Episodes
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April 18, 2025: USDA Budget Cuts, Ag Policy Updates and Soybean Innovation
Covering the latest in agriculture, this week’s episode shares what you need to know in agriculture policy and a look into the future innovations in soybean seed development. Agriculture news this week includes updates from the USDA, which plans to cut funding across various programs and…
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April 11, 2025: Weather Update from Eric Snodgrass and Tariff News
In this week’s episode, we report on current weather patterns, focusing on excessive rainfall and its impact on spring planting conditions. We also break down the top agriculture headlines from the week. Agriculture news this week includes the widespread and intense flooding across the southern...
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April 4, 2025: Tariffs Weigh on Agriculture as Farmer Sentiment Falls
This week’s episode covers the latest in agriculture news, what we are seeing with tariffs on agriculture-related goods and an interview discussing a source of nitrogen possibility for crop growers. Agriculture news this week includes the USDA’s recent planting intentions report and early…
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March 28, 2025: Planting Intentions, Ag Policy News and All About Biologicals
In this week’s episode, we dive into the latest agriculture policy news including recently announced released funding, a new biofuel policy and an executive order signed by President Trump aimed at boosting domestic mineral production in addition to an interview discussing more about biologicals....
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March 21, 2025: Happy National Ag Week, Top Ag News Headlines
This week’s episode covers the latest in agriculture, including updates on egg news, tariffs, and a special National Ag Week interview with former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, now CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation. We also dive into USDA’s recent decision to streamline U.S. pork and...
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March 14, 2025: Ag Market Trends and Behind-The-Scenes Tour of a FBN Distribution Facility
In this week’s episode, hear the latest agriculture news and two in-depth interviews from agricultural market trends and another with an inside look at a Farmers Business Network (FBN) distribution facility. This week’s ag news covers the latest on tariffs affecting the agricultural industry, a…
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March 7, 2025: Ag Technology Takes Center Stage at This Year’s Commodity Classic
In this week’s episode, tune in for our on-site coverage of the 2025 Commodity Classic, a trade show and convention bringing together farmers nationwide. From an in-depth interview with Helena representatives on legislative impacts and a newly introduced post-emergence adjuvant to the latest top…
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February 28, 2025: Ag Policy Updates and More Ag News
Stay up to date on key agricultural policy developments and the top ag headlines from the past week. In this episode, we also feature an interview with Geringhoff, discussing their latest equipment release and company growth. This week’s ag headlines cover major policy updates, including the...
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February 21, 2025: Farmers Expected to Plant More Corn, USDA Updates and a Report From Vietnam
This week’s episode features the latest agriculture news including a special update from Delaney Howell, who is currently in Vietnam as part of the I-LEAD Iowa Corn program. Agriculture news this week includes updates from the USDA related to recent firings, Secretary of Agriculture Rollins...
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February 14, 2025: Proposed Ag Legislation, Mental Health Resources and This Week’s Top Ag News
In today’s episode, stay informed on key agricultural policy updates alongside the top ag headlines from the past week. Learn about available mental health resources for farmers from Purdue University Extension and get the latest agriculture weather and market updates. This week’s headlines cover...
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February 7, 2025: Optimism Among Farmers and Insights From a State’s Peanut Checkoff
In this week’s episode, hear how a recent survey indicates an increased positive outlook for U.S. farmers and some tough profit margins for agricultural manufacturers in addition to more ag headline stories. Key policy updates include the latest on President Trump’s cabinet nominations, a...
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January 31, 2025: Top Ag Policy News and a Poultry Sustainability Report Insights
In today’s episode, catch up with the latest agricultural policy news, including what the American Farm Bureau Federation—the nation’s largest general farm organization—will be advocating for this year. Additionally, we feature an interview discussing the first-ever sustainability framework...
