Ag News Daily

We've got a wide ranging episode today with lots of talk about trade, the disappointed export news for corn and soybeans today, Brazil's presidential election, and an expansion down at Creekstone Farms, LLC in Arkansas City, Kansas. Plus, reporter Hannah Pagel brings us some interviews from the National FFA Convention and Mike had a chat with the Iowa Soybean Association's new direc...

Sausage causes a kerfuffle in Japan! Massive harvest progress! Trade news (probably)! All of these things and more on today's episode of Ag News Daily. Plus, a fascinating and wide ranging conversation with Nigerian corn grower Patience Koku, one of the few farmers in her area with center pivot irrigation and plenty of thoughts on GMOs, global trade, and what Nigeria needs to be working on to...

Delays in harvest for both US and Canadian producers have crop harvest reports behind averages for producers in both North American countries. A potentially new FTA between the US and Philippines could lower tariffs on US meat products and increase pork exports into the Asian country. Another ASF case was cited in a Southern province in China, the FIRST for this part of the country; and the USDA a...

Gorgeous fall weather across the country on today's #MarketMonday episode. Join Mike and Delaney as they discuss the latest trade news about USMCA, China, African Swine Fever, and net farm income for 2018. Plus a little Market discussion with Matt Bennett of Bennett Consulting to see where the commodity markets are headed.

Hard to believe that another Friday is already here! It's a bit of a slow news day, but things are still happening with African Swine Fever, the Chinese soybean crop, and in D.C.Plus, we had the chance to sit with Edgard Ramirez, an Argentinian corn and soybean grower to talk about last season's weather, the trade war, and the work he has done with helping African farmers utilize no-till...

It's World Food Prize week in Des Moines, which means farmers, agribusiness folks, journalists, and communicators are congregated at the Marriott hotel in Downtown Des Moines, so Mike and Delaney went down to catch up with the folks from the Global Farmer Network. Again, some tremendous growers from many different countries were on hand to discuss agriculture in their home countries and the c...

Hurricane Michael & Florence hit Southern Agriculture hard; Ashley Arrington discusses the impacts she has seen from a "boots on the ground" perspective. Mike and Delaney also discusses Brazil's latest scandal, trade negotiations between the US and fellow trading partners, and the newest African Swine Fever outbreak.

Mike and Delaney are enjoying the crisp fall day by of course bringing you the latest ag news! Today's headlines include Farm Bill dialogue, the latest on the E15 announcement, Hurricane impacts on agriculture, and new trade deals from developing country. Plus a great #TechTuesday interview with Georgia Francis King, Ideas Editor for Quartz, sharing about their latest installation of "Th...

Delaney is on a 'work-cation' down in Lexington, KY and she rounded up a few interviews for today's #MarketMonday discussion. One was with podcast sponsor Barber & Sons Cattle Co where she spoke with owner Larry Barber about the state of the cattle industry and what he sees everyday. She also caught up with Jim Akers from Bluegrass Stockyards and they spoke about industry from t...

We've got a big Friday episode that we're using to have a little fun and clear up some misconceptions. First of all, new news in the glyphosate cancer trial in California was announced; second, a meeting between President Xi and President Trump; and third, African Swine Fever outbreak again in China. With China's tariffs still shaping the soybean market, we wanted to make sure that...

USDA dropped an updated WASDE report on the markets today, finally with them giving growers a slightly less bearish number than analysts were anticipating, and there was a little bounce in both the corn and bean markets. Plus, heavy weather is impacting much of the US, with Hurricane Michael hitting the southeast and snow falling on parts of North and South Dakota. Also, we shine a light on soybea...

Well, our ears are still ringing from last night's rally with President Trump in support of his declaration that E15 will be able to be sold year round. The crowd was very fired up, and, though the rally was certainly more of a campaign rally to aid Republican candidates in Iowa and Nebraska, the President did make a few comments that relate to agriculture, so we'll play those today. Plu...

This Tuesday was a big day for the western side of Iowa, as President Trump brought his campaign-style rally to Council Bluffs to celebrate the announcement of E15 sales around the year, rather than restricting sales during the summer months because of an outdated RVP issue. Mike and Delaney went to Council Bluffs to cover the rally, and will be bringing clips from that event tomorrow, in the mean...

