0:00 Intro and B is for Beef

0:25 Welcome Ally Crick from Missouri Beef Industry Council

0:55 Stockmanship & Stewardship event in Springfield Sept. 5-6

7:00 FAD is more than New World Screwworm

8:05 Beef in the Classroom program details

12:45 Local schools participating in Beef in the Classroom

14:00 Where to learn more

14:45 USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on New World Screwworm developments

The second segment (“B block”) of The FARM Show on 8/23/25 featured a special guest – Ally Crick, the Manager of Industry Relations and Officer Oversight for the  @beefcouncil . Ally walked listeners through the agenda and key highlights of the upcoming Stockmanship & Stewardship event in Springfield next month. You can find more details on the Sept. 5-6 event at stockmanshipandstewardship.org.

Crick also gave listeners an expert explanation of her group’s Beef in the Classroom initiative – with a shout out to the participating schools in the Westplex Talk 104.5 FM broadcast area. Teachers, parents and students can find out how to participate by visiting mobeef.org.

The latest issue of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association magazine featured the New World Screwworm (NWS) on the cover – and last Friday, the  @UsdaGov  announced its latest steps to prepare for the parasite. We played a clip from USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins’ press conference in Texas detailing what’s next in the NWS fight.

The FARM Show broadcasts on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM to farmers and ranchers in Franklin, Warren, St. Charles and west St. Louis Counties - with actionable news and insights on production, profits, people and policy. Hosted by John Combest, the show airs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and is rebroadcast at 8 a.m. Sunday morning. You can find the “listen live” link in our page’s info section.

0:00 Intro

1:20 Catherine Hanaway appointed Missouri Attorney General

2:45 Hanaway's comments on glyphosate

3:50 Missouri Freedom Caucus reacts to Hanaway appointment

5:20 Hanaway and Grain Belt Express

6:05 MASBDA SEGA grant overview

10:10 Hertzog Meat Co., via  @MoAgriculture 

12:30 R|Farms Distillery, via MO Dept. of Ag

14:40 Westphalia Trading Co., via MO Dept. of Ag

16;40 Hemme Brothers Creamery, via MO Dept. of Ag

The first segment (“A block”) of The FARM Show on 8/23/25 began with this week’s top policy news – Gov. Mike Kehoe’s appointment of a new attorney general. We played a clip of incoming AG Catherine Hanaway discussing her surprising first-hand experience managing weeds in soybeans.

Do you have an idea for value-added production on your farm or ranch? You could land up to $250,000 through the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA) Show-Me Entrepreneurial Grants for Agriculture (SEGA) Innovation Grant Program.

What does it take to win a SEGA grant? We dug deep into the Dept. of Ag archives and found interviews with four successful applicants. See if their stories spark an idea for YOUR operation!

The FARM Show broadcasts on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM to farmers and ranchers in Franklin, Warren, St. Charles and west St. Louis Counties - with actionable news and insights on production, profits, people and policy. Hosted by John Combest, the show airs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and is rebroadcast at 8 a.m. Sunday morning. You can find the “listen live” link in our page’s info section.

Here’s what you’ll hear:

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the Water Preservation Act last month and touted its benefits for farmers and ranchers. We’re joined by the bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Cameron Parker (R-Campbell), to find out what the bill does, why it’s necessary, and what misperceptions some Missourians have about water access.

After the conversation with Rep. Parker, we addressed another misperception/mischaracterization – that Missouri American Water is secretly owned by foreign interests. We played a clip from the Brad & John Show – which airs on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM weekdays from 7-8 a.m. – succinctly eviscerating the Geocities/Myspace-era myth.

The FARM Show broadcasts on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM to farmers and ranchers in Franklin, Warren, St. Charles and west St. Louis Counties - with actionable news and insights on production, profits, people and policy. Hosted by John Combest, the show airs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and is rebroadcast at 8 a.m. Sunday morning. You can find the “listen live” link in our page’s info section.

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The Missouri Soybean Association’s new CEO Casey Wasser joined Scott Faughn for a special edition of This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily. We played a couple excerpts from the discussion.

The association’s Ag Innovation Showcase is this coming Friday (8/22/25) in Columbia, Missouri. Find more details at mosoy.org.

