Brian Abeling likes to take pictures. He has roots in rural locations of Iowa and New York and is known to stop the car and go after a potential shot. We have a show and tell of what can make a picture go from good to great with just a few simple literal steps. Have that beautiful barn you want to document and keep? Click here as Brian offers pointers and some dear-to-his-heart locations to shoot in this descriptive video and audio presentation.

Lori Stevermer is a third-generation farmer from Easton, Minnesota. She's also in a leadership role with the National Pork Producers Council which is undertaking a new campaign called "Farming Today For Tomorrow." The effort is for pork producers in the U.S. to lower environmental footprints in several ways. Stevermer talks about the efforts to improve the air, land and water around hog production facilities and how they are taking their message to the areas in the Washington D.C. Beltway and beyond.

The COVID-19 pandemic created hurdles and opportunities for businesses. Mississippi River Distilling Company in LeClaire, Iowa, was feeling good about their efforts to mix locally sourced spirits with customers when shutdowns started to happen in March of 2020. This meant no more business walking into the tasting rooms. This forced a change in the businesses plan. Owners, Ryan and his brother Garrett Burchett pondered the future when a rule changed that allowed them to turn some of their alcohol into hand sanitizer.

The story of cotton is an old one, but a familiar one. The expense in getting started is monumental. New producers are rare. But one thing is certain this year - drought is settling in West Texas and the acres designated for cotton are under pressure to plant something more profitable. Markham Dossett and Rogers Varner have been working with the commodity for decades. We ask them for the current conditions coming out of 2020, heading into 2021 and how they see the acre fight.

The weather is providing no shortage of talking points in 2021 - picking up where 2020 left off. We visit with James Roemer again from Bestweatherinc.com. The last time we talked, he was predicting a La Nina. That has come true and greatly impacted South America and is starting to make a mark on the United States. We discuss what other weather stories are developing and how small moves in weather could have a big impact on the commodity markets. James brings his map game for our discussion.

When you retire, many say they are going to travel and see new places. Ken Anderson did travel around the Midwest for his work at Brownfield for years, but now in his retirement life, he'll wait a bit to travel. We discuss his interview style, interesting stories in his career and life growing up in South Dakota. Click here as the interviewer has the mic turn on him as we look back at a more than 30 year career in covering agriculture.

Critics charge the Trump Administration has “no strategy” to its China trade policy, but last month President-Elect Joe Biden signaled he would not immediately scrap the Phase One Deal with America’s largest trading partner, favoring a full review while targeting Beijing’s “abusive” practices.

It may be next to impossible to predict the future, but it is possible to talk about stories that we'll be watching in the new year. 2020 left a lot on the table and Executive Producer David Miller is joined by John Torpy and Paul Yeager in this episode. Trade is always a topic, but so is the global response to COVID-19. Click here as we look at the winds blowing stories into 2021 that we'll be watching for Market to Market.

2020 will have no trouble standing out for the global pandemic, massive change in workplaces and a presidential election. in rural America, the story included a weather event that altered a crop that's set up a wild end to the commodity markets. Click here to listen as producers Peter Tubbs and Josh Buettner join Paul Yeager to talk about the year that was.

Kelly and Matt Griggs are well-known to TV viewers and plenty of social media circles. Their lives played out for a season on the History Channel and continues today on various platforms. We discuss what it is like to have cameras following your every move. During the 2020 corn harvest, Matt was involved in a combine accident that could have turned out differently than it did. He survived and has a message for anyone who will listen.