About this episode

The episode discusses the timeline for the Senate Ag farm bill, crop reports, county fair previews, and weather updates.

-Matt Kaye RFD Washington correspondent-The timeline for Senate Ag to mark up a farm bill before the summer break is fading with still no sign of a mark-up date. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Chairman John Boozman, & Senator Chuck Grassley -FarmWeek CropWatcher Gary Steward reports from Stark County -County Fair preview for the week -Weekly USDA crop numbers -Dennis Michaelsen WITY rain chances and air quality -Curt Strubhar Advanced Trading on soybean optimism

People in this episode

Guests: Matt Kaye, Gary Steward, Dennis Michaelsen, Curt Strubhar

Topics covered

• farm bill
• crop reporting
• county fairs
• USDA numbers
• weather
• soybean market

Keywords

• farm bill
• Senate Ag
• crop numbers
• county fair
• soybean optimism
• weather
• air quality

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Organizations: WITY, Advanced Trading

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