AgriTalk

We have a Wednesday Free-for-all this week to close out the year. Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio join us to review 2025, with Jim grading some of the key members of President Trump's cabinet, and look ahead to priorities for 2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clean Fuels Alliance America CEO Donnell Rehagen joins us to discuss important news from California yesterday on biodiesel, plus outlook for 2026. The Packer's Christina Herrick and Walt Duflock of Western Growers join us to discuss issues affecting produce on the West Coast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The used machinery market shows now slow down during this Holiday Season. Greg Peterson/Machinery Pete previews five auctions occurring this week. And Margy Eckelkamp joins us to preview Top Producer Summit 2026. Go to tpsummit.com for more info.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our coverage of NAFB Trade Talk continues this morning after Christmas featuring conversations with Lance Meyer and David Gereau of Case-IH, Natalie Breakfield of NewLeaf Symbiotics, and Mike Howell of Nutrien.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merry Christmas! Last month Chip Flory recorded many interviews with various people associated with ag companies and advocates. This morning we present those conversations with Jared Benson and Val Dolcini of Syngenta, Philip Good of the United Soybean Board, and Tony Wisker of Great Plains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Grant Garnder, an ag economist at the University of Kentucky, joins us to discuss the results of the latest Ag Economist's Monthly Monitor. Our last Farmer Forum for 2025 features Tim Recker of Iowa and Mike Appert of North Dakota. Topics include reaction to the bridge payments plan, what kind of support are farmers really looking for from the White House, looking back on 2025, and looking ahead to 2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D join us to discuss crop strategy and budgeting for 2026. Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives joins us to look back on 2025 plus share thoughts on what he expects in 2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get a Machinery Pete update from Greg Peterson, including his Pick of the Week, plus other impressive auction prices and thoughts on the machinery market – both new and used. American Farm Bureau Federation will hold their annual convention January 9-14 in Anaheim, California. FB vice president of public policy and economic analysis John Newton joins us to preview the convention and share thoughts on the announced bridge payments, EPA dergulation, new Farm Bill, and E15.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning's Free-for-all features Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio. Topics include potential additional aid, USTR confirmed, China, inflation, E15 in California and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lee Schulz, Chief Economist, Ever.Ag recaps a wild 2025 cattle market, previews Cattle on Feed Report and provides insight on pork vs. beef demand. Jordan Fife BioUrja Group, joined Chip to detail changes to 45Z via OBBB coming with start of new year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Special interests related to renewable fuels have been part of the push to investigate China shortfalls on ag purchases. Growth Energy's senior vice president for regulatory affairs Chris Bliley joins us to discuss the issue. Jay Myers of North Dakota and Bob Hemesath of Iowa join us for this week's Farmer Forum. Topics include trade plus Chinese purchases, bridge payments, inputs plans for next year and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Leach of Farm Journal's MILK and dairyherd.com is also a dairy farmer in Wisconsin and she joins us to share information on the recent discovery of cattle in Wisconsin with Avian Influenza. The Farm CPA, Paul Neiffer, talks about details for Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) plus the deadline this Friday for certifying acres.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip is back and Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete is the perfect guest to get him re-acclimated. We hear about his Pick of the Week and he's traveling to some auctions out East this week. Pete Meyer of Muddy Boots Ag joins us to talk about the latest Ag Economist's Monthly Monitor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Davis Michaelsen moderates this week's Friday Free-for-all featuring Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio. Topics include funding the bridge payments, allocating aid and is it enough, the future of USMCA and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nutrien Agronomy Senior Science Fellow Eric Snodgrass joins us to discuss domestic weather for the rest of the year, including how long the La Niña influence might be expected to last. And April Hemmes of Iowa and Ted Hamer of Iowa are in this week's Farmer Forum. They talk about the pros and cons of federal assistance and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farmer National Company president Paul Schadegg talks about land values, challenges from winter weather, the role investor-buyers play in prices, and how bridge payments stand to help the ag economy. Phil Flynn of The Price Futures Group joins us to discuss the energy markets, including producing and trading oil, diesel prices for agriculture, exporting natural gas, and geopolitics that impact it all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip is off this week and Davis Michaelsen is covering this week's morning shows. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa joins us to discuss possible China purchases, financial aid for farmers, and E15 status. Greg Peterson/Machinery Pete is on the road headed to another auction but he calls in to talk about his Pick of the Week plus other auctions he's watching. And U.S. Farm Report's Tyne Morgan talks about the new studio complex in Kansas City and a few news items.