October 26, 2026—10-11—It’s YOUR Agri Business—Show 53-78

((From the Blackburn Studios in Downtown Sioux Falls—Welcome to our It’s YOUR Agri Business Show))

((MUSIC---THIS OLE HOUSE----Yee-Hah))

  I’m Bill Zortman and welcome to our It’s YOUR Agri Business Show—yes this officially in my retirement week with Mid-west Communication—we will cover a lot of territory—where we have been—and hopefully what we did was worth your time of listening and occasionally learning.

  Yes we will surpass 5380 shows that started here without agriculture being part of the shows on the air. As it was added---we worked even harder with so many others that helped us tell the stories of the #1 industry in South Dakota---agriculture…

   Lets start this Ag hour—with Casey Crabtree---who has been an ombudsman just like I’ve been---for me my first radio broadcasts were on scholarship at the University of Iowa---in 1964---62 years later—I’m closing this chapter in a multi-chapter set of recordings---that I have truly enjoyed.

    As we have done in the last couple of years---we have utilized Casey at the Bat----even though he is from Crabtree Stock----

    Thanks for joining us this Monday morning---what do you want us to know as we start this so very important Agri-Business Hour---

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     What are you seeing and hearing as we close this month of October----last week all kinds of lawmaker meetings—others are doing the fall harvest----and what else---

      What you see for the end of October and then into November---

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       And the importance of us having done an agri-business show---and be able to talk to so many of those farming and helping those in agriculture?

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       What farmers are telling you---------and there hopes for the close of 2026---

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          Casey Crabtree—thanks for all you do---and how you do it. Our listening audience appreciates your insight----and so do I----

         We’ll check with some of the morning numbers----we’ll visit McCook Central---- and their big win----Mr. Tree will be with us----Laura Edwards----Sioux Metro ----and much more---all part of our It’s YOUR Agri Business Monday show---

10:21/30—KELO Commercials

10:23/30---Ag Business 2

   We start this segment of the It’s YOUR Agri Business show with Nolan Clarke---Plains Commerce Bank----

   What we have learned with Plains Commerce is how they work so hard to include those in agriculture, those in business---newly marrieds –those moving in---or senior citizens---

    Talk to us Nolan about how Plains Commerce Helps and what they do-----

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     That could include Sioux Falls---smaller communities in South Dakota or perhaps even neighboring states---

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      Thanks to Plains Commerce for all they do---and just how they do it---

   Sarah Heinrich—KFGO Fargo has the Growing Harvest Network----next

10:29/00----Sarah Heinrich—Growing Harvest Network

10:31/00----Ag Business 3

----half way thru the 10:00 hour---we want you to have Matt Swenson---Swenson Commodities---with the mid-morning report on the grains and those livestock out there walking around---

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     People want quotes first thing in the morning---or late afternoon---can they get it?

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     Thanks for all you have done thru the years with your market quotes—and taking care of our listeners---

    Gerri Eide—FFA of South Dakota has quite the winner with her this morning---Dylan McGregor---McCook Center----

     What’s the story---on this winner---- National Beef---Dylan McGregor—from McCook Central---the National Beef Proficiency Winner------

     Dylan—Gerri—tell the story----

    Coming up----the Rock Report----all part of our It’s YOUR Agri Business Show---

10:40/00—KELO commercials

10:41/30---Ag Business 4

The Rock Report-----

Interviewing Mike Richardson—Executive Director of the Dacotah Territory international visitors program in Rapid City

   -----Would you share with us the history of your organization

   -----What services does your organization provide

   -----How big of an area does your organization cover—all of South Dakota? Portions of your neighboring sates?

   -----How many clients belong to your organization and overall, what do they specialize in?

   -----Why are your organizations services better than what your competitors have to offer?

   -----Is your organization Growing—if so why?

   -----What is your vision and what direction do you anticipate your organization to be within the next few years

   -----What is your organizations website?

   Mr. Tree---John Ball------where are we –what you are seeing—and what should we know?

   -----------Tree----

   Tyler Torgeson (Sioux Metro alliance))))

Pick a community—any-community---

----my last week as we will hit 5,380 shows in this series covering a dozen plus years----

   -----still more stops this week—and we appreciate all of you---and will try to help with what our friendly It’s YOUR Business and Agri Business Station will be doing in weeks, months and hopefully years ahead

---my time is up—thank you for yours…