Agriculture of America

Monday, November 2nd (MIKE ADAMS FILLING IN)

1) Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst at Barchart,

2) John Baranick, DTN Weather,

3) Duane Simpson, NCFC President,

4) Jake Zajkowski, DTN Ag Policy Editor,

On this weekend’s episode of AOA, powered by Cenex, we spend the first half of the show discussing water challenges in certain areas of farm country and the idea of cloudseeding as Shane Leonard from Rainmaker joins us for a conversation. Then, we dive into the topic of affordability, attainability and availability of housing in rural America. Ben Goehner, Co-Founder & COO of Western Dominion Land Co. joins us for that conversation.

On Friday’s AOA, powered by Cenex, we share some news headlines before listening back to some Best-Of AOA conversations from earlier this month with USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development Glen Smith and USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins. Then we close the show with another Best-Of conversation with Taylor Wetli from Solinftec in Segment Four.

On the Thursday, October 29th episode of AOA, powered by Cenex, we begin the show by sharing a conversation between FARM’s Susan Littlefield and Courtney Knupp, the new CEO of the United Soybean Board. In Segment Two, we learn more about the new partnership between AirBnB and American Farmland Trust to launch the ‘Farm to Stay’ Grant Program, offering farmers and ranchers up to $10,000 to tap into the growing agritourism industry. Ashley Brucker, American Farmland Trust Senior Manager of Grantmaking, Brighter Future Fund, joins us to discuss. In Segment Three, we look at the impacts of inflation on farmers and rural landowners with Jeramy Stephens from National Land Realty. Then in Segment Four, we close the show with an agronomic and harvest update from Brad Mason, Pioneer field agronomist in Illinois.

Wednesday, October 28th

1) Cory Bratland

2) Greg Soulje, Ag Meteorologist

3) Josh Baethge, Farm Progress Policy Editor, STREAMYARD

4) Curt Blades, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, STREAMYARD

Tuesday, October 27th

1) Dr. John Newton, American Farm Bureau,

2) Abbi Groves, CoBank Dairy,

3) Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien,

4) Garrett Toay, AgTraderTalk,

Monday, October 26th

1) Darin Newsom,

2) John Baranick,

3) Josh Linville, VP of Fertilizer at StoneX,

4) Matt Russell, executive director of the Iowa Farmers Union,

On this weekend’s episode of AOA, powered by Cenex, we begin the show discussing how to maximize the ROI of your fall fertilizer application with Roland Leatherwood, Field Solution Agronomist for The Mosaic Company, in Segment One. Then in Segment Two, we learn more about Airbnb and American Farmland Trust announcing the ‘Farm to Stay’ Grant Program, which will offer farmers and ranchers up to $10,000 per grant to start or expand an agritourism stay or experience. Ashley Brucker, American Farmland Trust Senior Manager of Grantmaking, Brighter Future Fund, joins us to discuss. In Segment Three, we learn more about the documentary World Without Cows as FARM’s Susan Littlefield shares a conversation with Alltech President and CEO Dr. Mark Lyons. Then we close the show in Segment Four and discuss how to work this fall to give your fields a clean start next spring as Dr. Chris Mayo, HELM Crop Solutions technical sales agronomist, joins the show.

On today’s AOA, powered by Cenex, we begin the show with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) who joins us to discuss the Harvest Fuel Relief announcement, an update on the Farm Bill and more. In Segment Two, we have a conversation about FDA's proposed GRAS rule and a petition to limit additives in food as Brian Ronholm, Director of Food Policy at Consumer Reports, joins the show. Then in Segment Three, we sit down for a conversation with EPA Region 7 Administrator Jim Macy, who covers Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri. Finally in Segment Four, we have an ag lending conversation with Dinese Watson, Senior Vice President and Ag Lending Manager at Merchants Bank.