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture join Chip Flory and Davis Michaelsen for the Friday Free-for-all. Topics include renewing USMCA, House Farm Bill status, New World screwworm status, and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning we had conversations with Renewable Fuels Association chief economist Scott Richman, National Corn Growers Association president Jed Bower, and former National Association of Wheat Growers president Bill Flory.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are in Salt Lake City at the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) Conference & Expo, with coverage sponsored by Atticus. We have conversations with Mike Roudi of Emergent Connext, Richard Gupton and Hunter Carpenter of ARA, and Joe Glauber of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Emeritus Dr. Jim Mintert of Purdue joins us to discuss the latest Ag Economy Barometer, which saw an uptick since last month. We have this week's Farmer Forum day early to make way for ARA Convention coverage tomorrow. Joining is Scott Berger of Iowa and Tim Gregerson of Nebraska. Topics include navigating these challenging times of high prices of purchases and low prices of sales and plans for next year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off December 2025 with two popular and extraordinarily-informed guests: Greg Peterson, better-known as Machinery Pete, and Paul Neiffer, himself also known as The Farm CPA. Greg talks about his Pick of the Week and Paul has a calculator for SDRP Stage 2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our post-Thanksgiving Friday Free-for-all. It was recorded pre-Thanksgiving on Wednesday so if there was some major policy news since then we’ll talk about it on Monday. Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio join us to discuss tariffs, the Federal Reserve, E15, Brazil, China, and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Thanksgiving from AgriTalk! For this show we present conversations recently recorded at NAFB's Trade Talk event. Our guests are American Soybean Association president Caleb Ragland, National Corn Growers Association president Jed Bower, and in-coming A.S.A. president Scott Metzger.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National Sorghum Producers CEO Tim Lust joins us to discuss some of the industry news and priorities going forward. And our Farmer Forum features Tim Burrack of Iowa and Ken McCauley of Kansas. Topics include the cash crunch, including high prices for everything, and what farmers are looking for to help through these challenging times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D. U.S. Meat Export Federation president and CEO Dan Halstrom joins us to discuss USDA's announcement of accepting applications for funding under the 2026 America First Trade Promotion Program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks about his Pick of the Week, which fetched an amazing record high, plus he previews several upcoming auctions throughout the midwest and one in Canada. Dr. Ernie Goss joins us to run through the results of Creighton University's latest Rural Mainstreet Index, which includes 1-in-3 bankers indicate a rural economy recession. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives joins us for the Friday Free-for-all and we welcome a new panelist, Callie Eideberg of The Vogel Group. Topics include changes to grocery-related tariffs, biofuels policies, SDRP-2, present final WOTUS rule, skinny Farm Bills and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgDay's Clinton Griffiths is our guest host this morning and he has conversations with Jackson Takach of Farmer Mac about the results of a recent ag lender survey, U.S. Congressman Sam Graves about the latest WOTUS rules, and Farm Journal's Chris Bennett on the issue of government overreach on private land.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margy Eckelkamp of thedailyscoop.com joins Davis Michaelsen to discuss A.I. plus fertilizer and the latest developments on the railroad merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. Then our Farmer Forum features Brent Judisch of Iowa and Sherman Newlin of Illinois.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NCBA chief counsel Mary-Thomas Hart joins us to share reaction and analysis of EPA's announcement of a "final" WOTUS rule. Drew Lerner of World Weather, Inc. talks about U.S. and South American weather over the coming weeks/months. The Farm CPA Paul Neiffer breaks down USDA's SDRP2 program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – joins us to share his Pick of the Week plus report on other recent auctions and preview a few more. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley joins us to discuss several ag-related issues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and The Farm CPA Paul Neiffer join us for the Friday Free-for-all the exchange news and ideas on the government re-opening, tariffs affecting prices, chaos in the cattle industry and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

College Roadshow is at the University of Tennessee this week and we have an enjoyable visit with Keith Carver, senior vice chancellor and senior vice president of the UT Institute of Agriculture. Bill Lapp of Advanced Economic Solutions joins us to help preview the reports from USDA on crop production and supply & demand that will be released tomorrow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Sell of Combest, Sell & Associates joins us to share perspective on the federal government re-opening and the possible residual inconveniences the public may yet need to deal with. This week's Farmer Forum features Gene Millard of Missouri and Randy Francois of Iowa. Topics include harvest/operation reports and thoughts on tampering with the cattle market and whether or not the country is headed in the right direction.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk about seed with Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D followed by Professor Derrell Peel, extension specialist for livestock marketing at Oklahoma State University, about the possibility of new investigations into the Big Four packers. Then we hear a different perspective on the situation from conversation between Michelle Rook and Bill Bullard of R-Calf.