Well, more rain is coming down across the corn belt, the soybean market fell out of bed, but US Beef is headed back to Japan without restriction! Mixed bag in the world of ag news today.Field Reporter Bruce Gaarder has today's interview for us with Dr. John Newton, Chief Economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation and they talk trade and what's ahead for our industry. Have a great weekend, everybody!
It's a short episode today! Mike and Delaney are both on the road, but as NAFB's Washington Watch continues, we were able to get audio from a conversation the broadcasters had with Ted McKinney, Undersecretary for Trade at USDA - the first role of it's kind at USDA.
The economy has seen a boost in the past few months. Dr. James Mintert, professor of agricultural economics and director for the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University.
Mike and Delaney were not able to make it down to Kansas City for the Animal Ag Alliance Conference but they were able to sit down with the Vice President of Communications, Hannah Thompson Weeman.
Brian Alexander, Custom Grazier, Prescribed Burner, and Wildfire Survivor joined me to discuss his experiences at the Grass Fed Exchange as well as some new ideas he as a result of attending. We talk about the business opportunities presented by strip grazing and about how he went about making the decision to give this expirement a shot.
The markets seem to be back to normal today after yesterday's low. Dr. Jim Smith from Kent Nutrition Group chats with Mike and Delaney about the new product NutriVantange Nutrition optimizer.
