad Hart of Iowa State University's department of economics plus we get chart updates from Cary Artac of Artac Advisory.

This week's Friday Free-for-all features Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer, RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney, and our own Davis Michaelsen. Topics discussed included the Federal Reserve's rate hike, the impending recession, Putin's game, Ukraine possibly applying for E.U. membership, the January 6th hearings, House passage of H.R. 7606 – and its chances in the Senate and more.

Steve Freed of ADM Investor Services give us a lot to think about this afternoon w/r/t the grain trade and global fundamentals. Price action perspective from Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures.

Greg Henderson, editorial director of Drovers, joins us to discuss details of the situation with livestock dying in this record heat plus we have a conversation with Troy Bredenkamp, senior vice president of public and government affairs at the Renewable Fuels Association, about the impending passage of the Lower Food and Fuels Costs Act in the House.

The Fed raised interest rates by 75% of a point today. Jim Bower of Bower Trading is our guest analyst and we get reaction from him and from Todd Horwitz of bubbatrading.com. Plus Dean of Minnesota calls in to give us a crop update.

We welcome Doug Lapp to the program for a conversation on safety plus a harrowing story of an accident that was preventable – even though technically nothing illegal or incorrect occurred. Doug is president of Chester-Delaware County Farm Bureau (Pennsylvania) and the deputy chief of the fire department. We also have the Farmer Forum, with this week's panelists Jay Myers of North Dakota and Tim Burrack of Iowa.

We talk market fundamentals and decision-making with Andy Wold of Producer's Hedge plus Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain shares some price action perspective that stuck with us though the show.

With the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings taking place we wanted to get LaSalle Economics president Dr. Vince Malanga's perspective on possible results of those meetings, plus the inflation situation and energy prices. We follow that up with a conversation with Brian Grete of Pro Farmer on the markets and how factors like weather and the economy are impacting them.

Garrett Toay of AgTraderTalk joins us to discuss the economy, the Fed's next move, growing conditions, and market reactions from it all. Plus Jack Scoville of Price Futures Group shares price action perspective and Cary Artac has chart updates for July corn, July soybeans, and August feeder cattle.

Prices continue to climb on used equipment and there's apparently no end in sight. Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – discusses that, plus his Pick of the Week, and preview some upcoming auctions. On June 6th cattle producers shared their perspective on WOTUS at an EPA roundtable. Joining us to talk about it and upcoming rulings is Mary-Thomas Hart, environmental counsel at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.

And so Pork Week '22 comes to a close and we wrap it up and look back on the markets this past week through a conversation between Davis Michaelsen and Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge.

EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox and EPA Ag Advisor Rod Snyder join us to discuss $60 million funding announced today for nutrient pollution reduction in the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico watershed. Then The Friday Free-for-all panelists Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture and Tyson Redpath of The Russell Group share reactions, plus talk about the economy and grain in Ukraine.

Dr. Scott Brown, Director of Strategic Partnerships for the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri at Columbia, joins Davis Michaelsen for a deep dive into the pork market, including domestic and trade, for Pork Week. Plus Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures with price action perspective.

We talk about weather prospects for U.S. agriculture with Empire Weather's John Homenuk. And Phil Flynn of Price Futures Group chats with Davis Michaelsen about energy issues, including natural gas and diesel fuel prices. Then we meet Kiersteb Hafer and Neal Hull of the National Pork Board and discuss the benefits of ground pork.

Todd Horwitz of bubbatrading.com joins us to discuss many aspects of the economy, including inflation and interest rates, and has some advice for farmers (try and hedge if you don't need the money right now).

We hear from Dr. Jim Mintert, professor of Ag Economics at Purdue, about the sharp downturn in the latest Ag Economic Barometer where optimism in particular took a hit. And then we have a Pork Week Farmer Forum with pork producers Mike Berdo and Randy Francois.

Davis Michaelsen chats one-on-one with Steve Nicholson of Rabo AgriFinance about a wealth of market topics, including the global food crisis, China's economy, price trajectory, seasonal price patterns, and more. Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain talks price action.

