We are in Madison, Wisconsin for World Dairy Expo with coverage sponsored by Alltech. We have a special Dairy Farmer Forum with Karen Bohnert of Farm Journal's MILK and panelists Becky Nyman of California and Lolly Lesher of Pennsylvania.

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Randy Dowdy of Breaking Barriers with R&D talks about crop conditions for corn and beans as harvest has been ramping up, plus offers some advice for various scenarios. U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas talks about the McGovern-Dole Act and probability of a government shut down. Dr. Lee Schulz is chief economist for livestock at Ever Ag and he joins us to share perspective on last the Hogs & Pigs report released last week and what it means for the condition of the hog industry.

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Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete joins us to discuss his Pick of the Week, American Soybean Association president Caleb Ragland explains the critical situation producers are facing with the slowdown in trade, and NCBA CEO Colin Woodall provides important current information on the threat of New World Screwworm.

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This week's Friday Free-for-all features Chip and Davis joined by Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio. Topics include looming government shut-down, USDA, Brazil and China and more.

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College Roadshow is at Iowa State University this week and we talk with Dr. Chris Williams, director of Asphalt Materials and Pavement Program, and Prof. Eric Cochran of the Chemical and Biological Program about using soy to create more durable asphalt. Then Grant Gardner of the University of Kentucky joins us to discuss the latest Ag Economists Monthly Monitor. And NCBA CEO Colin Woodall shares reaction and information on a USDA announcement of a potential incentive plan to build the beef cow herd. 

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Hertz Real Estate Services president Doug Hensley joins Davis Michaelsen this morning for a conversation on land values in this present ag economy plus Sherman Newlin of Illinois and Brent Judisch of Iowa participate in the Farmer Forum.

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Michelle Rook sits in for Chip Flory this morning and her guests are Jay Truitt, pricipal at Policy Solutions, Krista Swanson, chief economist for the National Corn Growers Association, and Texas rancher Wayne Cockrell, director at Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and chair of our Cattle Health & Well-being policy committee.

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Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – shares his Pick of the Week, but this time it's not a record-selling auction price. Andy Lyon of America's Conservation Ag Movement joins us to preview an upcoming Sustainable Ranchers Tour in Georgia. And Farm Journal's agronomics and crop inputs editor Rhonda Brooks shares some details on her story on ways to cut fertilizer use.

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We have a Friday Free-for-all featuring Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio and Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyers Perspectives. Topics include trade with China, Taiwan, Canada and Mexico, some USDA appointments are finally confirmed, biofuels policy, will there be a farmer uprising and more.

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We kick off this year's College Roadshow tour at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with Jordan Wicks, assistant professor and meats extension specialist, who talks about a new venture introducing folks to butchery and meat processing. Then John Newton, executive head of Terrain, shares perspective on the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates and what it can mean for producers. And we have a new episode of the Soy Checkoff Check-in featuring Gene Stoel, United Soybean Board director.

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