Ken Root, senior farm broadcaster with the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network, hosts a loopy and fun review of the week. He covers the markets and news from the past week. Most episodes feature an interview with a farmer, agribusiness, political figure or other figure important to Iowa farmers.

The markets made a full rebound today after closing lower on Friday following the WASDE report. Riley Smith visits with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures.

In today's show, Dustin wraps up his monthly chat with Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig, Riley goes over the November WASDE report numbers with Greg McBride of Allendale, and Mark has a featured conversation with Northwest Iowa Beck's Agronomist Eric Bartels.

In this week's episode of Weekend Ag Matters Mark Magnuson runs down the news headlines, Riley Smith speaks with Greg McBride of Allendale about the November WASDE report, Dustin Hoffmann is joined by Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, and Russ provides his faith-based segment.

The grain markets reacted very negatively to the November WASDE report, which was the first WASDE since September. Riley Smith visits with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group.

Lori Carter of Commstock joins Mark Magnuson in today's midday market podcast.

Tomorrow we will finally get our first WASDE report in 2 months. Riley Smith visits with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group.

In today's show, Dustin wraps up his featured conversation with Beck's Agronomist Greg Shepherd, Riley learns about the 50-year anniversary of New Holland's twin rotor technology, and we have a discussion on the top headlines impacting the ag commodity marketplace.

Riley Smith talks with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group.

In today's show, Dustin continues his featured conversation with Beck's Agronomist Greg Shepherd, and Riley talks with United Soybean Board Director Robb Ewoldt about driving soybean demand, and Mark brings us another clip of the latest episode of Pods of Potential.

In today's show, Mark brings us a clip of Senator Chuck Grassley's weekly ag conference call, Riley has more from yesterday's donation to the Food Bank of Iowa, and Dustin gets an agronomic update from DEKALB Asgrow Technical Agronomist Lance Goettsch.

Amanda Brill of Total Farm Marketing joins Mark Magnuson for today's midday market podcast.

Grains saw modest gains today, and livestock dropped lower again. Riley Smith visits with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group.

In today's show, Mark finishes his discussion on Zorina fungicide with Erick Garcia of BASF, Riley heads back out to the Food Bank of Iowa, and Dustin wraps up his conversation with DEKALB Asgrow Technical Agronomist Jim McDermott.

In today's show, Mark has more from the latest episode of Pods of Potential, Riley brings us additional coverage of the recent pork donation to the Food Bank of Iowa, and Dustin talks with DEKALB Asgrow Technical Agronomist Jim McDermott.

The markets are now preparing for a WASDE report to be released at the end of next week. Riley Smith talks with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures.

Friend of the network Pam Jahnke, Mid-West Farm Report, visits with Matt Ramsey, Livestock Services Manager with Purina Animal Nutrition and Land O'Lakes, Inc. Risk Management, about why the team was created and their focus on assisting dairy producers.

In this week's episode of Weekend Ag Matters: Riley Smith runs down the news headlines, Dustin Hoffmann has his monthly chat with Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig, Mark Magnuson learns about Zorina fungicide with Erick Garcia of BASF, and Russ Parker delivers his faith-based food for thought.

In today's show, Dustin continues his monthly chat with Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig, I get the latest South American Weather and Crop Update with Greg McBride of Allendale, and Mark brings us some of Senator Chuck Grassley's comments from his weekly ag conference call.

The markets are looking forward to hearing about President Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Riley Smith covers the closing markets with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group.

In today's show, Dustin talks about the federal shutdown with Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig, Riley visits with farmer Keaton Greiner in a clip from our third episode of the Beck's Hybrids Harvest Tour, and Mark has a featured conversation with Beck's Agronomist Eric Bartels.

In today's show, Dustin wraps up his conversation on the Nutrien Ag Solutions Allan potash facility, I talk about President Trump's recent comments on the cattle industry with Iowa Cattlemen's Association CEO Bryan Whaley, and Andy has a featured conversation with Beck's Agronomist Lee Koenigsfeld.

In this week's episode of Weekend Ag Matters Mark Magnuson runs down the news headlines, Riley Smith speaks with Bryan Whaley of the Iowa Cattlemen's Association, Dustin Hoffmann is joined by John Maman of Nutrien, and Russ provides his faith-based segment.

