Agriculture of America

Wednesday on AOA, powered by Cenex, we begin the show with Kansas State University economist Gregg Ibendahl who discusses the rising costs affecting farmers as we enter spring planting season. In Segment Two, we have a wide-ranging conversation with Mark Meckler (President of Convention of States) about farmer aid and policy issues impacting rural America. In Segment Three, we sit down with PMI Foods President and Founder Darin Parker to discuss the impact on global meat trade due to the war with Iran. Then we close the show and hear part of a recent conversation about the impact on global fertilizer flows due to the war with Itafos CEO David Delaney. You can watch that full conversation with David here: https://youtu.be/g-vnw4FERGs

Tuesday on AOA, powered by Cenex, we start the show talking markets with Tommy Grisafi from Nesvick Trading and Ag Bull Media followed by a conversation with Clean Fuels Alliance America CEO Donnell Rehagen.
Then, we talk about the latest in the ag equipment sector with Andy Campbell, Director of Insights at Tractor Zoom followed by a conversation about the 2025/26 Sorghum Harvest Quality Report with Jace Hefner, Manager of Global Trade for the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council.

On Monday's AOA, powered by Cenex, we start the show with a look at the markets as Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst at Barchart, joins us to discuss. In Segment Two, we get a look at the forecast for the week ahead with DTN Meteorologist John Baranick. After the bottom of the hour, we have an early spring agronomic conversation with Alan Blaylock, Senior Agronomist at Nutrien. We close the show in Segment Four with a look at ag news headlines.

On the Good Friday edition of AOA, powered by Cenex, we start the show discussing the latest U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council's (USGBC's) 2025/2026 Corn Export Cargo Quality Report, with Mark Sevier, Manager of Global Strategies and Trade for the council. In Segment Two, we talk with USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce who helps us dispel some myths regarding the FBA payments, base acres and pass through entities for ARC/PLC payments. In Segment Three, we talk about the importance of soil testing and how data from SoilView shows that when fertility decisions are based on average yield instead of soil sampling, growers over-apply fertilizer 45% of the time and under-apply 45% of the time. Matt Struve, SoilView operations manager, joins us to discuss. Then we close the show and hear about author Ryan Dennis and his memoir, Barn Gothic: Three Generations and the Death of the Family Dairy Farm. It follows his family's experience in trying to keep a small dairy farming going, as well as explores the specific politics that have led to difficult conditions for dairy farms. You can find the book via Island Press here: https://islandpress.org/books/barn-gothic#desc

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.