AgriTalk

We have a conversation with USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach and the Farmer Forum with Nick Giordano of the NPPC and Illinois pork producer Chad Leman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk cotton outlook this morning, including a few thoughts from Professor Emeritus O.A. Cleveland. Paul Neiffer of CliftonLarsonAllen joins us to explain some important details for farmers/ranchers/small business owners on the new relief package. And Roger Johnson is one of the four living past presidents of the National Farmers Union and they sent a letter to President-elect Biden urging him to blaze a trail for climate change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – gives us his Pick of the Week and reports on the amazing run of record-breaking auction prices that continues. We catch up with NCGA CEO Jon Doggett and get his reactions on some of the appointments made for the in-coming Biden administration. Dr. Mark Welch of Texas A&M joins us to provide his perspective on the outlook for sorghum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest host Clinton Griffiths moderates the Friday Free-for-all today with Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer, RealAg Radio's Shaun Haney, and Farm Journal news director John Herath. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning guest host Tyne Morgan talks about carbon with Steve Cubbage, VP of Data Services at Farmobile, Mike Frank, Executive VP and CEO of Retail at Nutrien Ag Solutions, and Rebekah Carlson, Agriculture Supply Lead at Nori. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From RealAg Radio we have Shaun Haney sitting in for Chip Flory. He has a conversation with Mike North of Commodity Risk Management Group about the outlook for dairy. Then we welcome two newcomers to the Farmer Forum: dairy farmer and vice president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Dave Daniels, and dairy farmer and author Jessica Peters of Pennsylvania. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgDay's Clinton Griffiths is this morning's guest host is joined by Arlan Suderman of StoneX to talk about the outlook for wheat. Then Eric Snodgrass of Nutrien Ag Solutions provides his perspective on drought, winter, La Nina, and South American weather. Farm Journal's Chris Bennett joins us to talk about some of the most interesting stories he's written up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyne Morgan of U.S. Farm Report is this morning's guest host. She chats with Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete, plus Seth Meyer, Associate Director and Research Professor at the University of Missouri. Then we have a conversation with Ashley Arrington of Agri Authority about what farmers should be doing as the year comes to a merciful end. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This afternoon we welcome first time guest Greg McBride of Allendale to AgriTalk and he shares his perspective on many markets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the Friday Free-for-all with Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer, RealAg Radio's Shaun Haney, and special guest participant U.S. Representative Cindy Axne (IA-03) who shares some breaking news and provides her reactions to the House ag committee chairman and USDA secretary appointments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chad Hart, associate professor of economics at Iowa State University (home of the Big 12 Champion Cyclones), joins us to discuss the outlook for the soybean market. Then Phil Flynn, senior account executive at Price Futures Group, talks about the building market for crude oil and alternate energy pros and cons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're talking cattle today starting with the outlook for the market according to Don Close, senior animal protein analyst of Rabo AgriFinance. Then this week's Farmer Forum features ranchers Casey Schuhmacher of Nebraska and Charlie Kruse of Missouri. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa has gotten over his bout with COVID-19 and he joins us to talk about a potential relief bill and possibility for Phase Two. Retiring U.S. Representative Mike Conaway reflect on his time in the House and what he'll be watching for, particularly from the ag committee, in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning we have a conversation with Dan Basse of AgResource Company about the outlook for corn. Ann Duignan of JP Morgan talks about financial risk vs. opportunity, Brazil, and what improved conditions in the U.S. could mean. Plus Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – joins us to report on recent auction prices and his Pick of the Week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's Farmer Free-for-All Chip talks with Jim Wiesemeyer, Shaun Haney, and John Newton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.