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January 24, 2025: Ag Policy News This Week and a Carbon Program Overview
In this week’s episode, we cover key executive orders signed by President Trump earlier this week that are significant to agriculture and dive into the details of a carbon program. This week’s top ag news includes new data showing that 2024 was the warmest year on record in the United States. We...
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January 17, 2025: 45Z Tax Credit Update, and Farmland Values Insights
In today’s episode, Delaney and Tanner discuss the USDA announcement clarifying the Climate-Smart Agriculture rule and its role in shaping the path for the 45Z tax credit. This week’s agricultural headlines also feature reactions from ag groups to the revisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act…
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January 10, 2025: Ag Exports and Navigating Potential Tariff Impacts
In this week’s podcast, we discuss a recent survey indicating a decline in farmer sentiment during December, as reported by the latest Purdue University and CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Additionally, we cover the new six-year contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)...
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January 3, 2025: Renewable Fuel Opportunities and Challenges, Ag Policy Updates and More
Today’s episode includes two insightful conversations with ag leaders and key quotes from a renewable fuels panel discussion, alongside top agricultural headlines to kick off 2025. This week’s top agricultural headlines includes a farm bill update, with growing optimism for the passage of new...
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December 20, 2024: Ag Policy Updates and Key Environmental Topics for Farmers
In the final Ag News Daily episode of the year, we dive into the latest developments in agricultural policy, pressing challenges for pork producers post-election and other key updates shaping the ag industry. We also have your weekly weather and market updates in addition to top ag headlines.…
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December 13, 2024: Avian Influenza Updates, a Special Market Update and More Ag News
This week, we bring you top agricultural headlines, including updates on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), ag policy developments and an Illinois Farm Bureau dispute in addition to many conversations with ag leaders. In this week’s first interview we hear from Dr. Megan Niederwerder,...
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December 6, 2024: Insights on Tiling and Ag Policy Updates
This week’s Ag News Daily episode features an in-depth interview about tiling with Advanced Drainage Systems, updates on the Farm Bill and the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit, and a roundup of the top agricultural headlines. Top ag headlines include recent layoffs impacting agricultural...
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November 22, 2024: Ag Labor Challenges and Opportunities
In this week’s episode, we bring you the latest agricultural headlines, including an increase in avian influenza cases among farmworkers, insights from a panel discussion on ag labor challenges and opportunities from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention and an update on the…
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November 15, 2024: Ag leaders Weigh on Issues Including the Farm Bill and More
This week, we bring you the top agricultural headlines and highlights from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention in a lively and insightful episode. Tune in for updates on the ag markets, weather trends, and the latest industry news. This week’s news highlights a 7% surge in…
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November 8, 2024: Post-election – What’s Next for Agriculture?
In this week’s episode, we dive into post-election news impacting agriculture, as well as hear about international opportunities that led to the creation of 4-D Ag Fashion and 4-D Ag World, both serving dairy farmers and industry professionals in the United States. Top agricultural headlines this...
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November 1, 2024: How the Election May Impact Agriculture, and More Top Ag Headlines
Next week’s election could significantly affect the agricultural sector, and this week’s headlines will cover topics including the spending from political action committees (PACs) sponsored by farm organizations, agribusiness firms, and electric cooperatives. Additionally, we’ll explore why other...
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October 25, 2024: Feeding cows efficiently and wins for farmers and veterinarians
In this week’s episode, we’ll dive into a weather update from the impact of drought conditions, particularly how the low water levels of the Mississippi River are disrupting commodity transportation in addition to bringing you the latest agriculture news and a market update. Some of this week’s…
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October 18, 2024: Looking Ahead with Optimism as This Year’s Harvest Season Passes the Halfway Mark
As harvest continues across the nation, farmers are already looking forward to opportunities for improvement in the coming year. In this week’s episode, we bring you important conversations and updates. Along with our weekly market insights and top agriculture news, we’ll cover weather trends and...
