Davis Michaelsen moderates this week's Friday Free-for-all featuring Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio. Topics include funding the bridge payments, allocating aid and is it enough, the future of USMCA and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nutrien Agronomy Senior Science Fellow Eric Snodgrass joins us to discuss domestic weather for the rest of the year, including how long the La Niña influence might be expected to last. And April Hemmes of Iowa and Ted Hamer of Iowa are in this week's Farmer Forum. They talk about the pros and cons of federal assistance and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farmer National Company president Paul Schadegg talks about land values, challenges from winter weather, the role investor-buyers play in prices, and how bridge payments stand to help the ag economy. Phil Flynn of The Price Futures Group joins us to discuss the energy markets, including producing and trading oil, diesel prices for agriculture, exporting natural gas, and geopolitics that impact it all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip is off this week and Davis Michaelsen is covering this week's morning shows. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa joins us to discuss possible China purchases, financial aid for farmers, and E15 status. Greg Peterson/Machinery Pete is on the road headed to another auction but he calls in to talk about his Pick of the Week plus other auctions he's watching. And U.S. Farm Report's Tyne Morgan talks about the new studio complex in Kansas City and a few news items.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture join Chip Flory and Davis Michaelsen for the Friday Free-for-all. Topics include renewing USMCA, House Farm Bill status, New World screwworm status, and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning we had conversations with Renewable Fuels Association chief economist Scott Richman, National Corn Growers Association president Jed Bower, and former National Association of Wheat Growers president Bill Flory.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are in Salt Lake City at the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) Conference & Expo, with coverage sponsored by Atticus. We have conversations with Mike Roudi of Emergent Connext, Richard Gupton and Hunter Carpenter of ARA, and Joe Glauber of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Emeritus Dr. Jim Mintert of Purdue joins us to discuss the latest Ag Economy Barometer, which saw an uptick since last month. We have this week's Farmer Forum day early to make way for ARA Convention coverage tomorrow. Joining is Scott Berger of Iowa and Tim Gregerson of Nebraska. Topics include navigating these challenging times of high prices of purchases and low prices of sales and plans for next year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off December 2025 with two popular and extraordinarily-informed guests: Greg Peterson, better-known as Machinery Pete, and Paul Neiffer, himself also known as The Farm CPA. Greg talks about his Pick of the Week and Paul has a calculator for SDRP Stage 2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our post-Thanksgiving Friday Free-for-all. It was recorded pre-Thanksgiving on Wednesday so if there was some major policy news since then we’ll talk about it on Monday. Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio join us to discuss tariffs, the Federal Reserve, E15, Brazil, China, and a lot more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Thanksgiving from AgriTalk! For this show we present conversations recently recorded at NAFB's Trade Talk event. Our guests are American Soybean Association president Caleb Ragland, National Corn Growers Association president Jed Bower, and in-coming A.S.A. president Scott Metzger.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National Sorghum Producers CEO Tim Lust joins us to discuss some of the industry news and priorities going forward. And our Farmer Forum features Tim Burrack of Iowa and Ken McCauley of Kansas. Topics include the cash crunch, including high prices for everything, and what farmers are looking for to help through these challenging times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with Randy Dowdy and David Hula of Breaking Barriers with R&D. U.S. Meat Export Federation president and CEO Dan Halstrom joins us to discuss USDA's announcement of accepting applications for funding under the 2026 America First Trade Promotion Program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks about his Pick of the Week, which fetched an amazing record high, plus he previews several upcoming auctions throughout the midwest and one in Canada. Dr. Ernie Goss joins us to run through the results of Creighton University's latest Rural Mainstreet Index, which includes 1-in-3 bankers indicate a rural economy recession. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives joins us for the Friday Free-for-all and we welcome a new panelist, Callie Eideberg of The Vogel Group. Topics include changes to grocery-related tariffs, biofuels policies, SDRP-2, present final WOTUS rule, skinny Farm Bills and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgDay's Clinton Griffiths is our guest host this morning and he has conversations with Jackson Takach of Farmer Mac about the results of a recent ag lender survey, U.S. Congressman Sam Graves about the latest WOTUS rules, and Farm Journal's Chris Bennett on the issue of government overreach on private land.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margy Eckelkamp of thedailyscoop.com joins Davis Michaelsen to discuss A.I. plus fertilizer and the latest developments on the railroad merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. Then our Farmer Forum features Brent Judisch of Iowa and Sherman Newlin of Illinois.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NCBA chief counsel Mary-Thomas Hart joins us to share reaction and analysis of EPA's announcement of a "final" WOTUS rule. Drew Lerner of World Weather, Inc. talks about U.S. and South American weather over the coming weeks/months. The Farm CPA Paul Neiffer breaks down USDA's SDRP2 program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – joins us to share his Pick of the Week plus report on other recent auctions and preview a few more. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley joins us to discuss several ag-related issues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and The Farm CPA Paul Neiffer join us for the Friday Free-for-all the exchange news and ideas on the government re-opening, tariffs affecting prices, chaos in the cattle industry and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.