Sydney Lovrien dominated two rings in 2026 – in softball as a state champ pitcher for Clarksville and at the county and state fair for both steers and pigs. We talk life balance and what’s next.

NPPC president Rob Brenneman talks trade, farm policy, and pork demand from the Iowa State Fair. A pork producer's take on the farm bill, PRRS, and why bacon still opens doors in D.C.

Farmer Rachel Fishback explains why she spray-paints cornstalks each summer—and how the experiment helps her share agriculture with online audiences.

Data centers are spurring debates all over the country especially in a time when grid stress is already happening. Communities have leverage to ask for money back in the developer’s fee along with part of the solar generation, battery usage and water accommodations according to ESP.earth founder Kerry Duggan.

Keeping the lights on in the dairy barn is a constant concern with economic and industry consolidation providing full-time stressors.

A regenerative agriculture startup says its soil probiotic can cut fertilizer use by 40%. Bryan Hansel of Holganix explains the science behind bottling nature back into the ground.

Summer extremes of isolated heavy rain, wildfire haze and drought are all in play this growing season. Meteorologist Eric Hunt from the University of Nebraska shows us maps and more happenings this season.

Market analyst Angie Setzer returns to lead the class in puts and calls - two of our most talked about points in the analysis portion of the program. Angie breaks down the lingo, the meaning and what it really provides for those in the commodities.

Jim Roemer explains why a rapidly strengthening El Niño — paired with record heat baking Western Europe's corn crop — points toward a neutral-to-bearish summer for corn and soybeans, not a repeat of the historic 1983 Corn Belt drought.

Fourth-generation cattleman Georgia cattleman Will Harris explains why record cattle prices have not led to herd expansion and how White Oak Pastures changed its approach to beef production.