Ag News Daily

Mike and Delaney talk news, markets, and Mike chats with one of the regular analysts for AND about the markets.

Ag News Daily is bringing a special weekend episode to share some breaking news and give you the Q&A from Secretary Perdue's town hall in Nevada, Iowa.

Mike and Delaney talk about the what's happening in the world of agricultural news including new markets with China, Methane deal, and get to talk about the ELD mandate with Steve Hilker.

Today Delaney and Mike talk about the new changes at the USDA under Secretary Sonny Perdue and Joe Sweeney from Eagles Catch joins us to explain why and how he's raising tilapia in landlocked Iowa. It's always interesting to learn about new ways to add value to the corn and soybeans grown in this country, and aquaculture is one of the more recent additions.

Delaney and Mike discuss the USDA's May reports and note the market movements as well as have a conversation about the US pork industry from Dallas Hockman, Vice President of Industry Relations with the NPPC. Pork is loved in America as well as around the world, and Dallas tells us where the industry is moving over the next few years.

Today, the crew talks about Mike's problems with keeping machinery running, we hear another question from Secretary Perdue's town hall in Nevada, and Dave Malkin from Drax Biomass joins to discuss the process of harvesting yellow pine in the Southeast for manufacture in to wood pellets for power generation in England. It's a side of agriculture that those of us in the midwest don&ap...

Delaney and Mike run through some news and play a question from the town hall portion of Secretary Perdue's meeting in Nevada Iowa last Friday. They also break down the markets with Darin Newsom, and he explains how this weeks "first look" at the 2017 crop is anything but.

Mike and Delaney head to Nevada, Iowa where Secretary Sonny Perdue holds his first policy related speech. Be sure to tune in early next week when AND brings the Q&A portion of the event.

Gretta Irwin joins Mike and Delaney to talk turkey; but first an update on today's news and closing market prices.

Today Mike and Delaney chat about weather conditions in the Great Plain states, RFS vapor requirements, and talk to Steve Bruere about land values across the U.S.

Mike and Delaney talk the latest news, read closing market prices and talk to Rob Sharkey; an Illinois boy. There really are no good words to describe the conversation with Sharkey, so just tune in and find out for yourselves!

On May Day this year, Delaney and Mike talk through the changes in school lunch policy and ask for listener's help naming a new segment. Also, the rain, snow and wind over the weekend prompted the markets to do some nice moves to upside, and we spent some time with Angie Setzer trying to decipher just what the future holds.

Today the conversation gets real with Daren Williams from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Mike and Delaney discover the real truth about eating beef. Check out more from Daren at http://darenwms.blogspot.com/.

Mike and Delaney talk news, commodity markets, where cattle have gone LIMIT UP, and talk to Marji Guyler-Alaniz about the movement she has started among women in agriculture.

On today's episode, Delaney asks Mike how he stays busy, and the team has a conversation with petroleum geologist Dr. Franek Hasiuck from Iowa State University. The bad news, there's no oil under the state of Iowa...

Today on the Ag News Daily podcast, Delaney and Mike talk Sonny Perdue's confirmation, what's rolling out in Washington, and Chad Colby talks drones and technology. Also, be sure to tune in to the end when Mike gives his own rendition of an old tune.

Today is a slow news day, so we took advantage of that to chew the fat a little bit with one of our regular guests, Elaine Kub. Elaine is an author as well as a markets maven, so we got some insights on her writing process and how she shapes a column or a book. Delaney and Mike also get her thoughts on the current state of the grain and livestock markets.

Mike and Delaney kick off today's show with some updates on RFS, Cow/Calf operations, and Mike's ever growing dandelion problem. But, stay tuned while they talk to Senator Joni Ernst about RFS, EPA, and her tour of Iowa. See you Monday!

Today's episode was shaped a little bit by all the social media posts about today being 4/20 - apparently the international day for marijuana. If you know why, please let us know on Twitter or Facebook. After getting off our 'high horse' so to speak, we chat with Naomi Blohm from Stewart-Peterson in Wisconsin about the markets. Cattle are on fire, and beans could see a $2.00 move. W...

Delaney and Mike run through the usual round up of news, Delaney insults everybody south of HWY 34 and the team has a conversation with FoodAndSwine blogger and pork producer Cristen Clark about the challenges she faces working with the public in addition to raising high quality pork using modern production practices.

Today Mike and Delaney host the podcast from the Iowa Capitol, in Des Moines, during the "Cattleman at the Capitol" event hosted by the Iowa Cattleman's association. Today's news includes updates on the Brazilian beef scandal, planting progress, and Mike sings a little jingle. On the docket for interviews are cattle producers Bill Couser and Brian Sampson and NCBA board member...

Mike and Delaney talk about the Trump Administration's overtures to Asia, trouble brewing in the school lunch line and have a conversation with Maureen Lee, Director of Marketing and Communications with Grassland Dairy Products, Inc., the Wisconsin dairy processor which has been most impacted by the change in Canadian dairy policy.

Today on AND, Mike Pearson and Delaney Howell talk Easter, EPA, and Dakota Access Pipeline before they are joined by John Holevoet of the Wisconsin Dairy Business Association to discuss potential solutions for the Wisconsin Dairy industry.

Today, Mike and Delaney talk about some of the news in the world of Agriculture - changes in the way EPA treats livestock operations, Wisconsin officials meet with dairy producers, electronic logbooks find more objections and, last but not least, Darin Newsom from DTN joins Mike to talk markets. Last time he was on, it was about the most depressing conversation ever; this time, he's found som...

On today's show, Mike and Delaney talk about Delaney's empty refrigerator; good news for livestock vets and the difficulties for Wisconsin dairy farmers. Joining the team today is Jennifer Sauer, a Waterloo, Wisc. dairy producer who has been marketing her family's milk to Grasslands - a processor no longer able to accept the product because of the loss of the Canadian market. Jennif...