AOA Friday 6-26-2026

On Friday's AOA, we begin the show with perspective on dairy heifer inventories and a broad look at commodity markets with Abbi Prins, agricultural commodities economist with CoBank. In Segment Two, we get an update on the Super El Nino outlook and get some perspective on summer weather outlooks with Chad Merrill, Senior Meteorologist with Accuweather. After the bottom of the hour, USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce joins us to discuss staffing concerns at local county offices and to share a recap of his hearing on Capitol Hill this week. Then we close the show with a look at ag news headlines in Segment Four.