Wendong Zhang discusses his work on the land ownership survey.

Tom Sell is technically called a lobbyist. His past as a congressional staffer has positioned him to be in tune with the policy workings to help clients with widespread interests all throughout agriculture. We discuss his view from Texas and the workings of Washington, D.C. this cycle.

Scott Hays is a fifth-generation hog producer from Monroe City, Missouri. He's spending the year as president of the National Pork Producers Council.

Gus Barker started his banking career in the farm crisis. That has given him sensitivity to situations for young and experienced farmers. Barker recently testified in the Senate Agriculture committee on behalf of the Independent Bankers of America. We chat about the exchange in Congress from his bank in Newell, Iowa.

Field days are a part of agriculture and for Lee Tesdell, he was part of one on clean water initiatives he's done on his farm in Iowa. We catch up with this past guest and learn more on the strategy on management of his farm at a time when clean water and the government oversight of it has become news for several cycles.

Crop insurance has become a mainstay in agriculture the last couple of decades. The case for crop insurance is the producer has skin in the game.

The Black Sea shipping issue goes beyond the impact of Russia and Ukraine. Andrey Sizov has spent much of his career studying commodity movements in the region and comes back to update trade talks there and the impact of Turkey, China and India are having on the global story.

The term agrovoltaics refers to the joint development of the same land for both agriculture and solar photovoltaic. Dr. Richard Lu has spent much of career in energy and now is CEO of Toronto-based Solarbank. We discuss the places panels work best along side fields of corn, soybeans and wheat.

Illinois producers are dealing with dramatically different crop situations. We find out about the early start to the season and the late arriving rain with Chad Bell in Viola, Illinois and Mike Schulte in Oklahoma. We begin our 2023 Crop Progress Reports from the field.

Ginger Claussen was destined to be a pharmacist and keep the Benson, Minnesota family business going. But life allowed a change in course from her job as a pharmacist to mother and now founder of MiniSota Agriculture Children's Museum.