The Big Show

As our 13th annual search for the best burger in Iowa continues with our friends at the Iowa Beef Council and Iowa Cattlemen's Association! You votes are in and have been tallied, and Rochelle Gillman and Kylie Peterson join Bob and Andy to reveal the finalists. PLUS Alan Brugler's expert market analysis AND Spencer Chase's Word from Washington.

Good question, so Bob and Andy asked it of good Big Show Buddy Dennis Todey, Director of the USDA's Midwest Climate Hub, and you have to hear his response given today's Midwest Drought Monitor shows 83 percent of the state in some form of drought. PLUS Congresswoman Ashley Hinson provides an update on the effort to obtain the waiver for E-15 sales year-round AND Brian Hoops expert market analysis.

Including turning corn stover into gasoline - yes hydrocarbons, not alcohol - and mixing corn stover with pig manure to form a more comprehensive fertilizer product are a couple of the latest innovations Bob hears about as he broadcasts LIVE from the campus of Iowa State University. PLUS Don Roose's expert market analysis AND Syngenta's Zach Trower takes us out in the field now that we are less than a month away from planting season in the Midwest.

With our friends from Syngenta, who also happen to be the only major manufacturer with a production plant in the Midwest. It's less than a day's drive for most of us in Omaha, so Plant Manager Jake Kite, Production Manager Sarah Beigh and Fungicide Manager Devin Jensen take us on a radio tour and explain to you when they have virtually no concerns about availability of these essential products for your needs this upcoming growing season. PLUS Senator Ernst drops by with an update on the effort to replace Russian oil with homegrown biofuels AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

With good Big Show buddy Mike Geiger, VP of Ag Lending at Country Bank in Sigourney and the Chair of the Iowa Bankers Association Ag Council, who says overall financial statements are strong yet you need to hear his advice on a couple of concerning trends. PLUS ISU's Dr. Greg Tylka reminds us what we should be doing to combat soybean cyst nematodes AND Jamey Kohake's expert market analysis.

As Bob brings Commodity Classic home to you through your radio, including conversations about the latest carbon programs, pollinator habitat and technology in the seed bag you can't afford to miss. PLUS updated forecasts for South America which affect the marketplace AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Where transportation, input prices, carbon credits and the latest hot tips to improve your yield are all eagerly discussed and Bob is at the center of it all, courtesy of your Iowa Soybean Farmer and funded by the soybean check-off. PLUS Garret Toay's expert market analysis on a bit of a rebound day in the marketplace AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig joins Bob and Andy to make the announcement and provide a bit of a road map as far as what happens now and what producers need to be doing for preventative measures given that the migratory season is just beginning. PLUS good Big Show Buddy Dennis Todey from the USDA's Midwest Climate Hub at ISU recaps the wild weather weekend and you have to hear how cold it's going to get after more snow on Thursday AND Jamey Kohake's expert market anlysis!

As we combine profit-taking, uncertainty over the on-going war in Ukraine, diminishing supplies out of South American and more export sales into a trading day, so market expert Alan Brugler from Brugler Marketing and Management joins Bob and Andy to sort it all out. PLUS our Word From Washington with Agri-Pulse's Spencer Chase AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

With ISU extension agronomist Mike Witt, who joins Bob and Andy to remind producers to have a back-up plan as re-imagining weed control programs on the fly generally leads to bad outcomes. PLUS Al Kluis' expert market analysis as the wheat and corn markets have gone nuts again AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.