AgriTalk AM & PM

The voters have spoken. Party control of both chambers of Congress will change for the new session beginning in 2027. We discuss what the lame duck session might look like plus what we might see with various policies, bills, and committees affecting U.S. agriculture. Our guest is noted ag policy advisor Mary Kay Thatcher followed by the Farmer Forum featuring Iowa State Representative Chad Ingels (Dist. 68) and Blue Earth County Commissioner Kevin Paap (Dist. 4) of Minnesota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brian Grete of Commstock Investments joins us on another dreary day in the markets plus Brian Bledsoe of Brian Bledsoe weather shares an ag weather outlook and Matt Bennett of AgMarket has price action analysis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Election Day and we discuss the midterm races and what matters for U.S. agricultures. Our guests this morning are Jay Truitt of Policy Perspectives, National Pork Producers Council CEO Bryan Humphreys, and Farm Journal Broadcast executive producer Clinton Griffiths. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrett Toay of Ag Trader Talk is guest market analyst plus quick price action perspective from Jack Scoville of The Price Futures Group and Clinton Griffith's previews Farm Journal's election coverage tomorrow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – shares a tribute to a legend in the ag machinery world plus he reports on auctions he's got his eye on and previews two upcoming auctions. John Appel of Farmers Business Network joins us to discuss FBN's 2027 Crop Protection Market Outlook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zach Tindall of Producers Livestock Marketing Association and Cory Bratland of AgMarket Michelle Rook for this week's Market Roundtable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Halloween Eve and the last Free-for-all before the 2026 mid-term elections. Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture and Callie Eideberg of The Vogel Group share thoughts on some of the races across the country in the House and Senate and what certain outcomes could mean for the direction of the country in the next two years. Plus, a new episode of The Soy Checkoff Check-in featuring former USB chair Jerry Slocum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest market analyst this afternoon is Naomi Blohm of Total Farm Marketing. Then Ethan Ongstad, president of MIAX Futures, talks about a new fertilizer futures contract they have recently started. Price action perspective from OIiver Sloup of Blue Line Futures. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soy and Corn Advisory joins us to share his thoughts on Brazilian and domestic crops plus Dr. Ernie Goss of Creighton University talks about the latest Rural Mainstreet index and we talk about the campaign to increase pork demand with Jennifer Tirey, executive director at Illinois Pork Producers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Hueber of The Hueber Report is out guest market analyst plus we get livestock analysis from Dr. Lee Schulz, chief economist with EA Risk, and mid-week cash grain perspective from Nick Tsiolis of Farmer's Keeper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley joins us to share thoughts on the mid-term elections next week, dwindling farmer representation in Washington, D.C., the Harvest Fuel Relief Program, war with Iran, and more. Then our Farmer Forum features Rock Katschnig of Illinois and Tim Gregerson of Nebraska and topics include harvest updates, 2027 plans, WASDE fallout and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was a day that made our guest analyst Jim McCormick of AgMarket wish he picked next week to join us instead. AgMarket's Brian Splitt shares price action perspective. And USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey has an ag weather outlook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk economy, energy, and inputs today with Dr. Vince Malanga of LaSalle Economics, Phil Flynn of The Price Futures Group, and Josh Linville of StoneX Group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle talks with Chip Flory about his investigation of what went wrong in the WASDE report. Mark Knight of Farmer's Keeper Financial is guest market analyst. Cary Artac of artacadvisory.com and wickedstocks.com has technicals and a stock watch. Jack Scoville of The Price Futures Group shares price action perspective. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks about his Pick of the Week, reports on other items sold at recent auctions, and previews an auction happening tomorrow. Tanner Ehmke, lead economist for grains and oilseeds in CoBank's Knowledge Exchange Research Division, joins us to discuss how this fall's market conditions are causing stress for grain merchandisers, and Chip shares details and perspective on the situation with NASS and the WASDE numbers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Peterson of Heartland Farm Partners out of Lincoln, Nebraska is our guest market analyst this afternoon. Patrick Linnell of CattleFax takes us through the Cattle on Feed Report released today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Shaun Haney of RealAg Radio join us for the Friday Free-for-all. Chip had a conversation with USDA Under Secretary Richard Fordyce and we share four key answers about the Harvest Fuel Relief program and payment rates and schedules. Plus mid-term elections and many other topics are discussed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sherman Newlin of Zaner Ag Hedge is our guest market analyst followed by Mike Minor of Professional Ag Marketing plus Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures shares price action perspective. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We chat with Doug Berven, vice president of corporate affairs at POET LLC, about the exciting potential for marine use of ethanol. Chris Johnson of Centrol Crop Consulting talks about SCN challenges in North Dakota. And Drovers editorial director Angie Stump Denton reports on the latest news concerning New World screwworm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have market analysis conversations with Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek followed by Alex Hodes of StoneX plus a mid-week cash grain report from Nick Tsiolis of Farmer's Keeper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.