RFD Profit Watch

Markets with Brian Chastain, Marketwise Ag Services. AFBF Chief Economist Roger Cryan talks AFBF priorities for the next Farm Bill. Mark Schleusener, NASS talks County Estimates and upcoming surveys.

Markets with Dale Durchholz, Grain Cycles. Meaty Monday, Tom Eichman’s President elect of American Meat Processing. Weather with Dan Hix, Freese Notis.

Markets with Merrill Crowley, Ag Trader Talk. Ukrainian farmer Gordie Siebring reflects on the past year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Wrap up with weather with Jim Rasor.

Today, DeLoss Jahnke has a conversation w/Dr. Bill Tierney, Chief Economist with Ag Resources. He shares his reaction to USDA’s Ag Outlook forum. In our weeklyGROWMARK segment, Dr. Jeff Bunting talks changes to Dicamba rules. Rita Frazer reports with results from today's Illinois Performance tested bull sale.

Markets with Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing by Stewart Peterson. DeLoss then talks to Rhino equipment and Kubota tractors from the National Farm Machinery Show.

Markets with Ken Eriksen, Senior VP Agri Supply Chain, IHS Markit, from the Grain & Feed Association Meeting. Brad Zwilling with FBFM talks about the need for working capital. Kala Jenkins, with Pinion talks land values as collateral.

Broadcast from the COUNTRY Financial studio, we get an extended conversation with Doug Yoder on Crop Insurance changes for Soybeans and double crop opportunities. Meaty Monday with Two Farmers Burgers in Mt. Carmel, IL and weather from the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities.

Joe Vaclavik, Standard Grain, from the National Farm Machinery Show. Doug Yoder, COUNTRY Financial, talks crop insurance changes in planting dates and opportunities for double crop. Weather with State Climatologist Trent Ford.

From the National Farm Machinery Show, DeLoss Jahnke talks markets with Todd Hultman, DTN. Our weekly GROWMARK Segment features Illinois FFA Essay Contest Winner, Thad Bergschneider from Franklin, IL. Conclude with more from the Farm Show and meet Greg Niewold with Power Planter manufactured in Loda, IL.

Markets with Joe Camp, Comstock investments. Scott Sloan, with Titan Tires from the National Farm Machinery Show. Titan makes the world’s largest farm tire in Quincy, IL. Robby McBeath with the Broadband lab talks about Broadband funding and technology. Danny Munch, AFBF Economist on Market Intel piece on Farm Income and Food prices.

Today DeLoss talks markets with Darren Frye, Water Street Consulting. Later, Scott Jensen, COUNTRY Financial talks inflation. Wrap up with John Merna, Clarkson Grain on Organic Contracts.

Markets with Sam Hudson, Cornbelt Marketing. In our Meaty Monday segment we learn about Heart Shaped Ribeye from Bloomington Meats. Wrap up with weather from Nick Hausen, WSIL

Markets with Gateway FS' Michael Biethman. Dr. Andrew Margenot on soil samples found on the U of I campus that go back to the 1800’s and how they are contributing to his research. Weather from Nutrien’s Eric Snodgrass.

DeLoss Jahnke talks with University of Illinois’ Joe Janzen. They talk about curriculum covered in his commodity price analysis class. Weekly GROWMARK Segment features Chuck Spencer, Executive Director of Government Relations for the FS System, who talks the Farm Bill process. Dave Rahe Illinois Excellence in Soil Consulting Winner, Janette Porter presented at Illinois Soybean Summit.

DeLoss talks markets with Ben Kasch. Later he visits with Josh Linville, fertilizer expert with Stone X. Wrap up the show with Dennis Bowman, Extension Specialist for Digital Agriculture.

Markets with Arlen Suderman, Stone X. Later, Michael Langemeier, Purdue University shares the results of the January Purdue CME Group Ag Barometer. Wrap up with Blake Miller, Syngenta Agronomist, talks residuals and pre and post application of Herbicides.

Matt Allen, Prairie State Bank & Trust, talks preparations for low commodity prices during a time of high inputs and interest rates. Meaty Monday features McMahon’s Meats in Teutopolis and wrao up with weather with Mark Henderson, WFIR in Rockford.

Markets with Dale Durchholz, Grain Cycles. KJ Johnson, President of Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Assn. talks about availability and pricing of fertilizer for this 2023 planting season. Weather with USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey.

Lance Zimmerman, Rabo Research talks cattle numbers, impact of interest rates and feed costs on production and cattle prices. Weekly GROWMARK segment, Keith lawson talks about the acquisition of remaining shares of Allied Seed. We learn about AgroLiquid and nutrient management from Stephanie Zelinko.

Markets with Matt Huston, New Frontier Capital Markets Mark Schleusener with NASS promotes the upcoming Cash Rent Survey and reminds listeners of the Census deadline. Dan Grant shares the story of Brian and Debbie Prest, first generation farmers from the Double Crop Forum.

DeLoss talks markets with Darren Wax, Premier Cooperative. We meet Austin Flamm, Flamm Orchards in Union County.

Markets with Jim McCormick, Ag Market.net. In our Meaty Monday segment, we meeting The Flock Farm – Brent Glays and family. Wrap up weather with Brent Clair, Adams County.

Markets with Scott Stoller, Ag Perspective. Ron Bend talks about his recent purchase of the Walnut Sale Barn and the importance of local sale barns. Weather with Nick Hausen, WSIL

DeLoss talks markets with Curt Strubhar, Advance Trading. In our weekly GROWMARK Segment, we hear from Eric Beckett, Illini FS who covers their NuTracker technology. Wrap up the show with a conversation with Krista Swanson, National Corn Growers Association Lead Economist.

Markets with Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities. Paul Stoddard, Senior Lecturer with the University of Illinois, on 2023 Farm Economy Outlook. Brad Koch, Syngenta agronomist, talks corn populations.