AgriTalk

This morning Chip talks with Ed Vallee of Empire Weather and Daniele Sequria of AgRural. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning Chip has a conversation about farmer optimism with Dr. Jim Mintert of Purdue University. And then Mike Appert and Ben Riensche join Chip for our Farmer Forum.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip has conversations with Farm Journal's MILK editor Anna-Lisa Laca, AFBF Chief Economist John Newton, and CEO of Growth Energy Emily Skor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning's show includes conversations with Greg "Machinery Pete" Peterson and Randy Russell of The Russell Group.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's Friday Free-for-all features Jim Wiesemeyer, Shaun Haney and John Herath and they discuss some announced leaders in (almost official) President-elect Biden's future administration. We also hear some breaking news from Anna-Lisa Laca and a heartwarming experience shared by Jennifer Shike. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at AgriTalk and Farm Journal. Today we have our friend Andrew McCrea and his podcast Farming the Countryside provide three interesting conversations that may benefit farmers and ranchers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Scott Brown of Mizzou joins us to share his outlook on the pork industry, including challenges and areas of opportunity for 2021. Then the Farmer Forum features Mike Berdo and we meet Jen Sorenson, who is the president-elect of the NPPC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Whatley, v.p. of state and local affairs at the National Restaurant Association, returns to update us on the state of the restaurant industry in the United States. Rich Posson has a podcast called Critical Point and he's a trader analyst with Ag Financial Strategies. He joins us to discuss the economy and markets and the indicators he's looking at for what the future may hold. Laurel Caes is P.R. manager for Technology and Innovation at John Deere and she joins us to promote a special benefit virtual concert for Farm Rescue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – takes us through his Pick of the Week and some other impressive sales. Then Bill Bryant of Bryant Christie, Inc. joins us to discuss potential trade strategy. And Dr. Greg Tylka, nematologist at Iowa State U, offers some advice on what to watch out for and how to deal with it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farm Journal news director John Herath sits in for Chip Flory this morning and therefore moderates this week's Friday Free-for-all with Jim Wiesemeyer, Shaun Haney and Washington state dairy farmer Dwayne Faber. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest host Tyne Morgan has a conversation with Professor Glynn Tonsor of K-State about a recent survey he conducted about where people stand with dining in public even after a widely-distributed vaccine. And Karla Thieman of The Russell Group joins us to talk about the election, the need for bi-partisanship, and the chances of a new aid package before the new year. Blake Chance is a student at K-State and he has an invention that he builds here in America that worth taking a look at. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyne Morgan sits in for Chip this morning and her guest is Alan Hoskins from American Farm Mortgage. Plus it's the Farmer Forum and we have Ted Hamer and his son Caleb Hamer of Iowa and Michelle Jones of Montana. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nassim Fussell is a partner at Holland & Knight and has extensive federal trade policy experience. She provides her perspective on potential trade issues that a Biden administration may face, including Phase One with China. Today the American Farm Bureau Federation announced its participation in the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance. This group will be delivering more than 40 recommendations to Congress and the next presidential administration. Matt Plitt of Valent U.S.A. and Aiden Reilly of The FarmLink Project talk about their new partnership to minimize waste at the farm level and provide food to those who are struggling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clinton Griffiths sits in for a vacationing Chip Flory. Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – gives us his Pick of the Week plus talks about how hot the auction market has become over the past year. We get an update from National Rural Health Association CEO Alan Morgan about how rural hospitals have been coping this past year and the pressures being seen as COVID-19 ramps up. And Rodney Wilson of the American Red Cross talks about a special blood drive that kicks off today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgriTalk host Chip Flory, newsman Davis Michaelsen, Farm Journal news director John Herath, Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer, and Farm CPA Paul Neiffer all participate in today's Free-for-all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.