RFD Profit Watch

Susan Stroud, No Bull Ag in the St. Louis area, joins the program to discuss price action, WASDE and crop yield variability.
The final Breaking Down Biologicals with University of Illinois Extension assistant research professor Connor Sible.
Eric Heyen, Credit Analyst at First National Bank in Litchfield, breaks down the Corn Yield Tour results in Montgomery County.

Scott Sims, Western Grain Marketing, joins the program to discuss new corn coming in and the effects on the market. He notes old corn is still coming in as well.
Travis Ford, a partner in Wall Street Investors, discusses investments and his work in a state insurance regulatory group.

Tim Abel, fuel markets expert at Growmark, discusses what high prices for on the road diesel means for farming and what it would take for fuel to go down.
Jeff Buckler, Buford's Pub, talks about what it takes to get your restaurants' tenderloin on the Illinois Pork Producers' Tenderloin Crawl.
Kevin Lighty, meteorologist at WCIA in Champaign, talks about wild swings of weather between dry heat and rain over the last few weeks.

Brian Burke, John Stewart and Associates, recaps an exciting market week in the wake of one of the "largest, bullish moves in the market in over three years."
Michael Newland, director of agriculture business development for the Propane Education and Research Council, talks about the organization's role at the Farm Progress Show.
Michael Langemeier, Purdue CME Group, joins the program to discuss the latest monthly Ag Barometer.
DTN Meteorologist John Baranick takes a look at the forecast heading into the long Labor Day weekend.

Tim Abel, fuel at Growmark, discusses the impact of high diesel prices.
Dylan Houser, COUNTRY Financial, talks about crop insurance claims.
Doug Cropp, Premier Cooperative, takes a look at a down day for some markets and examines what may be the cause.

Luke Worrell, Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, runs down the Mid-Year Land Values Survey results.
Matt Huston, New Frontier Capital Markets, takes a look at market movements, including commodities that haven't seen a significant down day since the August WASDE report.
Michael Rhoda, First Mid Ag Services, covers the results of the McLean County Yield Survey.

Garrett Toay, Ag Trader Talk, joins the program to discuss heat warnings and other current events with an effect on market outlooks.
Rob McDade, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief strategy officer at COUNTRY Financial, talks about the company's recent AM Best rating.
Steve Turner, Cass-Morgan Farm Bureau and District 10 Board member, gives a look inside the new Illinois Farm Bureau input prices working group.

Terry Bline, Grainland Farmers, talks about county yield tours and a new market week.
Owner Kelly Schaefer, from Babe's on Plum in Havana, talks about the history of the restaurant and its place on the Illinois Pork Producers' Tenderloin Crawl.
USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey joins the program from Washington D.C. to kick off a new week of weather.

Adam Moritz, Alliance Grain, closes out the market week.
Brad Zwilling, Illinois Farm Business and Farm Management, as well as Farmdoc Daily, discusses his piece on the differences between high and low profit.
Nick Hausen, Hausen Weather, has a look at the skies.

Growmark's Tim Abel joins the program for a regular chat and a look at fuel issues.
Mark Harder, Amazone, talks award winning technology from MAGIE.
Roy Plote, Western IL Commodities, has a look at the markets as the week draws to a close.