Agriculture of America

On this episode of AOA: Weekend Edition, we kickoff the show with news headlines followed by a conversation about autonomy in agriculture with Tim Bucher, co-founder and CEO of Agtonomy. Then in Segment Three, FARM's Susan Littlefield shares a conversation about pork demand with Neal Hull from the National Pork Board and Tony Menker from Schnucks. Then in Segment Four, we learn more about American Farmland Trust's new podcast on farmland transition called LANDED as co-hosts Brooks Lamb and Megan Faller join the show.

On Friday's AOA, we begin the show by hearing part of our recent conversation about cattle market dynamics with Charley Martinez, Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee followed by a conversation with USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce about base acre allocation and more in Segment Two. In Segment Three, we discuss ATV/UTV safety and learn about Nationwide's Let's Champion Rider Safety initiative as Laramie Sandquist from Nationwide and Kristen Almer, executive director and co-founder of the RideSafe Foundation, join us for a conversation. Then we close the show in Segment Four as FARM's Susan Littlefield shares an interview with Ben West, executive director of Farmers for Soil Health.

On today's AOA, we begin the show with some perspective on blocking out the noise with your grain marketing and some discussion on ag labor reform in Segment One before we hear part of a recent conversation that Jesse had with Trent Klarenbach from The Klarenbach Grain Report discussing the dangers of leverage, particularly with farmland, as he highlights the work he is doing in his The Margin Call series. Then in Segments Three and Four, we share another recent conversation that Jesse had with Alan Doering, Senior Scientist from the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, to discuss the work they are doing at AURI trying to find new uses for alfalfa.

Wednesday on AOA, we begin the show with market analysis of pressure in cattle and grain markets at midweek with Chip Nellinger from Blue Reef Agri-Marketing followed by a conversation with National Sorghum Producers Chair Amy France in Segment Two. Then, we get perspective on numerous court cases and lawsuits in agriculture with DTN Environmental Editor Todd Neeley in Segment Three. We close the show with Eric Tipton, President of Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association who shares reaction to the FTC's announcement of an investigation into fertilizer companies practices.

On Tuesday's AOA, we begin the show with Kurt Kovarik, Vice President, Federal Affairs for Clean Fuels Alliance America who shares updates on industry reaction to the recently finalized Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) and an update on 45Z. In Segment Two, we discuss continuously variable transmissions (CVT) technology with Tanner Whipps, tractor product
specialist at CLAAS. In Segment Three, it's our monthly "Tractor Zoom Tuesday" conversation with Andy Campbell, Director of Insights for Tractor Zoom followed by ag news headlines to close the show in Segment Four.