Agriculture of America

On this episode of AOA: Weekend Edition, presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions, we talk more about the Senate Ag Committee farm bill debate and hear comments from Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) from a press call on Friday along with a few more news headlines. In Segment Two, we discuss an antidumping case regarding Mexican strawberry imports and what it could mean for the industry with Daniel B. Pickard, head of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's International Trade & National Security practice and lead counsel for Strawberry Growers for Fair Trade.
 
In Segment Three, FARM's Susan Littlefield sits down for a conversation with the newly elected chairman of the U.S. Grains and BioProducts Council, Jay Reiners from Nebraska. We close the show in Segment Four with an ag economy conversation as we talk with David Widmar from Agricultural Economic Insights.

On Friday's AOA, powered by Nutrien Ag Solutions, we begin the show by looking at the July Ag Economy Barometer with Michael Langemeier from Purdue's Center for Commercial Agriculture. In Segment Two, USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce joins us to discuss new crop insurance payment flexibility announcements, reinstatement of prevent plant buy-up coverage and more. In Segment Three, we talk cattle markets with Charley Martinez, the new Director of the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management. Then, in Segment Four, we close the show with thoughts on the stalling of the Farm Bill this week in the Senate Ag Committee.

Thursday on AOA, powered by Nutrien Ag Solutions, we begin the show with a look at the markets as Cory Bratland from AgMarket.net joins the show followed by a conversation about protecting working lands in the West and a new law on the books in Idaho giving clearer protections for private land. Rees Empey, State Policy Manager for Pacific Legal Foundation, joins us to share more details. (Find his recent story with more information on this issue here: https://pacificlegal.org/western-livestock-journal-idaho-just-restored-the-property-line/)
 
Then in Segment Three, we hear more about an announcement this week from Ambrook, a company building financial software for agriculture and other independent businesses, as they have raised a $30M Series B after growing from roughly 2,500 to more than 8,000 customers in the past year. Mackenzie Burnett, Ambrook CEO and Cofounder, joins us for a conversation. We then close the show with news headlines including a deep dive into the latest Rural Mainstreet Index from Creighton University in Segment Four.

On Wednesday's AOA, presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions, we begin the show with another preview of the Farm Progress Show coming to Boone, IA September 1st-3rd with Farm Progress National Events Manager, Matt Jungmann in Segment One. In Segment Two, we discuss a potential $2 billion cut to the EQIP program in the Senate version of the Farm Bill set for markup this week. Rebecca Bartels, Executive Director with Invest in Our Land joins us to share perspective. Then we close the show with an update from the team at MyAgData and discussing how they are working to make acreage reporting easier for growers. Chad Greenlee is Channel Manager for MyAgData and he joins us along with Nathan Faleide from North Dakota, a grower who has been using the platform to report acres this year.

On Tuesday's AOA, presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions, we begin the show with Alan Weber, founding partner at MARC IV and senior advisor to Clean Fuels Alliance America, to discuss the benefits of increased biodiesel and renewable diesel use while creating valuable markets for U.S. farmers. In Segment Two, it's our August "Tractor Zoom Tuesday" conversation with Andy Campbell, Director of Insights at Tractor Zoom as we discuss trends for tractors, combines and sprayers along with the notion of a K-shaped economy forming in ag equipment buying. Then we spend the rest of the show talking about forage harvesters, overall forage harvester efficiency, the JAGUAR 1000 series from CLAAS and more with Matt Jaynes, forage
harvester product manager at CLAAS of America. Greg Frenzel, combine product
manager for CLAAS of America, also joins us again in Segment Four for a little Q&A session with Matt as we wrap our series on overall harvest efficiency. Learn more by visiting your local dealer or going online to https://www.claas.com.