Friday on AOA, we get an update on this week's activity on Capitol Hill and hear about the idea of a two-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill from Jerry Hagstrom of The Hagstrom Report. In Segment Two, we recap the September WASDE Report from USDA and discuss markets with Brady Huck from Advance Trading Inc. Then in Segment Three, we dive more into the Farm Bill conversation, ag policy outlooks for both presidential candidates and more with Jonathan Coppess, Director of the Gardner Agriculture Policy Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We wrap the show with a look at ag news headlines heading into the weekend.

Tuesday on AOA, we take a look at the markets and discuss whether or not a seasonal harvest rally is starting or not in grains with Garrett Toay from Ag Trader Talk. In Segment Two, we have a conversation with South Dakota Farmers Union President, Doug Sombke, who is in Washington D.C. this week as part of the National Farmers Union D.C. Fly-In. Next up in Segment Three, we go over the latest meat export numbers and learn about a trade trip on-going in Japan with U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom and Ross Havens from Cattlemen's Beef Board and a member of the USMEF Executive Committee. Then, we wrap the show with a look at ag news headlines.

On Monday's AOA, we start the show with a look at early week market action as DuWayne Bosse from Bolt Marketing joins the show. In Segment Two, we look at weather for the week ahead including the latest on tropical activity in the Gulf of Mexico with DTN Meteorologist John Baranick. In Segment Three, we highlight a recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Wisconsin-Madison that identifies the first cases of multiple-herbicide-resistant giant ragweed in Wisconsin and the first ever incidence of Group 14-resistance in these weeds. Dr. Rodrigo Werle from UW-Madison joins us to discuss. Then in Segment Four, we learn about a Nebraska sheep producer who is producing pelletized sheep wool to use as a fertilizer and soil amendment for your plants. Megan Landes-Murphy from Kestrel Ridge Pellet Company joins us to discuss.

For the September episode of The Monthly Grind with the National Corn Growers Association, we discuss the Agriculture Trade Deficit Forecast with Nancy Martinez (NCGA Director of Public Policy, Trade and Biotechnology) and Matthew Poe (NCGA Market Development Action Team Member (MDAT) from Mississippi).