The Big Show

Today's expert market analyst Don Roose of US Commodities says that the September 11 WASDE Report will be one of the biggest September reports he can remember because of the "flash drought throughout the month of August. And Stacy Raasch from Landus Cooperative joins the show to share the results of their crop tour.

State entomologist and our resident hemp expert, Robin Pruisner, updates us on the growing season for hemp and says that the harvest has actually begun in the past few weeks and will reach a peak in October. State Climatologist, Dennis Todey, from the USDA Midwest Climate Hub says that even with the rain the past 24 hours, the one storm doesn’t bust the drought. Our market expert Jamey Kohake says he is looking for some support to markets with the September 11 WASDE Report as crop conditions should worsen.

Iowa State Extension Agronomist in Northwest Iowa, Joel DeJong, says that this week’s cold weather will not have much of an effect on the corn crop, just slow down harvest because it is far into maturity. Coming off of the three-day weekend, we talk markets with Jamey Kohake as sales to China and frost concerns are bumping up futures prices today. Tim Meyer from the Steffes Group provides us his weekly update on land and equipment values amid a week of 14 auctions for Steffes.

We revisit our trip yesterday to the Stolley Farm and our chat with Heath Stolley. Spencer Chase brings us the latest update on the hopes for more CFAP payments as well as how the U.S.-China trade deal is being viewed in Washington D.C. from Agri-Pulse. And Brian Hoops is along as our expert market analyst of the day as we talk about the effects of having a three-day trading weekend.

Sonny Perdue joins Bob and Andy on Clean Water Thursday as he announces the signing of a Secretarial Disaster Declaration for the areas hit hardest by the derecho winds just over three weeks ago.

Bob and Andy are on location today celebrating Clean Water THURSDAY on The Big Show at the Stolley Farm in Hardin County, Iowa. The guys are joined alongside USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, our Junior Senator Joni Ernst, and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig fresh off of their tour of crop damage from the derecho, as well as some of the many clean water practices taking place in the state.

Bob Quinn is out on the road today celebrating Clean Water Wednesday at Lake Rathbun in Lucas County, Iowa; joined by AgriLand FS Location Managers Scott Bell and Kirk Fry, Rathbun Regional Water Association President and CEO John Glenn, Brian DeMoss from Lucas County Soil and Water Conservation, District Conservationist James Boltman, and the land owner Dan Lovitt. Also today's program is Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, talking about their efforts to help Iowa's biofuels industry.

Bob is on the road today as we prepare for harvest season; talking with Big Bud owner Robert Williams, Mitch Heisler from Wyffels, and Iowa Soybean Association President Tim Bardole. Don Roose is our expert market analyst today as we continue to watc hthe weather outlok to try to predict the market movement.

So Bob headed out on the road to catch up with some folks who have an overview of the 2020 crop and pre-harvest considerations, including Syngenta's Dean Grossnickle AND Titan/Goodyear's Scott Sloan. PLUS Don Roose's expert market analysis AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

As allocated by Governor Reynolds to six different programs administered by the Iowa Department of Ag OR the Iowa Economic Development Authority. LISTEN NOW as good Big Show Buddy Jake Swanson, Ag Advisor to Gov. Reynolds, joins Bob and Andy to explain which program(s) may apply to you.