Guest host Davis Michaelsen continues Pork Week '22 coverage with a fun conversation with Chef Charlie Torgerson, a.k.a. The Meat Guy. Chef Charlie talks about being named Minnesota Pork Board's Promoter of the Year and he shares his approach to cooking pork. Farm CPA Paul Neiffer of CLA Connect joins us from Washington D.C. to discuss issues with ERP and also how rising interest rates might affect land values. And Randy Dickhut of Farmers National Company to discuss land market trends, including seasonality sales, and why farm land is a good hedge against inflation.

Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge is guest host this afternoon and he has a conversation with Karen Braun of Thomson Reuters about fundamentals for acreage and conditions, plus the situation in Ukraine. Price action perspective from Jack Scoville of Price Futures Group and chart updates for July corn, July soybeans, and August feeder cattle from Cary Artac of Artac Advisory.

Pork Week 2022 has begun at Farm Journal and Jennifer Shike kicks things off for AgriTalk with a conversation about swine health with veterinarian Dr. Lauren Glowzenski of TriOak Foods in Iowa. Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks about his Pick of the Week with guest host Davis Michaelsen.

Josh Linville of StoneX makes time for us to discuss the price and availability of fertilizer and the various related markets.

For this week's Friday Free-for-all we have special guest U.S. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa join panelists Jim Wiesemeyer from Pro Farmer and Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture. Topics include EPA's pending announcement of RVOs, EPA and small refinery exemptions, Deere's announcement of future cab production being relocated to Mexico, fertilizer trade with China and Canada, and more.

This afternoon's guest analyst is Chris Robinson of Robinson Ag Marketing withprice action perspective from Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures.

We meet Ashlee Johnson of The Russell Group and talk about USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's proposal yesterday of transforming the food system. Jessica Kolterman of Lincoln Premium Poultry discusses the steps they took during the darkest days of the pandemic to ensure worker safety, which became a playbook for how to positively support the workforce in the meat processing industry.  

Mike Mock of Mike Mock Consulting is guest analyst this afternoon and our conversation covers the fundamental and technical outlook for grains. Plus price action and economic perspective with Todd Horwitz of bubbatrading.com.

Jon Doggett, CEO at the National Corn Growers Association, joins us to discuss the possibility of lifting tariffs on fertilizer inputs, the big week in store for ethanol, being able to continue pumping E15, and the threats to glyphosate and atrazene. Plus it's the Farmer Forum with Brad Nelson of Minnesota and Tim Gregarson of Nebraska.

This afternoon we welcome Jeff Peterson of Heartland Farm Partners to AgriTalk to share his thoughts on the markets amid the influences of global events. Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain talks price action and Jared Bernstein of the White House Council of Economic Advisers joins us to discuss President Biden's priorities for addressing inflation.

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst joins us from her 99 county tour to discuss USDA Secretary Vilsack's appearance before the Senate Ag Committee, ERP, 30X30, U.S. aid to Ukraine, and more. Then we have a special D.C. Signal to Noise episode with Jim Wiesemeyer and Chip Flory.

It is Memorial Day 2022 and we honor and remember those who lost their lives in defense of this country. The markets are closed but we still have a lot to discuss with Scott Davis of Bullpen Trading. Cary Artac of artacadvisory.com has chart updates for July corn, December corn and August live cattle.

Today we remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The markets are closed but we have a brand new show with conversations with Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete, Rachel Petitt – program director at Farmer Veteran Coalition, and Jordan Fife of BioUrja.

Steve Georgy of Allendale joins us this afternoon to talk about another wild week in the markets.

Things are heating up in the world, including the weather. This week's Friday Free-for-all discusses many of these issues, including ERP, renewable fuels, grain from Ukraine and more. Featuring panelists Jim Wiesemeyer from Pro Farmer, Shaun Haney from RealAg Radio, and Montana farmer Michelle Jones.

Dan Hueber of The Hueber Report is our guest analyst this afternoon plus we talk price action with Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures.

Veteran Milk Man Tim Haynes and Rookie Milk Man Kerry Estes join us to talk about their exciting roles in bringing the winners of the Indianapolis 500 cold, delicious milk. Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Geoff Cooper joins us to talk about the continuing effort to correct damaging misconceptions about ethanol, EPA's plan to establish a framework for RINs, and future goals for the RFA.