The Big Show

With our friends at Iowa Select Farms, as they travel to her hometown of Oceola today and she joins Bob and Andy to provide an update on the giveaway as well as offer some hope of getting back together sooner rather than later. PLUS Syngenta's Zach Trower offers some weed control strategies for 2021 as he acknowledges weed resistance does continue to grow AND Brian Hoops' expert market analysis.

For the 2021 growing season, so good Big Show Buddy Steve Johnson, ISU Extension's Farm Business Management Specialist, joins Bob and Andy to discuss the many factors going into the decision along with how it's probably different now due to the recent commodity price changes. PLUS Wyffel's Mitch Heisler drops by with a look at next year's offerings AND Jamey Kohake's expert market analysis.

In 2021, as prices are strong right now but could they be stronger come spring and you can't afford to leave that money on the table. Ag West CEO Paul Mussman joins Bob and Andy to highlight an opportunity they are providing virtually on Tuesday to come up with a solid plan for next year, as well as get an accurate look at what's happening with the South American crop. PLUS Tim Meyer provides his weekly Land and Equipment values update from The Steffes Group AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

From across the ag industry in Iowa and nationally, and Agri-Pulse's Spencer Chase tells Bob and Andy in his Word from Washington the inside-the-beltway reaction has been positive as well.

Something that our friends at the Rathbun Lake protectors would normally do at their in-person gathering but due to COVID-19 we did it in for a much larger audience, honoring a longtime water quality advocate who retired from the Iowa DNR. PLUS Paul Mussman's expert market analysis on WASDE report day AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Strong demand continues to be seen, in fact we are using a billion more bushels of corn than last year at this time, and the available supply of both corn and beans has fallen now to multi-year lows but you have to hear market expert Paul Mussman's explanation for why the market essentially didn't react to the new estimates. PLUS Mrs. Claus provides another update from the road during Operation Christmas Meal with our friends at Iowa Select Farms AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Over the course of five different meetings, including one tonight, which Cora Fox with the Iowa Cattlemen's Association says have resulted in very good discussions but do take quite a bit more time than the traditional in-person gatherings. PLUS producer Adam Nechanicky explains the water quality and soil health benefits he sees from the 4R program with our friends at the Nature Conservancy AND Alan Brugler's expert market analysis.

For anybody who received a PPP loan as American Farm Bureau's Pat Wolfe joins The Big Show to explain how this happened since Congress did NOT intend for those funds to be taxable and how time is running out to stop it. PLUS Alan Brugler's expert market analysis the day before the monthly WASDE report AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Potassium fertilizer is hard to come by these days, so good Big Show Buddy Jim Grief, Past President of the Iowa Corn Growers Association, joins Bob and Andy to discuss what's causing it, what that's doing to prices and you won't believe why he spent his weekend jumping out of a perfectly operating airplane. PLUS part two of Andy's in-depth report on these letters to dairy producers from Dean Foods with attorney Joe Peiffer AND Al Kluis' expert market analysis.

On our market expert Al Kluis' charts, which is above $11.40, which Al says means we are establishing a trading range ahead of Thursday's USDA WASDE report. PLUS Jen Crawl from Iowa Select Farms joins us from the road during Operation Christmas meal AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.