The Big Show

Bob and Andy are out with the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers at the farm of Ben Olson in Benton County as part of the Coalition's windbreak replacement program. Bob and Andy are joined by Brian, Kent, and Gabby from CSIF, Rex Hoppes of the Iowa Beef Industry Council, and some local FFA students! Also on the show, Brian Hoops with a look at Tuesday commodity market activity!

Such as Hertz Farm Management and Hertz Real Estate Services, as they have won a Secretary's Ag Leader Award for Conservation from Iowa Secretary of Ag Mike Naig, so Randy Hertz joins The Big Show to offer advice on what key practices they have found to be most effective. PLUS Tim Meyer has a couple exciting record tractor sales prices you have to hear about in his weekly land and equipment values update from The Steffes Group AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

State Forester Jeff Gorendt drops by The Big Show Garage to discuss diverse species recommendations when it comes to responsible and sustainable tree planting, and you have to hear what kind of trees John Frazier with Frazier Nursery in Vinton is going to plant around The Big Show Garage. PLUS Titan Tires' Scott Sloan offers his recommendations on what new AgriEdge products will work best under certain conditions in preparation for #plant21 AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Congress is debating a $2 trillion investment over the next decade in infrastructure, so our transportation expert Mike Steenhoek from the Soy Transportation Coalition joins The Big Show to explain how this would unlock necessary maintenance and update work essential to our basic commodity transportation grid. PLUS Al Kluis' expert market analysis on another wild day in the markets AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

It's wild to say the least, after USDA released their Quarterly Stocks and Planting Intentions Report showing the biggest market miss on acreages in over a decade and the markets exploded. Good Big Show Buddy Don Roose, the best in the business at real-time report analysis joins Bob and Andy to dive into the numbers and you have to hear his analysis ahead of expanded limit trading tomorrow. PLUS Nathan Anderson from Practical Farmers of Iowa provides cover crop termination/planting into recommendations AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

The first warmer days always bring with them the excitement and anticipation of what's to come in the fields this summer, and ISU's Meaghan Anderson joins Bob and Andy to emphasize patience and remind us to finalize all of our herbicide, fertilizer and planting plans before we jump out in the field. PLUS Paul Mussman's expert market analysis from Ag West Commodities AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

After Friday's big kick-off event with Governor Reynolds and Secretary Naig, Bob and Andy discuss the next steps in building a legacy for generations to come by replanting the over one million trees lost in that devastating derecho last August in a sustainable, responsible and timely manner now that conditions are fit. PLUS Tim Meyer's weekly land and equipment values update from The Steffes Group AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Andy is at Kirkwood Community College today kicking off the Re-Tree Iowa initiative after the devistating derecho seven months ago. Andy is joined by Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, Kirkwood CC President Dr. Lori Sundberg, Dean of Agriculture Sciences Scott Ermer, Horticulture Instructor Bob Smith, and Kirkwood students! Jamie Kohake wraps up the show, and the week, with expert market analysis!

3 days a week to start, but Des Moines FFA Administrator Kevin Anderson says they hope to expand that soon, featuring all high quality locally-produced items, and you have to hear how this first-in-the-state concept came to life. PLUS Don Roose's expert market analysis AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Bob chats with Dr. Cynthia Hoque about providing healthcare to all of rural Iowa and the Rural Family Medicine scholarships awarded by the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and the Iowa Farm Bureau.