The Big Show

Bob is in Ames today at the 98th annual Iowa FFA Leadership Conference! He is joined by three FFA members and by Tom Adam, President of the Iowa Soybean Association! ISA is proud to sponsor today's reports from the FFA Leadership Conference! We'll also talk markets with Jamey Kohake and get the latest from the Steffes Group with Mason Holvoet!

Soy Transportation Coalition executive director Mike Steenhoek tells us about a new effort to export out of a port in the Milwaukee, WI area. SE Regional VP for the Iowa Cattlemen's Association, Justin Robbins, takes us behind the scenes of their meetings recently in Washington DC with lawmakers. We catch up with Doug Hensley from Hertz Farm Management. And Iowa Soybean Association District 2 Director Brent Swart tells us what he's seeing happen in fields near him in Spencer, Iowa! The show wraps up today with a look a commodity markets and planting progress with Al Kluis from Kluis Commodities!

Iowa Deputy Secretary of Ag Grant Menke brings some info on the new Nitrogen Soil Sampling Project. Tom Collins from the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance details the Conservation Compass on iowawater.ag for farmers to use. Kelsey Suter announces the kickoff of Iowa Pork's annual search for the Best Tenderloin in Iowa! And it's our first Wyffels Wednesday of theseason with Mike Witt!

Chad Husman from Stalcup Ag Services gives us a boots on the ground update after some strong storms went through Northwest Iowa last night. We look at growing conditions in Central Iowa with ISU Extension agronomist Meaghan Anderson and get a peek at the DMACC Agribusiness farm from Travis Lautner. US Commodities’ Don Roose has today’s market rundown!

State Senator Scott Webster from Scott County gives us an update on legislation in the statehouse addressing "Right to Repair". Iowa State Extension agronomist Logan McCrea tells us what he sees approaching planting in Southeast Iowa. Duane has a report on last week's WASDE, and we dive into the market impact with Jamey Kohake!

We're celebrating Farming for the Future Friday with the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers and Iowa Corn today at the ISU Kent Feed Mill!

Iowa Secretary of Ag Mike Naig is with us to discuss the Iowa Farm Act. ISU Professor Ratul Chowdhury gives a look into their research for a Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) vaccine. Gentry Sorenson is with us for an agronomy update from Northwest Iowa. And we dive into the WASDE numbers with Naomi Blohm.

As the EPA changes regulations around diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), we talk with Don Van Houweling from the Van Wall Group about the technology being introduced by John Deere. We also hear about the America 250 tree planting initiative from Alex Frazier from Frazier Nursery. And Iowa Ag Water Alliance Executive Director Jeff Lucas is on the show on Clean Water Wednesday!

Arti Singh tells us about their new tool for identifying weeds and insects. Angie Rieck-Hinz gives us an agronomy update from North-Central Iowa. Gulke Group President Jerry Gulke has our market update. And we're excited to hear that there will be two rodeo days at the 2026 Iowa State Fair!

Duane talks with Scott and Kim Mason from Heartland Agriservice in Sac County to hear about the Cow Chow donations they are sending to help farmers in Nebraska affected by wildfires.