First Wednesday of the month means an updated Ag Economy Barometer with Dr. Jim Mintert of Purdue University. Any Wednesday of the month means a Farmer Forum, and this week we have Dennis Bogaards of Iowa and Steve Pitstick of Illinois.

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Matt Griffin of BAMWX joins us for an extended look at the weather, especially where it concerns U.S. agriculture. We talk with Pat Westhoff, director of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI-MU), about the newly-released 2024 Baseline Outlook Update.

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For this Labor Day program we have Greg Peterson, a.k.a. Machinery Pete, plus a recent conversation Farming the Countryside's Andrew McCrea had on migrant labor laws and regulations with Rachel Beardsley, an attorney with a background in agriculture.

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Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer and RealAg Radio's Shaun Haney join Chip Flory and Davis Michaelsen for the Friday Free-for-all policy panel discussion. Topics include last night's broadcast of Vice President Harris and Governor Walz interview on CNN. We also discuss the Canadian railroad labor situation and even talk a little baseball.

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Davis Michaelsen is host and he has a conversation with Ted Matthews of farmcounseling.org about September – Suicide Prevention Month. Then Donnell Rehagen, CEO of Clean Fuels Alliance America, about used cooking oil and other issues. And Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture talks about Canadian crop production forecasts. Plus we have USB CEO Lucas Lentsch join Chip Flory on the Soy Checkoff Check-in.

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Different Day, different place for Merck Day...this time it's the Great Plains, Missouri location of Hirsch Feed & Farm Supply. Appropriately, we have a rancher version of the Farmer Forum. And Dr. Tim Parks of Merck joins us to discuss growth promoting implants.

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We're in Thayer, Missouri at Hirsch Feed & Farm Supply for Merck Day. We chat with Merck veterinarian Dr. Tim Parks about cow/calf challenges and ways to combat them. Soy Transportation Coalition executive director Mike Steenhoek shares the latest on the Canadian rail industry's challenges with the labor strike. And Kaitlynn Glover, executive director of the Public Lands Council, tells us about an incredible story involving a ranching couple who find themselves in a high-stakes land dispute with U.S. Forest Service.

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Machinery Pete (Greg Peterson) is on the road but was kind enough to record his weekly update for us, including his Pick of the Week. We also have Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer at StoneX Group, so we certainly talk global fertilizer markets. But he also shares his perspective on the potential impacts of the Canadian rail worker stoppage. And Chip Flory joins us from the road to discuss the final yield estimates from this year's Pro Farmer Crop Tour.

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Friday is here and so is another Free-for-all with Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer and RealAg Radio's Shaun Haney plus Chip Flory is back from Crop Tour. Davis Michaelsen is host and he canvases the panel for their thoughts on the DNC convention and the Canadian rail worker strike (or work stoppage, if you prefer).

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It's the final day of Pro Farmer Crop Tour and Chip Flory and Brian Grete of course call in with reports from the fields on their respective routes. Plus Jim Wiesemeyer talks about the DNC and the Canadian rail strike.

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