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October 11, 2024: AI and Imagery Transform Crop Scouting, Plus Top Agriculture News
This week’s episode we hear key issues and opportunities facing the agricultural community including the impact of recent hurricanes on the industry, important USDA updates, and McDonald’s newly filed lawsuit against the four largest U.S. meat processors. We also discuss the White House’s Farmers...
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October 4, 2024: Farming, from a Global Perspective, and Insights from the World Dairy Expo
In this week’s episode, we cover the widespread devastation to crops in the southern United States, insights from attendees of the World Dairy Expo — the largest dairy-focused trade show — and the potential impact of a multi-day strike between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)…
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September 27, 2024: Insights on Nitrogen Management for Farmers, 45X Tax Credit Updates and More
In this week’s episode, we provide updates on weather, harvest conditions across the Midwest, market trends, and top agricultural news. We cover former President Donald Trump's warning to John Deere over potential tariffs if they shift production to Mexico, and how an FFA alumnus is raising...
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September 20, 2024: Automation with Mach, Corn and Soybeans Harvest Underway
This week, we provide updates on the corn and soybean harvest, along with tips for maintaining your mental and physical health during National Farm Safety and Health Week, which is being observed now. Additionally, we discuss how recent Federal Reserve rate cuts could benefit farmers. You'll also...
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September 13, 2024: Innovations at Kubota and Latest USDA Reports
This week, agricultural organizations welcomed Congress back from summer recess by urging the swift passage of the 2024 Farm Bill. Also in the spotlight is the potential impact of a looming East Coast dockworkers' strike on agricultural products, as well as a continued decline in August tractor...
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September 6, 2024: Key Insights for the Upcoming Harvest and Global Ag Trends
This week, we cover cooler temperatures, the opening of what will soon be one of the largest cattle feedlots in the U.S., U.S. cropland rent increasing since 2023 by 3.2% to $160 per acre, and the significance of Koch Ag & Energy Solutions' acquisition of an Iowa nitrogen fertilizer plant for...
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August 30, 2024: Largest outdoor ag show brings together international and domestic farmers
While at the Farm Progress Show, we heard from many farmers and businesses providing both international and domestic resources and opportunities. These next few weeks you will hear many of those interviews. This week’s interviews provide a glimpse from a Kubota ride-and-drive event with…
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August 23, 2024: Introducing Dairy-Lover Michelle Stangler to the Ag News Daily Team
One of the last USDA crop progress report updates before harvest, yield and in-the-field updates from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, how agriculture was included at the Democratic National Convention, an update on an ongoing Canadian rail worker strike and global market expectations for crop resources...
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August 16, 2024: Zack Smith, the Stock Cropper
This week's top headlines include weather, the crop progress report, a new fungicide spraying tool by BASF, the latest on Avian Influenza, the August WASDE report, and more! This week we are joined by Zack Smith, farmer in Scarville, Iowa to talk about his stock cropping system. Don't forget to...
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August 9, 2024: BioLumic - the new future for genetic expression?
This week, milder temperatures across the corn belt may not be in store for the long term. This week's top headlines included an update on crop progress, a quick take on the Farm Bill, a change to FSA loan programs and more. Then stay tuned as Delaney catches up with Steve Sibulkin the CEO of...
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August 2, 2024: A market update with Tommy Grisafi
This week's top headlines included new weather, crop progress, ECO coverage expansion, John Deere and others company layoffs and more. The team is also joined by Tommy Grisafi of ATI PRO MEDIA to get an update on the commodity markets. #corn #soybeans #commoditymarkets #cropproduction
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July 26, 2024: Iowa State study reveals why H5N1 is found in raw milk, and more
Another company submitting a proposed label for a new product containing dicamba to the EPA, farm bill update, demand for U.S. ethanol-based products led to the first shipment of ETBE to Japan and what one state is doing to mitigate risks associated with the highly pathogenic avian influenza are...
