The Big Show

From the Oval Office in the White House in an exclusive message to Iowa and American Agriculture, President Trump discusses everything from trade to infrastructure to Covid-19 relief on The Big Show. PLUS Titan/Goodyear's Scott Sloan takes us out in the wheat fields of Central Kansas as harvest continues AND Don Roose's expert market analysis.

The RAMP UP act introduced in the U.S Congress - Requiring Assistant for Meat Packers for Upgrading Plants which will provide grants to small lockers across the country to help upgrade their facilities and allow them to sell products across state lines - was designed after the program good Big Show Buddy Iowa Secretary of Ag Mike Naig introduced here in Iowa a couple months ago so he joins Bob and Andy to further explain. PLUS Don Roose's expert market analysis AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Our market expert Jamey Kohake joins Bob and Andy to celebrate market gains and take a look at how long this rally might last, and you have to hear Jamey's key price close in the soybean trade. PLUS Wyffel's Agronomy Manager Eric Wilson drops by with some analysis of why only a few corn fields are rolling leaves during this dry weather that's important for future management decisions AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Every growing season is different, no doubt, and market prices are what they are, but Syngenta's Marshall Dolce joins Bob and Andy to discuss the new developments in fungicide products and yield advantages resulting from plant health protection which will be extremely important during this hot weather. PLUS Nate Larson with The Steffes Group provides our weekly land and equipment values update and expert market analyst Jamey Kohake gets out his crystal ball on this recent weather rally.

It's a possibility since the crops for the demonstrations are growing nicely says show manager Matt Jungman, who joins Bob and Andy to explain the difficult decision to call off this year's show along with why the show will return to Decatur, Illinois next year. PLUS Jamey Kohake's expert market analysis AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Matt Kenny is along with us to talk about the upcoming Big Show Tractorcade and details for riders. Joel DeJong from IowaState University brings us a crop update including large desparitiesin rainfall totals across Iowa and gall midges being seen in fields. Jamie Kohake closes out the short market week on the Big Show as we prepare for three and a half days of no market activity.

Dr. Sam Funk from the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation says that the implementation of the USMCA is very important; especially now in the recovery stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tom Weighner from WW Homestead Dairy tells us about their brand new cottage cheese products heading into the Fourth of July weekend. Paul Mussman analyzes the markets as they are sharply higher on the last full day of market activity before the long weekend.

With the calendar turning over to July, USMCA is in full effect! Andy has information in Three Big Things and at the end of the hour; and Paul Mussman from AgWest Commodities is today’s expert market analyst as bean prices brush up against $9 and corn prices near $3.60. Iowa AgriTech Accelerator Executive Director Nadilia Gomez will hold its cohort reveal via a live stream this afternoon helping to assist startup companies that aim to help crate now innovations for Iowa’s farmers.

Nutrient Ag Solutions’ Chief Atmospheric Scientist, Eric Snodgrass, helps us look at long-range forecasts and says that we are looking at our first hot July in a while and it could be especially dry. Kristine Tidgren from the ISU Center for Agriculture Law and Taxation joins the show during a busy stretch with the federal tax deadline coming up on July 15 and the deadline TODAY in Iowa for second quarter estimated taxes. Don Roose tells us that we may hold our gains today, 15-plus cents in corn and 20-plus in beans, from the Quarterly Stocks and Acreage Report.

Today on The Big Show, we have instant analysis of the USDA Quarterly Stocks and Acreage Report that came out at 11 am with Don Roose from US Commodities. Grant Kimberly – Executive Director of the Iowa Biodiesel Board – tells us about Governor Reynolds’ bill-signing today creating more funding and infrastructure for the renewable fuels industry. Don Tourte from the Farm Progress Show takes us through the decision process in cancelling this year’s show amid COVID-19 concerns.