AgriTalk

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.

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.

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.

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. Plus, we meet new United Soybean Board CEO Courtney Knupp in a new episode of the Soy Checkoff Check-in.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.

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.

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.

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.

Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer at StoneX, talks about all the recent news surrounding fertilizer and potash. Jordan Fife, president of BioUrja Trading at BioUrja Group, shares perspective on another critically important input – diesel fuel. And Dr. Justin Glisan, State Climatologist for Iowa, talks about record rainfall this year in the Hawkeye State. Plus we have a new episode of the Soy Checkoff Check-in, featuring past United Soybean Board chair Phillip Good, who talks about USB's 35th anniversary.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We check in with Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D about getting crops out of the field and recording everything done during the year to maximize yield. It is National Farm Safety and Health Week 2026 and it is also Rail Safety Week 2026. We have Francis Eldecker, Iowa state coordinator for Operation Lifesaver join us to tell us about how to stay safe when crossing train tracks. Ken Ferrie of Crop-Tech Consulting talks about crop conditions and harvest challenges with the wet weather.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast joins us for the Friday Free-for-all, and we welcome Dr. Bart Fischer, research assistant professor and co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. Topics include the Farm Bill clearing a hurdle, Federal Reserve strategy with interest rates, energy costs, China's President Xi's planned visit to the U.S. and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyson Redpath is a principal with The Russell Group in Washington, D.C. and he joins us from the U.S. Capitol to discuss what's going on with the Farm Bill in the Senate Ag Committee. This week's Farmer Forum features Mark Mueller, chair with the Iowa Corn Growers Association, and Ryan Vos of Minnesota. Topics include crop conditions, managing the high costs of diesel fuel and fertilizer, hopes for the Farm Bill and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – shares his Pick of the Week and the prices fetched at other auctions of used farm machine equipment, plus details of his upcoming trip to Canada for an event. Ted Seifried is vice president and chief market strategist at Zaner Ag Hedge and he joins us to discuss the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Professor Dr. Michael Castellano of Iowa State University's Department of Agronomy joins us to discuss what the super El Niño means for anhydrous ammonia and manure timing this fall.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.