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Ag News: Pollinators and Australia beef Guests: Rep. Adrian Smith on 3rd District Farm Bill listening sessions taking place this week, yesterday in Broken Bow ... Sarah Schlund UNL Extension Crop and Water Educator for Dawson, Buffalo and Hall Counties on managing non-dicamba resistant beans this year ... Allan Tieman, Past Chairman USGC on the importance of trade and NAFTA

Ag News: Latest Ag Economy Barometer shows highest level since January ... House Ag committee on farm bill Guests: Dean Heffta, Director of Waterstreet Solutions on “The Freedoms and Opportunities of Farming” ... Pam Johnson - President of Maizall on the global need to promote ag ... Governors of Nebraska & Iowa among those appearing at an EPA Biofuel hearing

Ag News: Review of Nebraska Cattlemen annual road trip meetings Guests: Dan Atkission, Stockton, KS Vice Chair of the National Sorghum Producers - Senate Ag testimony on risk management ... USDA Secretary Perdue talks with his counterpart in Mexico. NAFTA talks begin in 16 days ... a visit with Bill Angell, Nebraska State Fair Livestock Supt. on stock dog trials & events at the Thompson Open Air A...

Ag News: Cattle industry and USDA react to Japan tariff increase on frozen beef imports ... Stockton,KS farmer and National Sorghum Vice Chair Dan Atkisson in Senate Ag Committee testimony on risk management options ... more on dicamba drift in Nebraska Guests: Climatologist Al Dutcher ... UNL Extension Weed Specialist, Amit Jhala, on Dicamba concerns ... "Fridays in the Field" with Northeast Nebr...

Ag News: NE Dept of AG investigates complaints alleging dicamba non-compliance ... Nebraska Cattlemen Road Trip wraps up Thursday in Anselmo and Alliance Guests: Dean Heffta of Waterstreet Solutions explains today's markets ... Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith on upcoming farm bill listening sessions, health care and trade .. Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall on trade atmosphere in Washington an...

Ag News: Nebraska Extension specialists reply to dicamba herbicide concerns ... Crop Insurance Industry gets its day before Senate Ag Committee ... Fox Sports Play By Play host Gus Johnson at Big Ten Media days in Chicago ... Micheal Formica with NPPC discuss Electronic Logging Device regulations, deadlines and push-back 1:17 Shalee is back with Tamra Jackson-Ziems, UNL Extension Plant Pathologist...

Ag News: NAFTA hearing tomorrow Guests: Dean Heffta of Waterstreet Solutions on 'Envisioning the Farm's Future" ... Jeff Bradshaw, UNL Extension Entomologist at PREC says scout now for western bean cutworm - indications of unusually high numbers ... William Schuttee on the USDA's "farmers market"

Ag News: KDA on National Organic Certification Cost Share Program Guests: Phil Kozera, of Bio Nebraska discussing the organization and its role with Nebraska Companies ... Chris Novak, CEO with NCGA on trade, crop insurance and the importance of the Corn Congress ... Dr. Mark Kehrli on the work of Iowa's National Animal Disease Center

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In our Midday program today for Ag News, USDA talks about new animal diseases plus we talk livestock expansion in Iowa. We get our weekly weather update from U of N Extension Ag Climatologist Al Dutcher. Mark Sander of FSA joins us to talk about the ARC/PLC deadline coming up Aug 1. Then, we wrap-up with "Friday in the Fields" from Chabella Guzman with Jeff Pohl in the Bridgeport, NE area on wheat...

John Payne, Daniel's Ag Marketing, says it's all about crop conditions next week as grains hit an expiration day higher than they have in this past year.