Happy #MarketMonday! Delaney brings us up to date on a swine disease outbreak in Brazil, plus Soybean processors in Brazil are beginning to run in negative territory, China pumps more money into the economy, and wet weather continues across the corn belt. Plus a look at where the markets are heading with Zaner Group's Chief Market Agricultural Strategist Ted Seifried!

Hard to believe it, but another Friday is here! Today's news is all over the place, with a trade update from the EU and Canada, low coffee prices, and new information about ancient sorority girls that Delaney is excited to report. And, with the continuing run of rain and chilly temps in the Western corn belt, we figured it was time to talk to our good friend Ed Vallee from Ed Vallee Weather C...

Delaney is covering the news while Mike is bringing a great interview with fellow farm broadcaster, Max Armstrong! Delaney discusses current updates with NAFTA, Farm Bill, JBS, and rural America's sentiment and thoughts in a current poll about President Trump and Mike brings it home by getting Max's thoughts on many of these issues and more!

News from all corners of the globe today! America's Ambassador to China Terry Brandstad answers back to the Chinese Daily "Ad-vertorial" put in this weekend's Des Moines Register; geographical indicator usage gets a little more clear in light of NAFTA 2.0; and Canada makes a run for LNG market domination. Plus, host of the Working Cows podcast Clay Conry just spent a week in Wa...

Could Pennycress, that pesky field weed, have the potential to be a paying cash crop for farmers? Find out in today's #TechTuesday discussion with Cris Handel from Arvegenix Inc. Today's top headlines include a new Climate and satellite data system to track yield numbers, could this be a new way to challenge the USDA? NAFTA 2.0 seems to have some pro's for poultry, dairy, and wheat...

Happy Fri-YAY, errybody! Though it doesn't feel much like a Fri-yay for growers in the upper midwest; rain, cold temps, and a bearish quarterly grain stocks report really put a damper on the celebrations today. However, we bring the news, regardless of whether it's good or bad. And news we have! Seafood trade with China has been impacted by tariffs, Delaney updates us on the QGS report,...

Happy Thursday everyone; Delaney is down in Kansas City today covering the KC Ag Outlook Forum and will be bringing us more updates from that tomorrow. In the meantime, I have a quick cut of Bill Northey's address wherein he discusses how the Market Facilitation program was designed. We also have an update from reporter Bruce Gaarder with Darcy Maulsby, an author, farmer, and storyteller, abo...

Trade dominates today's headlines with the official announcement that the US and Japan are opening the gate to Bilateral trade talks, NAFTA or rather Mexico-US trade text will be released Friday, and is looking to expand some market access into China in the wake of US trade tensions. The Farm Bill is also top of mind for many as expiration nears this coming Sunday. For today's conversati...

On today's #TechTuesday we are talking specifically Irish technology that Delaney got to see during her trip last week. The two companies featured today are DeadDock, a company working to transform how herbicides are applied on Dock weeds; and Fresh Graze, a young tech company working to improve grazing management practices. Top news for the day includes new remarks and concerns from the WTO...

Well, it sure seems like #Harvest18 is underway across much of the Midwest, so it's a great day to dig in to recent market movements with our friend from north of the boarder, Matthew Pot, author of the Grain Perspectives newsletter. We chat a bit about NAFTA and the changing flow of soybean trade globally, and take a look at the months ahead for corn, soybean, and wheat growers. Also, Presid...

It's a Friday, and Delaney is back in the good ol' US of A for today's podcast! She brings up to speed on the things she learned and saw while in Ireland at the National Ploughing Championships over the last week. Some of the things were surprisingly different, others surprisingly similar. We also have a riot of trade news for today's episode - China is buying US beans again, a...

Kind of a rough episode today, everybody, and I'm sorry about that, but it's worth putting up with the crackle and pop to hear a report from Field Reporter Bruce Gaarder with Ron Lamberty about the future of E15. Delaney returns tomorrow and you'll be in good hands!