U.S. Representative Frank Lucas (OK-03) joins us to discuss reconciliation and farm bills, plus share perspective on the MAHA report. We welcome back Dr. Lee Schulz, chief economist at EverAg, for a conversation on livestock markets and cycles. Plus USB CEO Lucas Lentsch joins us for a new episode of the Soy Checkoff Check-in.

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we have a conversation with Ted Matthews of farmcounseling.org who shares tips on helping ourselves and others who might be struggling with their emotional well-being. It is also time for the Farmer Forum and we have Dennis Bogaards of Iowa and Kevin Paap of Minnesota join us.

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Breaking Barriers with R&D features Randy Dowdy this time while David Hula is participating in a crop tour event. Randy talks about visiting operations and the things he recommends to farmers during this phase of the planting/growing season. Richard Gupton is a senior vice president at the Ag Retailers Association. He joins us to talk about the MAHA report and explain the importance of certain tools for farmers to use to produce crops.

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We have a report from Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – on the auctions for used equipment he’s been watching plus Kenny Hartman, Jr., president of the NCGA, shares reaction to the MAHA report and budget reconciliation.

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This week's Friday Free-for-all features policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer and Tyson Redpath from The Russell Group. Topics include reactions to the MAHA report, House passage of the "Big, Beautiful Bill", potential 50% tariffs on the EU, and more.

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We have former NCGA CEO Jon Doggett, now principal of Camas Creek Consulting, join us to talk about various issues affecting U.S. agriculture, including trade and MAHA, plus Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, talks about the continuing campaign to increase access to biofuels, including recent victories.

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With concerns in U.S. agriculture increasing as we get closer to the release of an initial "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) report, we check in with policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer who shares what he's been hearing. We also talk about this situation in the Farmer Forum featuring A.S.A. president Caleb Ragland of Kentucky and Steve Pitstick of Illinois.

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We have a special State of the Dairy Industry program featuring Farm Journal's Milk editor Karen Bohnert and Phil Plourd, head of market intelligence at EverAg. Plus William Loux of the National Milk Producers Federation also shares his knowledge on dairy, including exports.

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We have an update on auction action from Greg Peterson, a.k.a. Machinery Pete. Then we welcome Dan Basse of AgResource Company from London to share perspective on important issues affecting agriculture, and we get some info from Alex Dunn of CropLife America on what farmers can do if tools to combat weeds and pests are threatened by the up-coming MAHA report.

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The Friday Free-for-all features ag policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer and RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney and they talk with Chip and Davis about budget reconciliation and tax package, RVOs, trade deals, Brazilian company Marfrig acquires BRF, and more.

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