The Big Show

On a Clean Water Wednesday with our friends at the Practical Farmers of Iowa, Bob learns a couple simple steps you could utilize to get started, especially since harvest is paused with the rain and you may have time to make a couple of calls. PLUS Don Roose's expert market analysis after the WASDE numbers surprised the soybean trade AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Oh yeah, there was also a market moving USDA report out today as well, with a surprise cut in the projected soybean yield sending the market skyward so Don Roose from US Commodities helped us sort that out with his best in the business report analysis in real time. PLUS Bob returns to learn how cereal rye cover crops combat waterhemp with our friends at the Practical Farmers of Iowa AND Denny Bollig from Drago takes us out in the field as corn harvest continues.

So Eldon McAfee from Brick Gentry, one of Iowa's foremost legal experts joins Andy for to break down the complex legal proceedings in a case that could cause expensive changes to productions facilities and higher prices for pork and even meat shortages.

PLUS Jamey Kohake's expert market analysis AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know!

As corn harvest ramps up across the state? Good question, so we asked it of ISU's Angie Reick-Hinz as she was feeding farmers lunch and you have to hear her answer. PLUS our hay guru Dale Lesline from the Dyersville Hay Auction joined Bob and Andy from the seat of his combine to provide hay market analysis and stalk bale market projections AND Al Kluis' expert commodity market analysis.

At least one way, according to good Big Show Buddy Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig, is to restore an Ox Bow and on a Clean Water Wednesday Bob visited one of those restoration projects in Carrol County and you have to hear how effective it is. PLUS Syngenta's J.R. Peterson takes us out in the field to discuss new options for combatting waterhemp in corn which helps combat waterhemp in beans the next growing season AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

With our friends at the Iowa Agricultural Water Alliance and the Nature Conservancy where we learn about how removing sediment build-up in Ox Bow's and draining field tile in them removes over half of the nitrates from the water supply. PLUS there is cost share money available! AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Plus, it's Iowa 4-H giving day so Iowa 4-H Foundation Executive Director Emily Saveraid joins The Big Show to talk about how your investment in Iowa's youth provides unique educational opportunities for the next generation, and why Iowa 4-H enrollment is growing. PLUS Bob is in the combine with Denny Bollig from DragoTech AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

As the corn harvest ramps up in Northwest Iowa along the Minnesota border where conditions were dry and Denny offers advice on how that affects harvest settings on a corn head as well as increases the potential for harvest loss. PLUS growers on the Pioneer Seeds Text Line are starting to offer harvest moisture reports AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Which affects how much product barges can carry, and therefor availability according to good Big Show Buddy Mike Steenhoek from the Soy Transportation Coalition who says it not only is concerning for the export market but also fertilizer availability. PLUS Corteva's Ron Geis provides a sneak peek at a new weapon against resistant waterhemp in 2023 AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

So far there's only been two of them reported, according to ISU's Meaghan Anderson who joins Bob and Andy to explain what they are and provide a general update on weed control and harvest season. PLUS Tim Meyer's weekly land and equipment values update from The Steffes Group AND Jamey Kohake's expert market anlysis!