Agriculture of America

AOA Tuesday 5-30-2023

Tuesday's AOA began with Darin Newsom, Senior Analyst at Barchart, who noted the technical levels that the market will try to hold on to this week. In segment 2, John Baranick of DTN Weather discussed the deluge in Texas over the weekend and looked ahead to weather in the major ag growing regions of the US. In segment 3, Brian Doherty of Total Farm Marketing discussed his long term impressions in the soy market and in the livestock trade. 

 

AOA Friday 5-26-2023

Friday's episode began with Donna Hughes, Senior Risk Manager at StoneX, outlining the weather changes in the southern plains and what could happen with the cotton market. In segment 2, Mary-Thomas Hart, Chief Counsel at National Cattlemen's Beef Association discussed the win for common sense in the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Sackett V EPA. With debt ceiling negotiations happening in DC, Center for Practical Federalism Fellow Steve Johnson joined the show to look at the impact of federal funding on state budgets, and how that could change with a deal. We closed with Naomi Blohm, who is encouraging cattle producers to keep an eye on the markets and use these prices to lock in some sales.

AOA Thursday 5-25-2023

On Thursday, Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge joined the show with a breakdown of the grain complex and a look at the continued buying in live cattle. In segment 2, Emily Buckman, Director of Government Affairs at the American Farm Bureau Federation discussed the work they have been doing on the Right to Repair for ag equipment. Justin Tupper, President of US Cattlemen's Association helped break down the recent study from USDA about the confusion in Product of the USA labeling.

 

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AOA Wednesday 5-24-2023

AOA Tuesday 5-23-2023

Tuesday's AOA began with a look at the markets from Darin Newsom, Senior Analyst at Barchart who's watching for a bottom in the new crop corn market. In segment 2, Dennis Smith of Archer Financial Services spent time digesting Friday's Cattle on Feed report from USDA. Mike Pearson reviewed several news of importance to agriculture in segment 3, and the show closed with Jesse Allen, Farm and Ranch Director for the American Ag Network discussing the future of equipment sales with Curt Blades of AEM.

AOA Monday 5/22/2023

AOA Friday 5-19-2023

Friday's episode kicked off with Garrett Toay of Ag Trader talk with a discussion of the Friday turnaround in the grain complex. In segment 2, Eldon McAfee, attorney with the Brick Gentry law firm in Iowa, broke down the Supreme Court's decision on Prop 12 from California. Josh Linville, VP of Fertilizer at StoneX joined the show in segment 3 with a look at how the fertilizer market has moved in the past few weeks.

AOA Thursday 5-18-2023

Thursday's AOA began with Chris Robinson, Robinson Ag Marketing discussing the ongoing breakdown in the wheat market and his outlook for handing grain risk over the summer. In segment 2, Joe Smentek, Executive Director of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association discussed their ongoing lawsuit against the state of Minnesota for trying to adopt the California Clean Air requirements. Electricity expert and author Robert Bryce joined the show next to discuss EPA's most recent clean power plant and the outsized impact these rules could have on rural electictric grids.

 

AOA Wednesday 5-17-2023

Wednesday's AOA took a good look at the grain markets, with Steve Nicholson of Rabo Research outlining his expectations for grain market supply and demand over the next seven years, followed by Krista Swanson, Chief Economist at the National Corn Growers Association, who addressed the potential impact of the Black Sea Grain Export Corridor going away. The show closed with Chuck Conner, President and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, who outlined the objections the Agriculture Workforce Coalition has with the most recent Secure the Border Act and the the path ahead for ag labor.