AgriTalk-July 11, 2025

A lot has happened over the past week and the Friday Free-for-all dissects news that concerns U.S. agriculture. Policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer and RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney join Chip and Davis to discuss New World Screwworm, no amnesty for migrant farm labor, evasive trade deals and a lot more.

AgriTalk-July 10, 2025

So many challenges facing producers right now. We have some help starting with The Farm CPA's Paul Neiffer breaking down the recent USDA announcement on Supplemental Disaster Relief Program. Then Ashley Arrington, director of real estate lending at Ag Resource Management, talks about the ag economy…

AgriTalk-July 9, 2025

U.S. Senator John Boozman, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, joins us to discuss some details of the Reconciliation Bill and what they mean for U.S. farmers and ranchers, plus some priority initiatives for the future. Then we have a Farmer Forum with Garry Niemeyer of Illinois and Mi…

AgriTalk-July 8, 2025

We catch up with Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D to hear about the progress of their crops and advice for farmers. Then policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer shares his exhaustive report on what the One Big Beautiful Bill means for U.S. agriculture. And Trust in Food president Amy …

AgriTalk-July 7, 2025 AM

We have Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – join us for his customary report on used equipment, including his Pick of the Week. Ken Ferrie of Crop-Tech Consulting provides a crop progress report from his region in Illinois, including potential disease appearances, and he previews Corn and Soybean Coll…

AgriTalk-July 4, 2025 AM

For this Fourth of July morning edition of AgriTalk we draw from Andrew McCrea's Farming the Countryside podcast to feature three edited conversations with people our listeners are familiar with: David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D, Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture, and Matt Clark, senior rural …

AgriTalk-July 3, 2025

With tomorrow being Independence Day we convened our Free-for-all a day early just as the House is still working on voting on the "Big Beautiful Bill." Policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer and RealAg Radio's Shaun Haney discuss the budget reconciliation bill, trade negotiations, USDA reports, the Federal …

AgriTalk-July 2, 2025

Dr. Jim Mintert is emeritus professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University and he joins us to run through the results of the latest Ag Economy Barometer, where there was a bit of a down-tick. Our Farmer Forum features Continuum Ag's Mitchell Hora of Iowa and Ron Suppes, hard white wheat p…

AgriTalk-July 1, 2025

Chris Bliley, senior vice president of regulatory affairs at Growth Energy, joins us today to update us on the score on biofuels progress, including Washington, D.C. and California. And Paul Neiffer – The Farm CPA – talks farm payments and tax bills.

AgriTalk-June 30, 2025

Not only does Greg Peterson – a.k.a. Machinery Pete – have four Picks of the Week, he now he has a Buyer of the Week story. And we welcome Chuck Lippstreu, president of Michigan Agri-Business Association, to AgriTalk to discuss the trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada and how vital a deal…