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July 19, 2024: Technology allows tractors to operate without a driver
690 miles of pipeline transporting carbon dioxide from ethanol plants in Iowa update, avian influenza reported in poultry, workers and dairy cattle and news related to farm income weakening recently are some of this week’s headlines! We’ll also hear more about new market opportunities from…
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July 12, 2024: Answering your questions about drones
Weather update throughout the Midwest, an interview answering your questions and what to know about agricultural drone usage, what's happening in the grain markets and an update on Tyson Food's pork plant shutdown in Perry, Iowa are some of this week's headlines! This week's interview we hear…
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June 28, 2024: Crop protection resources in a wet year
Flooding throughout the Midwest, how a project is testing a method for land appraisers to assign an accurate value to farmland that has various soil health practices and more about the Farm Bill are some of this week's headlines. This week's interviews we hear from Iowa State University Extension...
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June 21, 2024: World Issues Impacting Grain Markets
Heat wave throughout the Corn Belt, Farm Bill’s unlikeliness of passage this year with one out of eight steps being completed and EPA and multiple agriculture organizations lawsuit requiring automakers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are some of this week’s headlines. If you’ve seen the viral...
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June 14, 2024: SHIC's focus on Foreign Animal Disease Research
This week brought more hot temperatures to the US, and wildfires to Canada, but planters continued to roll. Delaney caught up with Dr. Megan Niederwerder, Executive Director of SHIC, to talk about their work at the Swine Health Information Center with a specific focus on foreign animal disease...
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June 7, 2024: Lending a helping hand
This week's headlines include weather, planting progress the first weekly crop conditions report, and pork exports to China. We also kick off our first weekly agronomic update with the folks at REDSTAR LLC. World Pork Expo brought in folks from around the nation this week into Des Moines, and…
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May 31, 2024: The history of Ihle Fabrication
After a holiday-shortened week, Tanner and Delaney are back in action. This week's headlines include weather, planting progress, Avian Influenza, Chinese trade news, and more! Ihle Fabrication is a leading provider in manufacturing agriculture wear parts for combines and other equipment. The team...
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May 24, 2024: Aqua-Yield, the future of Nanotechnology?
Across the country this week, many in the corn belt faced severe weather conditions including multiple deadly tornadoes, flooding, and extreme thunderstorms. This week's headlines include weather, planting progress, an update on the Farm Bill, H5N1, tar spot research, and more! Throwing things…
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May 17, 2024: A weather update from Eric Snodgrass and Kyle Bennett of Brandt
With weather dominating the headlines, the team hosts Eric Snodgrass to chat all things weather. Kyle Bennett of Brandt also joins to discuss equipments sales from Brandt's perspective. This week's headlines include weather, planting progress, an update on the Farm Bill, H5N1, tractor and combine...
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May 10, 2024: Disc Speed, Biologicals, and more!
In today's episode, sponsored by Azotic Technologies, Delaney and Tanner sit down with Tim Strahm of Brandt to talk disc speed, and later in the episode Tom Tregunno of Azotic Technologies to chat about their Envita Biologicals product. This week's headlines include an update on the flooding in...
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May 3, 2024: The GREET Model Makes Big Waves
We have an action-packed episode this week as multiple stories dominated the headlines. First up, Delaney and Tanner sit down with Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag to chat about the recently dropped GREET model. Then on the docket Dean Barke with Fastline shares an update on the equipment market. To...
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April 26, 2024: Dan English of FBN Financial; The McBee Family
In today's episode, Delaney and Tanner catch up with Dan English, General Manager of FBN Financial, to discuss exciting new developments for them. Delaney also sits down with Cole McBee and Steve McBee Sr. for part 2 of their interview, where they talk more about the success of their show, The...
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April 19, 2024: The McBee Dynasty
In today's episode, Delaney sits down with Cole McBee and Steve McBee Sr. to talk about the success of their show, The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys, and what it’s like to be a first-generation farm family in the reality TV space. This week's headlines include John Deere's new CTO…
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