Ag News Daily

Delaney chats with John Barber of The Cellar at White Oak in Des Moines, Iowa.

Roxi Beck sits down with Mike to chat about the Center for Food Integrity and what they do for consumers.

Today's interview was cutting wheat but luckily Bob Cervera and Dr. Dean Pringle chat about efficiency in raising cattle.

Darin Newsom sits down to chat with us about these upcoming reports and how the markets might be effected.

Whitney Larson joins us today to chat with us about her family's operation in Kansas and how she started her social media presence.

Michael Nepveux, an economist for American Farm Bureau Federation, chats with us about the new Dairy Margin Coverage. Check out his article, here.

Delaney and Madison talk through some weird and interesting news they found today. Then, Bruce Gaarder chats with Dr. Sam Funk, the new director of research for Iowa Farm Bureau, about the recent AG Summit.

Aaron Kuhls, CEO and Co-Founder of AL-INS Enterprises, chats about their products to kelp the dairy industry.

Ted sits down with Mike in his brand spanking new office in Chicago to talk markets.

Mike traveled up to Ames last week to speak with Angela Baysinger from Merck to talk animal welfare.

Dr. Brent Meyer of Merck chats with Mike about taking care of cattle in the heat and what to look for.

Everything in agriculture is improving from production ag to how products are put on store shelves. Gary Thompson sits down with us today to chat about GUSS Ag and how they are improving production in orchards and vineyards in California. Check out their website, here.

Elaine is back on the podcast to share her news for the markets after all of the trade talks and USDA reports. You can find her book, here.

Tim Moffett guest hosts with Delaney today to talk news, markets, and putting floaties on cows for hurricane season. Check out Tim's website, here.

Ed Vallee sits down with us today to chat about the weather coming up and how it might affect your crops and what we need to watch out for.

Dr. Chad Hart of Iowa State University chats with Delaney about a recent paper he published about the potential yield drag for crops this year.

Adam Litle joins us for today's #TechTuesday rendition of Ag News Daily to chat about Granular and their AcreValue system.

We are joined by a fellow podcaster and market analyst, Craig Turner of Daniel's Trading on today's #MarketMonday discussion. Make sure to check out Turner's Take Podcast, here.

Today it's a Fri-yay episode and we celebrate something that is not usually heralded by folks in the mainstream: Mental Illness. So many people around the world and, also, in agriculture, deal with mental illness that we felt it was certainly worthwhile to have a conversation on the podcast. Now, this conversation was spurred by the Women Land and Legacy conference in Brooklyn Iowa that focused on Stress on the farm and how to deal with it, but we were able to catch up with keynote speaker Lesley Kelly and talk about her work in bringing mental health in to the mainstream in Canadian Agriculture and what we could do here in the US.Plus, the usual roundup of news from around the world and around the country as it relates to agriculture!

Cover Crops have taken off over the last 5, 10, 15 years but there are still many questions about the economic benefits of the crop. A new study co-published by the USDA and SARE tries to dissect and analyze just that and today Dr. Rob Myers, a regional Regional Director of Extension Programs at NCR-SARE and the University of Missouri shares some of the results from that study.

Weather remains an issue not only for farmers trying to get #plant19 wrapped up, but also to get old crops moved, inputs delivered, and more! Mike Steenhoek of the Soy Transportation Coalition shares today some of those long term implications agriculture is and will continue to face in today's episode.

It's #TechTuesday and we're circling back with a company we have been watching for several years: SmartAg; the folks making tractors autonomous. For today's conversation, we're chatting with Tim Norris, their Eastern Region Business Director about what they've learned by working out in the fields with farmers and their demos.We've also got news coming from China, Canada, and, of course, Washington, D.C.

On today's #MarketMonday episode with Brain Hoops of Midwest Market Solutions, strength continues for the grain markets. Brian shares his insight with Mike & Delaney about that continued strength, especially with the gains made today by soybeans and the livestock markets.

Lots of talk of food in the news today, but more importantly, Bruce Gaarder chats with Chris Clayton about the beef industry and Mike and Delaney sit down with Kristen Nichols about the ever changing hemp industry.