One of the headliners of next Friday’s event is Greenfield Robotics. We caught up this week with Greenfield’s Head of Business Development Jared Brown. Brown explained the company’s origins, how its robots work in row crops, and why chemical-free weed management isn’t as expensive as some growers may assume. Brown also addressed the 800-pound spray rig in the room: do agrochem companies see the anti-chemical writing on the wall?

The FARM Show broadcasts on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM to farmers and ranchers in Franklin, Warren, St. Charles and west St. Louis Counties - with actionable news and insights on production, profits, people and policy. Hosted by John Combest, the show airs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and is rebroadcast at 8 a.m. Sunday morning. You can find the “listen live” link in our page’s info section.

Here’s what you’ll hear:

A recap of the Washington Town & Country Fair, via Washington Missourian coverage highlights.

Kaylin Bade, her husband Kevin and their kids Dylin and Lydia were named the 2025 Franklin County Farm Family at the Missouri State Fair’s Farm Family Day. Kaylin joins us to discuss their farm’s multi-generational history, how she pioneered the ag department at Washington Middle School, the Havenvale Farms operation, her family’s experience at the State Fair, and whether or not she has cloned herself!

The FARM Show broadcasts on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM to farmers and ranchers in Franklin, Warren, St. Charles and west St. Louis Counties - with actionable news and insights on production, profits, people and policy. Hosted by John Combest, the show airs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and is rebroadcast at 8 a.m. Sunday morning.

The third segment (“C block”) of The FARM Show on 8/9/25 began with news from Pivot Bio’s Investor & Innovation Day – the creation of the Pivot Institute. Listeners can find more info at pivotbio.com.

When other companies joined the SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) craze in 2021 and 2022, Pivot Bio decided to remain private. On the heels of the company’s first-ever investor day, is the company preparing to go public?

If Charles Dickens covered ag earnings calls, he might write, “It was the best of times, it was the … okay-est of times.” Such was the case for #Corteva and #Bayer, respectively. We tick through the notable nuggets from both companies’ quarterly investor calls.

The show wraps with a clip from the Brad & John Show, broadcast weekdays from 7 – 8 a.m. Central. Will Bayer wave the white flag and exit the glyphosate business, and when?

The FARM Show broadcasts on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM to farmers and ranchers in Franklin, Warren, St. Charles and west St. Louis Counties - with actionable news and insights on production, profits, people and policy. Hosted by John Combest, the show airs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and is rebroadcast at 8 a.m. Sunday morning.

The second segment (“B block”) of The FARM Show on 8/9/25 began with an overview of the Stockmanship & Stewardship event to be held Sept. 4-6 in Springfield, Missouri. Listeners can find more details at mocattle.com - and check out the 8/23/25 episode (B block) for an interview with Ally Crick from the Missouri Beef Industry Council.

The 2025 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meetings were held in July in San Diego, and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association team put together a concise overview. We played an excerpt, and you can find the complete comments from NCBA President Colin Woodall on the group’s YouTube page.

This week, the Columbia Missourian newspaper took a close look at the wagyu beef industry and how some Missouri cattlemen are profiting. One Franklin County cattleman offers wagyu for sale.

The FARM Show broadcasts on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM to farmers and ranchers in Franklin, Warren, St. Charles and west St. Louis Counties - with actionable news and insights on production, profits, people and policy. Hosted by John Combest, the show airs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and is rebroadcast at 8 a.m. Sunday morning.

The first segment (“A block”) of The FARM Show on 8/9/25 started with a rundown of the Washington Town & County Fair events and concerts on the final two days of the extravaganza.

The Missouri Soybean Association’s annual Ag Innovation Showcase will be held on August 22 in Columbia. John provided highlights of the demonstrations and research growers can expect to see, as well as the group’s magazine coverage of Missouri’s capital gains tax elimination.

The segment wrapped with an exclusive sneak preview of Scott Faughn’s interview with Gov. Mike Kehoe at the Missouri State Fair. You can catch the full interview on Sunday on KDNL television at 10 a.m., or check out This Week in Missouri Politics on YouTube for the full episode.

The FARM Show broadcasts on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM to farmers and ranchers in Franklin, Warren, St. Charles and west St. Louis Counties - with actionable news and insights on production, profits, people and policy. Hosted by John Combest, the show airs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and is rebroadcast at 8 a.m. Sunday morning.