Bob Hemesath is a board member at the National Corn Growers Association and was recently elected president of Farmers for Free Trade. He joins us to discuss his new role and his vision leading the advocacy group. The Farmer Forum follows featuring Kevin Paap of Minnesota and Dennis Bogaards of Iowa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgriTalk-Febraury 21, 2024

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The latest Ag Economy Barometer was released today and Dr. Jim Mintert, Director, Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University joins us to talk about the results. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. of Kansas joins us to talk about Chairwoman Stabenow's Farm Bill proposal and what wants to see in the next Farm Bill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgriTalk-May 7, 2024

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks about various auctions for used farm he's watching plus his Pick of the Week. May is Mental Health Awareness Week so we have a conversation with Ted Matthews of farmcounseling.org who shares some helpful hints to deal with stress. And Leslie Garcia, associate director for Regulatory, Sustainability, & Stewardship at Valent, joins us for a third conversation in in the 2024 Be Sure! campaign with AgriTalk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgriTalk-May 6, 2024

Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer and RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney join Chip and Davis for the Friday Free-for-all. Topics include the Farm Bill, reviewing reactions to GREET Model, railroad strike in Canada, latest jobs data and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgriTalk-May 3, 2024

The House Ag Committee Chairman's Mark of the new Farm Bill was released this week and we have former House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson join us to share his thoughts about it and the prospects of passing this year. Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer reports on both the House and Senate Farm Bill proposals. Iowa Corn Growers Association president Jolene Riessen shares reaction to the GREET Model announcement. And USB board director Gary Berg joins us for a new episode of The Soy Checkoff Check-in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgriTalk-May 2, 2024

The Farm CPA Paul Neiffer and Continuum Ag's Mitchell Hora join us to share perspective on 40BSAF-GREET2024. This week's Farmer Forum features Kevin Ross from Iowa and Chad Leman from Illinois. And we have a new episode of the Soy Checkoff Check-in with guest Lucas Lentsch, CEO of United Soybean Board. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgriTalk-Febraury 21, 2024

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