Presented exclusively by our friends at the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers, and on top of that Lisa is celebrating retirement after 21 years at a local bank and a local Ag Group honoring the family with a Lifetime in Ag Achievement Award so it was quite the day. Secretary of Ag Mike Naig was on hand for all of it, and of course joins The Big Show to offer congratulations as well as a crop progress report from his trip to LeMars AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Near Gilmore City on one of the oldest ISU Research Farms, where Matt Helmers says a lot of our modern edge of field practices and stewardship techniques were originally researched and designed. PLUS Rebecca Vittatoe previews a field day they have coming up AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

With the warm weather, things are changing in a hurry so ISU's outstanding Field Agronomist Meaghan Anderson takes us out in the field to talk over some stock rot and dry-down issues. PLUS Jamey Kohake's expert market analysis as the markets continue to slide AND Tim Meyer's weekly land and equipment values update.

Take a trip down memory lane with the best of the Big show's coverage of the Iowa State Fair 2021! Hear our interviews with Craig Hill and Mike Naig from Farm Bureau Park, Chuckie from Chuckie's Tenderloins AND US Senator Chuck Grassley, US Representatives Cindy Axne and Ashley Hinson, Tyler Richton from the Governor's Charity Steer Show and his rendition of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA", Dave Nelson from the return of Tractor Pulls at the Fair, FFA students with their restored tractors, Sailors from the U.S.S. Iowa Submarine, Retired I-35 FFA Instructor Denny Meggers as we present him with a $900 donation to their chapter, Mike Kinley from Mid-Iowa Co-op, and Elizabeth Burns-Thompson and Matt Vining from Navigator CO2!

Listen back to our coverage of The Governor's Charity Steer Show on August 14th from the Pavilion at the Iowa State Fairgrounds!

Who are in the egg business, producing almost 19,000 cage free eggs per day and shipping them to California which is fascinating and Bob is joined by Brian Waddingham with Presenting Sponsor the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers and Deputy Ag Secretary Julie Kenney to make the award presentation. PLUS we mark the one year-anniversary of the worst thunderstorm any of us have ever lived through, that devastating Derecho, AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Including some of those 16 countries classified as being in extreme drought, and ISU Agronomist Aaron Saeugling in SW Iowa joins The Big Show to warn that we are entering a critical time for soybeans. PLUS Tim Meyer's weekly land and equipment auction AND Jamey Kohake's expert market analysis.

After this week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, titled "Beefing Up Competition in the Cattle Markets", and featuring testimony from good Big Show Buddy Jon Schaben, did we make any progress? Agri-Pulse's Spencer Chase, in our Word from Washington, says some but moving legislation is difficult right now and you have to hear when he believes the next step to be. PLUS Garret Toay's expert market analysis AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

As last night's beneficial rains were contained basically to far Eastern Iowa along with parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and ISU's Mike Witt takes The Big Show out in the fields to explain some yield impacts he's seeing with the dry weather. PLUS Al Kluis' expert market analysis AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

With our friends at the Iowa Corn Growers Association as they hand out water to hot and thirsty fans, and engage in conversations about all of these on-farm practices taking place to help improve water quality as we are all in this together. PLUS Ben Gleason, Conservation Agronomist Dustin Brucker and local producers Dwight Dial and Mark Schleisman join Andy to share what specifically is happening in the countryside that is improving water quality for all Iowans AND Jamey Kohake's expert market analysis!