Wren Almitra sits down to chat with us about the program, Women, Land, and Legacy through the USDA and how they work to help women in agriculture.

Mike and Delaney get into the Fair Oaks video and Trump's visit to the great state of Iowa. Then, Daniel Olson, an independent forage specialist, chats about the forage crisis.

Spencer Stensrud chats with Mike about how Ag Ventures Alliance works with tech companies to develop technology for the industry.

Today we are joined by our good friend Matt Bennett to chat about markets and how this years planting progress will be.

Our intern, Madison, gives us an update on how we can save the bees but, later, Michele Payn of Cause Matters shares how we can agvocate to consumers.

Glen Moeller of Next Generation Ag Advocates, chats with us today to tells us just how he came up with the idea for their unique succession planning.

Karen Braun is a global agriculture columnist for Reuters. She sits down with Mike and Delaney to discuss some of the issues facing agriculture today.

As Mike travels back from Chicago, Craig Rupp, the CEO of Sabanto Ag, chats about how they are helping the industry.

Mike is in Chicago today to talk with Brain Grossman of Zaner Group to chat markets and planting.

The year-round E15 bill as been approved just 10 hours before the June 1 deadline. In addition, Lucas Lentsch joins Mike and Delaney to talk about Midwest Dairy and National Dairy Month.

Mike Downey is the co-owner and land lease and farm succession consultant for Next Generation Ag Advocates, a company that works tirelessly to find the perfect fit for you and your farm for retirement or sale.

Fred Seamon, the Executive Director of Agricultural Research and Product Development, joins us today from the CME group to chat about the Fresh Bacon Index that was newly released.

Ted Seifried for a market discussion this rainy Tuesday instead of our typical tech discussion. Tune in to hear more about the disaster aid bill, MFP payments, and planting progress.

Happy Memorial Day weekend, listeners! Dr. Scott Irwin, an economics professor from the University of Illinois, sits down and chats about his thoughts on the new payment package and how he thinks it will effect the future.

Lots of news coming into day about the disaster aid bill, tariffs, African Swine Fever, and MFP payments. Jeff Conroy, CEO of BobCat Studios and the executive producer of "The American Farm" TV show, shares about the ending airing tonight on the History Channel.

It looks like rain will continue to be in the forecast for much of the corn belt and final planting deadlines are approaching.. so what to do next? As promised, Mike and Delaney are joined today by ag insurance guru Bob Hartsough to chat about the best options for your #plant2019 decisions.

There's a lot of news going through the industry today with trade and tariffs AND technology. Mike sits down with Erika Osmundson of AgCareers.com.

Switching things up for today's #MarketMonday episode with Paul Mussman, general manager of AgWest Commodities. Today Paul shares some of the risk management strategy behind taking advantage of some of the rallies we are currently seeing in the commodity markets.

Well, more rain is coming down across the corn belt, the soybean market fell out of bed, but US Beef is headed back to Japan without restriction! Mixed bag in the world of ag news today.Field Reporter Bruce Gaarder has today's interview for us with Dr. John Newton, Chief Economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation and they talk trade and what's ahead for our industry. Have a great weekend, everybody!

It's a short episode today! Mike and Delaney are both on the road, but as NAFB's Washington Watch continues, we were able to get audio from a conversation the broadcasters had with Ted McKinney, Undersecretary for Trade at USDA - the first role of it's kind at USDA.

Today's episode is coming in late and hot! Richard Fordyce from the FSA has an update in store from the farm bill implementation progress!

Mike talks through lots of different kinds news, and then is joined but the founder and CEO of Tillable, Corbett Kull.

Angie Setzer chats markets with Mike.

Today, we are joined by Hank McWhorter from sunny Amarillo, Texas to chat about his unique feed yard, Mc6 Feeders.

The economy has seen a boost in the past few months. Dr. James Mintert, professor of agricultural economics and director for the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University.

Mike and Delaney were not able to make it down to Kansas City for the Animal Ag Alliance Conference but they were able to sit down with the Vice President of Communications, Hannah Thompson Weeman.