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Roy Plote, Dekalb County Farm Bureau member and analyst with Western Illinois Commodities, discusses the impact of a light drizzle on harvest and takes a look at the start of a new market week. Travis Yordy, Yordy Turkey Farm near Morton, talks turkey ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Meteorologist Jacob Dickey takes a look at the forecast for the week ahead.

Terry Bline, Grainland Farmers, joins the program to discuss markets as another week winds to a close. Brad Zwilling, FarmDoc Daily, summarizes financial trends from Illinois farms in 2025 and analyzes what those mean. Matt Reardon, Nutrien atmospheric scientist, takes a look at the weather.

Kirby Wagner, director of government relations at Growmark, talks about red dye diesel. Ryan Gentle, Wyffels agronomy manager, talks harvest as operations begin to wrap up. Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge, joins the program to talk markets.

Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing, joins the program to kick off a new market week as corn harvest and soybean harvest passes fifty percent completed to starting to wrap up. It's Meaty Money with Elena Ridley, Original Root Beer Stand in Oglesby, as she discusses decades on the team at the stand. Jim Rasor, longtime meteorologist at WSIL, takes a look at the forecast.

Michael Biethman, Gateway FS, joins the program to take a look at markets as the week winds down. Dr. Joe Janzen, associate professor at the College of Aces at University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, talks about a recent article on grain storage and how prepared we are for harvest. Mike Albano, meteorologist at NWS Lincoln, takes a look at a consistent forecast.

Tom Dosdall, Stone X, joins the program to kick off a new market week. Brynn Wheetley, owner of Tater Headz Fry Co., talks fries and frankfurters for Meaty Monday. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey has a look at the agricultural forecast for the week ahead.

David Widmar, Ag Economic Insight, joins the program to wrap up the post-WASDE numbers surprise market week. Corey Geiger, Co Bank Economist, talks about opportunity in the dairy industry. Illinois' state climatologist Trent Ford takes a look at the weather as temperatures continue to cool further into the expected fall range.

Jacob Kleinberg, Roach Ag, joins the program to discuss the midweek markets and corn price action. Doug Yoder, County Financial crop agency manager, discusses ARC/PLC payments per county.

Dan Bowman, ADM, joins the program to discuss the continuing harvest and take a look at the start of a new market week. Christie Collier, owner of the Healthy in a Hurry food truck, joins the program to discuss the truck's meat-based offerings and its iconic fish tacos for Meaty Monday. Kevin Lighty, meteorologist at WCIA, previews a new weather week as warmer temperatures continue to hold on to f...

Brian Chastain, Marketwise Ag Services, joins the program to take a look at markets on a USDA WASDE report release day, featuring high corn yield expectations and a large carryout. Ed Kasper, Kasper Ag Solutions, discusses harvest tech from Boone County. Nick Hausen, Hausen Weather, has a look at the forecast ahead.

John Zanker, Farmer's Keeper in Carmel, Indiana, joins the program to discuss markets, starting with news from the western Corn Belt. Andrew Margenot, professor in the crop sciences department at the University of Illinois College of Aces, discusses how his department is using funds awarded for fertilizer research.

Rodney Knittel, Illinois Farm Bureau's assistant director of transportation and infrastructure, breaks down what the president's annoncement on red dye diesel means. Andrew McCarty, Pluto Commodities, joins the program to take a look at the markets. Jon Strok, Country Financial, joins the program at the end of the quarter to discuss the market economic outlook.

Analyst Darren Frye, Water Street Consulting, joins the program to kick off a new market week as harvest continues around the state. Chris Loman, Loman's Backyard BBQ, talks getting into the BBQ business on this week's Meaty Monday segment. Chris Yates, meteorologist at WMBD, looks ahead at what to expect in the forecast this week.

Curt Strubhar, Advance Trading, on Quarterly Grain Stocks. Nick Frederking, AgriGold Southern Illinois and Brian Humphries, Wyffels Hybrids, give agronomy updates from the harvest fields.

Darin Newsom, Darin Newsom Analysis, has a look a the markets. Scott Baum, Baum Chevrolet Buick in Clinton, talks about if rising fuels costs have impacted auto sales.