Risks navigating the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump's upcoming trip to China, turmoil in the beef industry, and more topics are dicsussed in this week's Friday Free-for-all with Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives and Shaun Haney of Real Ag Radio.

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Don Close, senior animal protein analyst at Terrain Ag, joins us to talk about the cattle/beef industry, including the prospect of a strike at the JBS packing plant. North Dakota Farmers Union president Matt Perdue recently testified before the Senate Ag Committee on the importance of expanding domestic consumption of American agricultural products. He talks about the experience and the message he sent. And Curt Blades, senior vice president at AEM, helps us break down the equipment sales data for the U.S. and Canada.

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National Pork Board chief operations officer Alex Wibholm joins us to talk about last week's National Pork Industry Forum, the new "taste what pork can do" campaign, plus priorities for NPB going forward. This week's Farmer Forum features Brad Johnson of Minnesota and Sherman Newlin of Illinois. Topics include weather, reasons for optimism or concern, thoughts on more payments from Congress and more.

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Geoff Cooper, president and CEO at the Renewable Fuels Association, joined us to talk about the value E15 would bring to consumers as gas prices increase. Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast shares perspective on his recent interview with USDA Deputy Secretary Judge Stephen Vaden. And we get to know Haley Bickelhaupt, who will be the new AgDay anchor and also help with AgriTalk news.

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We get a report from Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – about recent auctions, including his Pick of the Week. We talk about E15, fertilzer prices and other topics concering Iowa Corn Growers Association president Mark Mueller. NCBA vice president of government affairs Ethan Lane shares perspective on the Farm Bill and Senator Schumer's bill.

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We've got the Friday Free-for-all going with Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio. Topics include the Iran conflict situation, including the Strait of Hormuz, House Ag Committee passing the Farm Bill, upcoming trade meeting and more.

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Dr. Seth Meyer is the director of the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri and he joins us to discuss the recently released report on what nationwide availability for E15 would mean for overall ethanol demand. Ambassador Julie Callahan is the chief ag negotiator at the U.S. Trade Representative's office and she joins us from Kansas City to discuss her message to the pork producers meeting there regarding trade, binding trade agreements with eight countries, the upcoming review of USMCA and more. And Lance Honig, director of Methodology Division at USDA-NASS the process for creating the Prospective Plantings Report.

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We welcome Dr. Joana Colussi, Research Assistant Professor, Commercial Agricultural and Production Economics at Purdue University, to talk us through the latest Ag Economy Barometer and trends in sentiments being seen this year so far. Then our Farmer Forum this week features Greg Anderson of Nebraska and Chad Leman of Illinois.

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We discuss weather and pre-spring prep and planting plus strip tilling with Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D. Steve Johnson, retired extension farm management field specialist at Iowa State University, talks about crop insurance prices. And Margy Eckelkamp of The Scoop talks with USDA Under Secretary Luke Lindberg about the ag trade balance.

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We get a report on recent farm equipment auctions from Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete. And we missed having a Free-for-all last Friday so we have a very timely one today with Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio and Callie Eideberg of The Vogel Group. Topics include Operation Epic Fury and markup of the Farm Bill in Congress.

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