Clean Water Wednesday takes Andy to his alma mater, Kirkwood Community College, with the Iowa Corn Growers Association and Soil Health Partnership. It is also Wyffels Wednesday with Chris Eichhorn! And Nathan Fischer continues our Candidate Profile series, sitting down with 2nd Congressional District Democratic candidate Rita Hart.

Our guest today as we continue introducing our candidates for Congress is Rita Hart. After two decades in education, Hart is the Democratic nominee for Iowa's second congressional district. Hart tells us about her background in agriculture, discusses the EPA's role in farming, and the availability of healthcare and broadband internet in rural Iowa.

The Republican candidate for the 4th District Randy Feenstra joins us to talk about some of the big issues surrounding agriculture and rural Iowa in the November 3rd election. We hear from Feenstra on hog and poultry regulations, rural broadband, and growing animal agriculture.

Kicking off our series of candidate profiles, introducing you to the candidates in Iowa's Congressional and Senatorial races, we are joined today on the Big Show by J.D. Scholten - the Democratic Candidate for Iowa's 4th Congressional District. We discuss Scholten's stances on many important issues in agriculture including rural broadband, growing animal agriculture, and potential regulations on hog and poultry operations.

Along with corn, for that matter, also it's getting close to $4.10 and you have to hear our market expert Brian Hoops with Midwest Market Solutions explain why it's running and how high it could go. PLUS we continue profiling U.S. Congressional candidates in Iowa as Lydia Johnson visits with Randy Feenstra in the 4th District AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Andy is on the road today in Prairieburg at Prairiemoon on Main crowning the best tenderloin in the state of Iowa! Jamie Kohake joins us to analyze the commodity marketplace. Tim Meyer brings us an update on land and equipment values. Our word from Washington D.C. comes from Spencer Chase at Agri-Pulse. And all of it happens while central Iowa gets half a foot of snow!!

Bob is out at the Big Show Garage today sponsored by Titan Tire, Fareway Stores, and Fleet Farm - who we will get to hear from with Kirk Sackett! Today we are celebrating FFA with two of our state officers announcing the donation of $5,000 to Iowa FFA and a pair of tires to Pella Christian FFA courtesy of Titan Tire!

Steve Meyer from Partners for Production Agriculture says that while we are looking much better after the backup in hogs due to COVID, the industry is still working to recover from the numbers in the September Hogs and Pigs Report. Paul Mussman is our expert market analyst today. We are talking with one of the top candidates for the position of Secretary of Agriculture under a potential Joe Biden Administration, Former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp!

Both Secretary Mike Naig and USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey ahead of their visit to Linn County today to talk with folks in the hardest hit areas by the derecho. It's also Clean Water Wednesday with Bob Quinn out in Madison County!

We have harvest updates today from Joel DeJong in Western Iowa and Iowa Corn Growers Vice President Lance Lillibridge in Northeast Iowa! Brian Hoops is our expert market analyst today as we see a "turnaround Tuesday" in the markets today!