AgriTalk

Professor Jim Mintert of Purdue joins us for the latest Ag Economic Barometer results plus The Farmer Forum features IA State Representative Chad Ingels and Nebraska farmer Randy Urmacher talking about the cold temperatures and the Biden administration's plan to lower beef prices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Phil Flynn, energy analyst of Price Futures Group, joins us to discuss the OPEC+ meeting today, the market reaction to it, the global supply and demand balance, and more. Davis Michaelsen had a conversation with Josh Linville of StoneX about European natural gas values, plus trends with phosphate and potash prices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bharat Ramamurti, deputy director at the National Economic Council, joins us to explain the Biden administration's plan for more competitive and resilient meat and poultry supply chain. Congressman Rodney Davis (IL-13) talks about BBB and his priorities for 2022. And Machinery Pete gives us his Pick of the Week and talks about a very special episode of his television program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy New Year! Our last Friday Free-for-all of 2021 features Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer, our own Davis Michaelsen, and Iowa farmer Tim Burrack. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Geoff Cooper, president and CEO at Renewable Fuels Association, talks about the 40th anniversary of RFA and the things there have been accomplished plus the work ahead. And Rich Posson of Critical Point Podcast joins us to share his optimistic outlook for the 2022 economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pro Farmer editor Brian Grete and policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer reflect on 2021 and the stories and people that stood out in the ag industry. The Farmer Forum features Ben Riensche of Iowa and Glen Newcomer of Ohio and they talk about the things they've learned from 2021 and plans for 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Tarsi is the senior vice president of retail for Nutrien Ag Solutions and he joins us to discuss the supply chain issues and the ability to maintain an inventory to meet demand. Ed Vallee of Empire Weather provides some outlook for South American weather plus some of what we can expect in the U.S. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks about his Pick of the Week which comes from the Machinery Pete auction that ended last week. Paul Neiffer – The Farm CPA from CliftonLarsenAllen – joins us to provide some guidance and clear up some confusion about various tax situations as 2021 comes to a close. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merry Christmas! It is of course Friday so that means it's time for the Friday Free-for-all and we have Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer, RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney, and Iowa farmer Mark Recker to sift through the ag policy issues that made the news this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've heard the NCGA's position about fertilizer costs, now we have a conversation with Andy Jung, vice president, market & strategic analysis at The Mosaic Company about their position on the countervailing duties issue. Bob Noble, president of the Iowa Cattlemen's Association, joins us to discuss priorities for next year. And Tom Karst, editor in chief at Farm Journal's The Packer, talks about possible expectations for food inflation next year.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have an expanded conversation on various policy initiatives with Tom Sell, co-founder and manager of Combest, Sell & Associates. For this week's Farmer Forum we have Ken McCauley of Kansas and Kevin Ross of Iowa who discuss a wide variety of topics, including the NCGA and Mosaic and their thoughts on carbon farming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two particularly insightful conversations with our guests this morning. First, Dr. Andy Randolph, technical fellow at ECR Engines, talks about more practical and effective ways to gauge emissions than the EPA's idea of tracking MPG. Then Jon Doggett, CEO at the National Corn Growers Association, discusses the pressing issue with Mosaic and the efforts to end fertilizer tariffs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks about the auction that closes tomorrow on auctions.machinerypete.com plus he gives us his Pick of the Week. U.S. Representative Sam Graves shares his perspective on the blow that was dealt to the Build Back Better program, plus vaccine mandates and some of the things he's been working on. Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer talks about this morning's conversation with Fmr. Rep. Collin Peterson on the D.C. Signal to Noise podcast plus the new ruling regarding MPG standards in relation to lowering greenhouse gases. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio is guest moderator of the Friday Free-for-all and panelists Jim Wiesemeyer of Pro Farmer and Mark Recker of Iowa discuss a host of policy issues. Plus U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas calls in to report from his home state on visiting affected areas of the recent storm and he talks about the passing of Senator Bob Dole. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clinton Griffiths is this morning's guest host and first we get a first-hand account of initial damage caused by last night's severe winds that cut across much of the Midwest from John Jenkinson. Plus US Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks about plans to ease the trucking snarl by bringing in more candidates for CDLs plus he talks about implementation of the new infrastructure bill. Rob Fox, director of research at CoBank, discusses their recent projections for 2022. And Chip Flory has a conversation with IndigoAg’s Chris Harbourt about January 13th event called the Carbon Farming Connection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.