AgriTalk AM & PM

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio join us for the Friday Free-for-all. Chip had a conversation with USDA Under Secretary Richard Fordyce and we share four key answers about the Harvest Fuel Relief program and payment rates and schedules. Plus mid-term elections and many other topics are discussed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sherman Newlin of Zaner Ag Hedge is our guest market analyst followed by Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing plus Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures shares price action perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We chat with Doug Berven, vice president of corporate affairs at POET LLC, about the exciting potential for marine use of ethanol. Chris Johnson of Centrol Crop Consulting talks about SCN challenges in North Dakota. And Drovers editorial director Angie Stump Denton reports on the latest news concerning New World screwworm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have market analysis conversations with Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek followed by Alex Hodes of StoneX plus a mid-week cash grain report from Nick Tsiolis of Farmer's Keeper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

American Farm Bureau Federation vice president of public policy and economic analysis John Newton joins us for a conversation on potential fuel relief programs, fertilizer industry, farm bill and more. This week's Farmer Forum features Roger Cerven of Southwest Iowa and Jay Myers of North Dakota. They share progress reports on harvest and discuss their thoughts on various aid programs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angie Setzer of Consus Ag Consulting is our market analyst this afternoon followed by an ag weather outlook from Brian Bledsoe of Brian Bledsoe Weather and we have price action perspective from Matt Bennett of AgMarket.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We got off to a rough start but things settled down in time to catch up with the Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D. Then we get a cattle and livestock information download from Dr. Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University, who recently published a piece on LRP-BRAND and this morning had an op-ed in the New York Times on the price of hamburgers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Susan Stroud of No Bull Ag is our guest market analyst this afternoon and Cary Artac of artacadvisory.com and wickedstocks.com shares a chart update and stock watch. Jack Scoville of The Price Futures Group with price action analysis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – reports on several auctions, including a sale that is his Pick of the Week. Former USDA chief economist Joe Glauber is Research Fellow Emeritus in the Director General's Office at IFPRI and he joins us to discuss his report on LRP-BRAND. Dr. Darren Hudson of Texas Tech University analyzes Great American Cotton Plan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's time for the Market Roundtable and this week's panelists are Tommy Grisafi of Ag Bull Media and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Friday Free-for-all featuring Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture. Topics include USDA/NASS/WASDE fallout, midterm elections, China buys, North American trade talks, NOPA crush, a bizarre Farmer's Day video and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blue Line Futures senior market analyst Jason Gehler is our guest this afternoon, followed by Tyler Schau of AgMarket with cattle market analysis. Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures shares price action perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk with Paul Neiffer, The Farm CPA, about ARC and PLC payments on 2025 crop and how we're still lacking guidance on the federal fuel tax deferral. And Dave Delaney of EA Risk joins us to discuss the puzzling lack of demand for pork.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Water Street Solutions CEO Darren Frye is our guest market analyst this afternoon followed by Kyle Bumsted of Allendale, Inc. with cattle market analysis. Nick Tsiolis of Farmer's Keeper has a mid-week cash grain report.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kurt Kovarik, vice president, federal affairs, Clean Fuel Alliance America, joins us to discuss the new EPA proposal to reallocate 2025 small refinery exemptions. This week's Farmer Forum features Jed Bower of Ohio and Randy Uhrmacher of Nebraska.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist at StoneX, is our guest market analyst this afternoon plus Drew Lerner, president of World Weather, Inc., provides an ag weather outlook. Brian Splitt of AgMarket shares price action perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nate Franzen, president of ag banking at First Dakota National Bank/Landera Ag Finance, talks about the farm economy, challenges U.S. producers face, and reports on credit options for farmers. Troy Bredenkamp, senior vice president, government and public affairs at the Renewable Fuels Association, joins us to discuss EPA's reallocation plan for the “additional” SREs plus the Maersk/POET trial for ethanol used for marine vessels. U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson (IA-02) shares her vision for ag as she runs to represent Iowa in the U.S. Senate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The dust is still settling after last Friday and the WASDE Report release. Joining us to help analyze the beginning of this week's market action is Frayne Olson, NDSU Extension crops economist/marketing specialist. Plus, Cary Artac, of artacadvisory.com and wickedstocks.com with technical analysis and Jack Scoville of The Price Futures Group share price action perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get a Machinery Pete update from Greg Peterson on a recent auction he attended in Georgia, which includes his Pick of the Week. We meet new National Corn Growers Association president Matt Frostic of Michigan. And we hear from Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas, on his ag platform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Bennett of AgMarket.net joins us from the combine to try and sort through the aftershocks caused by the WASDE report released today. Zach Tindall of Producers Livestock talks cattle market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture discuss the threat of Hurricane Isaias to the Gulf Coast, diesel fuel deferral, grain quality, ag trade deficit, and a lot more in this week's Friday Free-for-all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This afternoon our guest market analyst is Kevin Duling of KD Investors followed by cattle market insight from Chris Swift of Swift Trading Company and price action perspective from Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Devin Mogler, president & CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association, joins us to discuss SRE announcement, bean crusher capacity, and new CHS plant announcement. Doug Hensley, president of Hertz Farm Management, provides an update on farmland prices, rentals and overall land values picture. Faith Parum, deputy chief economist at American Farm Bureau Federation, helps us better understand the idea of the federal fuel tax deferral. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Rand of Blue Line Futures joins us to discuss the ag markets plus Casey Rankin, field agronomist with Pioneer Hi-Bred, shares crop conditions in the SE corner of Nebraska, and Nick Tsiolis of Farmer's Keeper talks mid-week cash grain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Joana Colussi of Purdue University joins us to discuss the latest Ag Economy Barometer released by Purdue University/CME Group. And even during harvest we were able to find two farmers who could participate in the Farmer Forum while working in their combines: Bob Hemesath of Iowa and Chad Leman of Illinois.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing is our guest analyst this afternoon. Then we get an ag weather outlook from Brian Bledsoe of Brian Bledsoe Weather. And Matt Bennett of AgMarket.net shares price action perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D join us to offer their thoughts and ideas on some things farmers should be doing to finish this year and plan for 2027. President Trump made a big announcement on diesel fuel and Phil Flynn of The Price Futures Group shares his reaction.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This afternoon we have a conversation with Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics and Cary Artac of artacadvisory.com shares technical analysis plus The Price Futures Group's Jack Scoville breaks down today's price action.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Peterson – talks about an upcoming auction at Rebel Auction, Co. in Hazelhurst, GA with CEO Sam Maier and COO John Anderson. Plus he talks about his Pick of the Week. USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden joins us to discuss modernizing the IT infrastructure at USDA, re-organization efforts within the department, fertilizer and Project Meadowlark, salmonella mitigation, and more.  Paul Neiffer – The Farm CPA talks about crop insurance adjustments, ARC/PLC payments info update, SDRP-II top up payment, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this week's Market Roundtable we have DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing and Mark Schultz of Northstar Commodity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and John Newton, vice president of public policy and economic analysis at the American Farm Bureau Federation, join Chip Flory for this week's Friday Free-for-all. Topics include jobs data, interest rates, USDA re-organization, U.S.-China trade talks, diesel prices and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest this afternoon is Bree Baatz, grain and oilseed analyst with Terrain. Plus Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek talks cattle markets and Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures shares price action perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We wrap up our coverage of World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, sponsored by Herd-i. National Milk Producers Federation president and CEO Gregg Doud is a former U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the office of the United States Trade Representative. He joins us at World Dairy Expo to discuss the dairy industry and world trade. Corey Geiger is CoBank's lead dairy economist and he joins us at World Dairy Expo, where he was just named the Industry Person of the Year, to discuss the new report, titled: Higher-component Dairy Herds Capture Bigger Milk Checks. U.S. Representative Glenn "GT"...

