AgriTalk-April 18, 2024

We talk with Tom Buis, CEO at American Carbon Alliance, about how the decline in price estimates for commodities illustrates the need for carbon capture projects. Economist Bernt Nelson of American Farm Bureau Federation joins us to discuss the USDA-NASS decision to eliminate some of their surveys.…

AgriTalk-April 17, 2024

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor shares details of her upcoming trade mission trip to India next week. Then we continue discussing ag trade in the Farmer Forum with April Hemmes of Iowa and Bill Flory of Idaho.

AgriTalk-April 16, 2024

NCGA president Harold Wolle joins us to discuss the top issues they're looking at, including the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience Act (FARMER). Jordan Fife, president of trading at BioUrja, gives us a few things to think about with the energy markets, including OPEC's …

AgriTalk-April 15, 2024

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – joins us to discuss his Pick of the Week and other auctions he's watching. Rob Fox is the director of the Knowledge Exchange Division at CoBank and he joins us to discuss "sticky inflation" and potential moves the Federal Reserve might make. Dr. Megan Niederwerder, …

AgriTalk-April 12, 2024

Trish Cook, pork farmer and former president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, joins us froom Washington, D.C. where she visited with U.S. Senator Joni Ernst to discuss exporting Iowa pork. Then this week's Friday Free-for-all features Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer and U.S. Farm Report's Tyne M…

AgriTalk-April 11, 2024

Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor joins us to talk about late season disease in Argentina's corn crop. Agronomist Missy Bauer of B&M Crop Consulting discusses early season corn planting. Plus, the next episode of the Soy Checkoff Check-in podcast.

AgriTalk-April 10, 2024

Some changes are afoot with USDA-NASS and we have Lance Honig, acting director of the Methodology Division, to take us through the surveys that are being discontinued. Then we have a Farmer Forum with Iowa State Representative Chad Ingels and Jay Myers of North Dakota.

AgriTalk-April 9, 2024

We talk with Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, as we're starting to pickup hints on what the final GREET model will be that will ultimately if corn-based ethanol has a pathway to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

AgriTalk-April 8, 2024

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley joins us to discuss the questions he's hearing from constituents in Iowa as he travels through 99 counties, including prospects for the Farm Bill, trade, and more. Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – shares tributes for recently departed friends, sale prices from recent auc…

AgriTalk-April 5, 2024

It's time for the Friday Free-for-all and we spend some time talking about government spending with Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer and RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney.