On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer and C.J. Miller have the news including crunch time for meat exporters and others wanting east and gulf coast shipping agreements to be worked out, and a look at one of the podcasts available at the new HAT podcast network. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin will detail a mix of weather conditions over the next week, and Monday grains were lower but soybean futures jumped. Andy Eubank has the numbers and John Zanker has commentary on the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - experience banking built on heart, grit, and agriculture. Visit FFBT.com to learn more or stop by your local branch to talk about your ag operation today.

What’s all this hype around renewable diesel?  To help us dig into this topic, Matt Makinson comes back to join hosts Ryan Priest and Sal Sama for this episode of The High Ground powered by Premier Companies.  Matt is the Vice President of Supply and Marketing for CountryMark, and he’s got a lot to share regarding what’s happened in the two years since he joined us last!You’ll hear about the latest CountryMark news and their renewable diesel co-processing project which involves expanding the capacity in the refinery and adding the capability to process soybean oil.  In addition to sustainability, you’ll learn about the other benefits of renewable diesel, what goes into creating the product, and how it’s different from biodiesel.  In addition to learning about how this project will help increase the overall output, you’ll learn how this project will help hedge against RFS compliance costs if RIN prices go up.  If you’re wondering what the Renewable Identification Number system is all about and how it impacts growers in the first place, you’ll learn about that and more!

There are over one billion cattle globally, emitting methane through a natural process called enteric fermentation. Reducing emissions have become a top target of innovators across animal health and one company out of New Zealand is tackling the challenge from inside the cow. This week, we are joined by Mark Weldon, chairman of Ruminant BioTech, to talk about their bolus – a slow-release device that sits in the cow’s stomach for up to six months and delivers high levels of methane knockdown (think over 70% across a 90-day window). How was this bolus developed? Mark talks about the mini pilot that launched Ruminant BioTech and the growing conversation around methane emission suppression. He also gets into factors that are paving the way for innovations like this to emerge and creating value -- starting with the rancher and moving all the way through the food system. What makes Ruminant BioTech different than other aiming to mitigate methane emissions? Mark talks about their differentiation, acquiring funding (good returns for doing good) and their plans to scale outside of New Zealand.

On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer and C.J. Miller have the news including a preview of the new Purdue Crop Chat podcast where we learn tar spot has already been spotted and asking for farm labor policy changes. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has a dry, pleasant Monday, and Friday grains and oilseeds were mixed. Andy Eubank has the numbers and Brian Basting has commentary on the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - experience banking built on heart, grit, and agriculture. Visit FFBT.com to learn more or stop by your local branch to talk about your ag operation today.

On this edition of the Hoosier Ag This Week Podcast: We have team coverage from the 95th Indiana FFA State Convention at Purdue University. You’ll meet the new Indiana FFA State President Ethan Wolheter from Prairie Heights FFA in LaGrange County. You’ll also meet his advisor, Ron Noll, who coincidentally was named the Indiana FFA “Golden Owl” Award Winner for Ag Educator of the Year! Also, you’ll hear from Brian Southern, the co-founder of AgroRenew based in Knox County. This past week, the company held a groundbreaking ceremony on their new $83 million facility south of Vincennes. Brian shares the story of AgroRenew—and their plans to convert watermelon waste into biodegradable plastics! Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin says we’ll be seeing more heat, as well as some moisture during the coming week. Plus, Brian Basting with Advance Trading reviews the grain markets. That’s all part of the Hoosier Ag This Week Podcast!

Indiana Pork Executive Director Josh Trenary and current National Pork Producers Council board member Jeb Stevens from Osgood, Indiana join Eric Pfeiffer on this podcast to discuss Prop 12, market access programs, protecting herd health, and much more as it relates to policy priorities for pork producers in the Farm Bill and at the Indiana Statehouse.

On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer and C.J. Miller have the news including a new Indiana FFA state officer team. Meet the new president and also the winner of the Golden Owl Award. Summer is officially here and HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin says more summer weather is on tap, and Thursday corn, soybean and wheat markets all worked lower all session long. Andy Eubank has the numbers and Mike Silver has commentary on the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - experience banking built on heart, grit, and agriculture. Visit FFBT.com to learn more or stop by your local branch to talk about your ag operation today.

Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Shaun and Dan welcome Dr. Darcy Telenko, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology at Purdue and one of the foremost experts in the US on tar spot in corn. She says this is the earliest she has found the yield-limiting disease. This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments yesterday are paying off today. New research, new uses, demand creation -- bringing dollars back to the farm. Check it out at Your Checkoff.org.

On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer and Andy Eubank have the news including more news from the hot Indiana FFA state convention and we visit a part of Indiana that boasts a very good early corn crop. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin details the continuing July-like weather here in the second half of June, and after a holiday break in the markets Wednesday, Karl Setzer joins Andy Eubank to explain what might impact the markets as trade resumes Thursday. It's all on the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - experience banking built on heart, grit, and agriculture. Visit FFBT.com to learn more or stop by your local branch to talk about your ag operation today.

The current heat wave across the state affects several aspects of our lives, from crop condition to our own health. Hans Schmitz, soil health and climate smart ag specialist for CCSI, and Austin Pearson, climatologist for the Midwestern Regional Climate Center, discuss the heat dome, the possibility of drought, and how to build resiliency into your farm. This episode of the HAT Soil Health Podcast is brought to you by the Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative. You can learn more about their efforts and see a schedule of events at ccsin.org.