AOA Thursday 4-2-2026

On Thursday's AOA, powered by Cenex, we start the show with market perspective and analysis from Matt Bennett with AgMarket.net in Segment One. We follow that with a few news headlines and squeeze in some time with Dr. Seth Meyer from FAPRI at the University of Missouri. In Segment Three, we talk with Jim Matheson, CEO of NRECA – the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association – about challenges and necessary updates for the rural electric grid and more. Then we close in Segment Four as Dean Podlich, Digital Seeds Platform Leader at Pioneer, celebrates 100 years of Pioneer by sharing some early company history and how Pioneer's genetics and R&D have helped address farmer challenges and increase productivity.