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson/Machinery Pete joins us for his weekly report including his Pick of the Week and preview several up-coming auctions of used machinery equipment. And we meet Rebecca Eifert Joniskan of the Indiana State Poultry Association who talks about some of the things that department does but also shares information about the recent discovery of bird flu in the state, which is earlier than usual.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Friday Free-for-all features guests Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio. Topics include EPA announcements this morning, trade deal with China, continuing government shutdown, USDA reports coming out next week and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lots of hot topics discussed with our guests this morning. John Newton is vice president of public policy and economic analysis at American Farm Bureau Federation and he joins us today to talk about trade, tariffs, and the cattle/beef market. Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Geoff Cooper discusses record ethanol production, status of year-round E15, and EPA on re-allocations on SREs. And Steve Nicholson, global sector strategist for grains & oilseeds at Rabobank, shares perspective on the trade deal with China, including purchase agreements.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Purdue Professor Emeritus Dr. Jim Mintert joins us for our monthly update on the latest Ag Economy Barometer plus we have a Farmer Forum with Kelly Garrett of Iowa and Kevin Paap of Iowa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're covering the final Sustainable Ranchers Tour of 2025 down in Kingsville, Texas. We have conversations with James Clement III of Bloody Buckets Cattle Company, host of the event, Dr. Richard Machen of the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, and Bain Wilson and Tim Lockhart of Ranchbot Monitoring Solutions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – has quite a list of upcoming auctions, including his Pick of the Week. But he also has some notable sale price highlights in this week's used equipment report. After hearing last week about producers and the recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Competition Issues in the Seed & Fertilizer Industries, this morning we have a follow-up conversation with The Fertilizer Institute's president and CEO Corey Rosenbusch on the debate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Friday Free-for-all with Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture exchanging insights with Chip and Davis on the new trade deal with China, government shutdown, USMCA, Mexican cattle, and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob Elliott, co-founder and CEO/CIO at Unlimited Funds, joins us to discuss the Federal Reserve move announced yesterday. College Roadshow is at Kansas State University and Professor Joe Parcell, director at the Center for Risk Management Education and Research, talks about K-State's ag school. And Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist for StoneX Group, shares his perspective on the trade deals with China announced by the White House.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Iowa Corn Growers Association president Mark Mueller joins us after returning from Washington, D.C. where he submitted written testimony regarding seed and fertilizer competition to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Our Farmer Forum features farmer/rancher Mike Berdo of Washington, Iowa and dairy farmer Dwayne Faber of Washington state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We check in with Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D to hear what they've learned from this year with planting/growing/harvest. And we have a conversation with Justin Tupper, president of the U.S. Cattlemen's Association, about the relative high cost of beef mixed with comments from the White House plus potential imports and exports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson/Machinery Pete joins us to discuss recent auctions and a few upcoming auctions of used machinery equipment plus his Pick of the Week. We dig deep into the size of the 2025 corn and soybean crops with Kevin McNew of Quantum Hedging.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Randy Russell of The Russell Group join the Friday Free-for-all this week. Topics include the governments shutdown, President Trump and the cattle market, trade meeting off with Canada/on with China, FSA offices open, Argentine beef and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new Ag Economist's Monthly Monitor has been completed and Jacquie Holland, economist with the American Soybean Association, joins us to review the results. College Roadshow is at South Dakota State University this week and Londa Nwadike, David A Thompson Endowed Department Head/Professor, talks about SDSU's ag school, especially the dairy program. And Zoetis has sponsored an important message for the pork industry concerning PRRS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas joins us to discuss the opening of FSA offices, his meeting this morning with USTR Ambassador Jamieson Greer, and his message to U.S. beef producers. Phil Flynn of The Price Futures Group talks about energy markets including bulging supplies of crude oil. And we have a Farmer Forum with Chad Leman of Illinois and Chase Dewitz of North Dakota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National Cattlemen's Beef Association senior vice president of government affairs Ethan Lane joins us to share reaction to various news-making comments from President Trump concerning the beef industry. Weather changes are literally in the air and we have Kevin Marcus of Marcus Weather Consulting join us to talk about potential weather patterns as harvest wraps up, plus the months ahead both here and abroad.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.