In today's show Mark talks to Eric Bartels, Northwest Iowa Beck's Agronomist, as well as Taylor Johnson in part of a conversation during our Beck's Harvest Videos. And Dustin continues his conversation in the mines of Saskatoon with Allan Potash General Manager Les Frehlich.

Cattle producers are watching as beef prices continue to drop in reaction to Trump's beef import plan. Riley Smith talks with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures.

In today's show Dustin talks with Les Frehlich at the Nutrien Ag Solutions Allan potash mine, Mark speaks with Tryston Beyrer of Mosaic about the Crop Nutrient Removal Calculator, and Riley gets the latest South America weather and crop update from Greg McBride of Allendale.

Jason Meyer of AgMarket.net joins Mark Magnuson for today's midday market podcast.

Riley Smith talks with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group.

In today's show Riley is joined by Mark Burns of CASE IH to learn about the newest additions to the Steiger line-up, Mark speaks with Tryston Beyrer of Mosaic about the Crop Nutrient Removal Calculator, and Riley presents a featured conversation with Ron Roling of AgriGold.

Trade talks are still dominating the grain markets, and the Argentinian beef import plan is rocking the livestock. Riley Smith talks with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group.

In today's show Riley continues his discussion with Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra, Andy speaks with Tama county farmer Tim Murty in a clip from our Beck's Hybrids Harvest Tour video series, and we discuss harvest progress.

In today's show Andy & Mark talk about the latest in Chinese trade situation, Mark talks to Mark Christianson about fall soil health in a featured conversation with Helena, and Dustin hears from Nutrien's Curtis Ferguson in the mines of Saskatoon.

John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing joins Mark Magnuson in today's midday market podcast.

The markets are still flying blind amid a government shutdown. Riley Smith talks with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures.

Ross Baldwin of AgMarket.net joins Mark Magnuson for today's midday market podcast.

In today's show, Riley talks about export estimates with Greg McBride of Allendale, Andy discusses harvest decisions in a featured conversation with Beck's Agronomist Greg Shepherd, and Dustin talks with Curtis Ferguson of Nutrien about their responsibility to the environment.

Riley Smith visits with Brandon Doherty of Total Farm Marketing.

Justin McKinney of Commstock joins Mark Magnuson for today's midday market podcast.

In today's show Andy is joined by Becks Agronomist Greg Shepherd, Mark talks to Mark Christianson about fall soil health in a featured conversation with Helena, and Dustin hears from Nutrien's Zoe Belanger in the mines of Saskatoon.

In this week's episode of Weekend Ag Matters: Riley Smith runs down the news headlines, Dustin Hoffmann talks potash with Zoe Belanger of Nutrien Ag Solutions, Mark Magnuson visits with Farmers Business Network Co-Founder Charles Baron, and Russ Parker delivers his faith-based food for thought.

Iowa Ag Matters for Friday October 10th. In today's show Andy is joined by Becks Agronomist Greg Shepherd, Riley talks to Greg McBride of Allendale about exports without reports, and Dustin goes into the potash mines near Saskatoon to learn about what Potash is.

Matt Bennett of AgMarket.net joins Mark Magnuson for today's opening market podcast.

In today's show Riley learns about the Farmers for Free Trade Motorcade for trade, Andy brings us coverage of the Farm Forward webinar from Pioneer, and Riley speaks with Elizabeth Burns-Thompson of the Modern Ag Alliance.

The markets are still looking for headlines to trade amid this government shutdown. Riley Smith talks with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group.

In today's show, Riley talks about new baler technology with Alex Burwager of New Holland, Mark has the opening comments from Senator Chuck Grassley's weekly press call, and we get an update on the conditions in South America from Greg McBride of Allendale.

In today's show, Riley has a featured conversation with Southern Iowa LG Seeds Agronomist Bryant Luers, Dustin wraps up his conversation on R-CALF's USDA lawsuit with Kara Collins of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, and Mark visits with Iowa Meat Processors Association President Lucas Van Wyk.

In today's show, Riley has a featured conversation with Vince Restucci of Valent, Dustin has the first part of his conversation on R-CALF's lawsuit against the USDA with Kara Rollins of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, and we learn more about GSI's latest dryer technology.