Our coverage of World Dairy Expo continues with conversations about the dairy market with Mike North of Ever Ag and Robin Schmahl of AgMarket.net. Nick Tsiolis of Farmer's Keeper shares mid-week cash grain analysis. Sponsored by United Animal Health.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are in Madison, Wisconsin at World Dairy Expo 2026 with coverage made possible by Alltech. This morning we talk with Dairy Management chair Marilyn Hershey and meet new CEO Corey Scott. And we have a special dairy Farmer Forum with Val Lavigne of New York, Charles Krause of Minnesota, and Farm Journal's Milk editorial director Karen Bohnert of Illinois.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cory Bratland of AgMarket.Net is our guest market analyst this afternoon, followed by meteorologist Eric Snodgrass from Nutrien Ag. Brian Splitt, also of AgMarket.net, joins us for price action and technical analysis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U.S. Senator John Boozman of Arkansas is the chairman of the Senate Ag Committee and he joins us to discuss the journey of the Farm Bill so far through Congress. More rains are coming through Iowa and Dr. Charles Hurburgh, professor emeritus at Iowa State and a renown expert in grain quality, shares tips on what to watch for when harvesting and storage. Troy Deutmeyer is an agronomist at Pioneer and he talks about what he's seeing in the fields with the weather situation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ted Seifried is vice president and chief market strategist at Zaner Ag Hedge and he joins us this afternoon as our guest analyst plus Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, talks diesel fuel surcharges and other issues affecting farmer's profitability. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson, a.k.a. Machinery Pete, talks about his Pick of the Week among recent auction sales plus looks ahead to upcoming auctions. And Clean Fuels Alliance America CEO Donnell Rehagen joins us for a conversation about the bio-based diesel fuel and ethanol industries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We wrap up the week with a Friday Market Roundtable featuring Naomi Blohm of Total Farm Marketing and Brian Splitt of AgMarket.net. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.