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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.

Mike Zuzolo, Global Commodities Analytics and Consulting, joins the program to discuss an eventful start to the market week and the results of a US-China trade/relationship meeting. Matt Witte, Bloomington Meats, talks Meaty Monday and fall meat specials. Balint Szalavari, WEEK, has a look at the week's forecast as farmers look to dryer weather for harvest.

Aaron Maher, River Valley Cooperative, joins the program to look at some lower prices as the market week draws to a close. Brad Zwilling, Illinois Farm Business Farm Management and regular contributor to the University of Illinois FarmDoc website, discusses his latest article on 2025 farm earnings. Brent Clair, Farm4Cast, caps off the weather week as temperatures continue to cool.

Kirby Wagner, director of governmental affairs at Growmark, joins the program to give a legislative update. Rich Nelson, Allendale Inc., has a look at the markets. Lance Tarchione, Dekalb/Asgrow technical agronomist, talks harvest.

Tim Strunk, hedging strategist at AgMarket. Net, talks about weather in western Oklahoma, soil quality and corn markets across the country. Toni Dunker, Advance Trading, joins the program to discuss livestock markets after a difficult two months and following a fresh cattle on feed report.

Domenic Varricihio, Pluto Commodities, joins the program as an early market week continues to develop. Julie Tunk, owner of River's Edge Inn in Dixon, talks pork tenderloins for Meaty Monday. Meteorologist Mark Henderson, Henderson's Weather Hub, takes a look at the forecast for a week of cooler temperatures.

Karl Setzer, Consus Ag Marketing, joins the program to close out the market week. Eric VanAsdale, Country Financial Loss Control, talks about staying safe just ahead of Farm Safety Week. Meteorologist Jim Rasor wraps up the weather week as we look ahead to rain and cooler temperatures.

Aaron Curtis, MidCo Commodities, joins the program to discuss markets as we roll into mid-September and still see five dollar corn. Curtis says the harvest shoe is "waiting to drop." Shannon Flavin, Country Bumpkin Pumpkins, talks about the history of her business and how she's preparing for pumpkin season to start in earnest.

Dr. Gary Schnitkey, professor, soybean industry chair and agricultural policy at the University of Illinois College of Aces in Champaign-Urbana, talks about published crop budgets for 2027. Jacob Kleinberg, Roach Ag, joins the program to discuss a market day without too much movement. Robby Meeker, area agronomy manager at Wyffels Hybrids, talks about how the corn crop is looking as harvest winds...

Clayton Charles, FS Grain in Morris, joins the program to discuss markets as harvest continues to roll to a start and weather alternates wildly. Scott Jensen, Country Financial's financial planning team, talks about stock performance in the month of September.

Terry Probst, Total Grain Marketing in Effingham, checks in from just by the railroad tracks as corn starts heading out of the area and harvest kicks off. Josh Smith, owner of The Dirty Bird in Sycamore, talks about being a part of the Illinois Pork Producer's Association Annual Pork Tenderloin Crawl. Matt Reardon, atmospheric scientist at Nutrien, discusses a brief blast of fall weather before a...