Ag News: Corn Congress hears address by the Mexican Ambassador on NAFTA Guests: Dean Heffta with market analysis from Waterstreet Solutions ... Tony Baker, aid to State Sen Tom Brewer gives an update on Nebraska "Right to Repair" legislation ... Superintendent Todd Hilyard, Holdrege Public Schools talks on the "Beef in the Schools" program to start this fall

AG News: U.S. Cattlemen’s Association Pres. Kenny Graner responds to USDA announcement of Alabama atypical BSE case Guests: Bill Gross, founder of Farm Rescue expansion into Nebraska ... NE Pork Producer Assoc Exec Dir. Al Juhnke.... inviting producer votes this week electing delegates to Pork Forum in K.C. ... Bill Northey from Animal Health conference in Ames

In Ag News: Pulse crop acreage increases ... new traits announced for export to China Guests: Katie Olthoff on the upcoming "Women in Ag" conference in Iowa ... UNL Assoc. Prof. Stacy Adams researches hops as a potential Nebraska cash crop ... NE State Fair Exec. Joseph McDermott on security upgrades, including livestock exhibits

Jennifer Houston, National Cattlemen's Beef Association 2017 Vice President, talks about a new trace-ability study the NCBA is conducting and what else they're looking at during this year's summer meeting.

In Ag News: CPNRD will discuss changes to groundwater management rules Guests: UNL's Stonie Cooper says heat and humidity pose concerns for livestock but there's hope for rain ... Denver NCBA Mid Year meetings continue - VP Jennifer Houston on policy and new trace-ability study ... "Fridays in the Field" with Deb Gangwish - PG Farms / The Diamond G reports the second driest June on record and dise...

John Payne of Daniels Ag Marketing says world wheat harvest keeps pressure on winter wheat, but bullishness is starting to creep back in based on the weather.

Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics says the highs may be in here at noon if wheat can't perform any better.

Ag News: Gov. Ricketts introduces a new International Trade Council ... Former US Senator and Ag Secretary Mike Johanns has a new gig ...and coverage of NCBA/CBB Mid-Year Meetings in Denver Guests: Mike Zuzulo Water Street Solutions analyzes today's trends ... NCBA President Craig Uden of Elwood this year's summer meetings, electronic logging and WOTUS repeal moving forward ... NCBA Director of In...

In Ag News: The latest USDA World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) ... and county fairs are underway Guests: Former Husker Jared Crick who is now with the Denver Broncos ... Brad Kernick - Steering Committee Chair talks origins, growth and overview of Cruise Nite Kearney, celebrating its 30th year ... Bob Streit - crop consultant for Central Iowa Agronomics on a spreading new strain of Goss'...

In Ag News: Dicamba Stop Sale, Use, Removal Order in Missouri ... Heat during fair season Our Guests: Jason Ladman, Waterstreet Solutions - “What to Consider Purchasing Rented Ground” Beth Janning, UNL Extension Educator at the Raising Nebraska Building on Commodity Carnival at several locations this year Tom Schwarz of Schwarz Family Farms, Bertrand, discussing their organic operation and how it...

In Ag News: Dicamba rulings ... hydration/heat stress Guests: UNL Extension Policy Specialist Brad Lubben talks technology adoption and profitability in precision ag ... David Montgomery's on new farming practices in his new book is "Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back To Life" ... RaboBank Research Analyst Stephen Nicholson on declining wheat acres

In Ag News: Trade numbers from USDA ... Cuming County launches "Beef in Schools" program Guests: Al Dutcher, NE State Climatologist, has a potentially hot extended outlook ... Ambassador Darci Vetter, native Nebraskan and former chief ag negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative, just named "Diplomat in Residence" - Yeutter Institute at UNL ... "Fridays in the Field" series with Dave Warner fro...

In Ag News: EPA releases proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the RFS for 2018 Guests: Dean Heffta of Waterstreet Solutions with mid-day trading analysis ... Anne Steckel, VP Federal Affairs with the National Biodiesel Board on EPA's proposed biodiesel RVOs ... Jerry Catlett, Sr VP/CFO of Bruning State Bank and Past President of the Nebraska Bankers Association

Ag News: Ag economy barometer released - Overall finances better 2016, but little forward confidence Guests: Dean Heffta, Director of Waterstreet Solutions on “Meeting the Challenge on Today's Farms ... Bob Harveson UNL Neb ext. plant pathologist and Neb Wheat Board member Larry Flohr discussing the crop and wheat streak mosaic virus ... N.D. Commissioner of Agriculture Doug Goehring on drought st...