RFD Profit Watch

Ron Hansen talks Farm Succession Planning. Brad Zwilling, FBFM talks about his piece revisiting a look at net share farm rents as a percent of crop returns. Luke Stuber, Senior Product Manager at Precision Planting talks about their Symphony Product.

Markets with Logan Kimmell, Roach Ag Marketing. In our Meaty Monday segment we hear from Niemurgs in Effingham. Wrap up with weather from Eric Schmidt, EJS Weather.

Kent Anderson, COUNTRY Trust Bank/COUNTRY Financial highlights the quarterly market report. Justin McMenamy. Director of Product at Precision Planting, highlights new products they are highlighting in this weeks conference. Weather with WEEK’s Chuck Collins.

DeLoss reports from a South Central FS Event Austin McWhorter, Total Grain Marketing talks markets. Weekly GROWMARK Segment with Dan Pannier, Talking Propane. Tom Torretti, of Consolidated Grain and Barge Co.,discusses current Mississippi River levels, barge freight and the upcoming lock closures on the IL River this summer.

Markets with Terry Bline, Roanoke Farmers Association. Nic Roth, Roth’s Countryside Produce in Morton, talks about the family operation and impacts to profitability for specialty growers. A preview of next week’s Gordyville Farm Show.

Markets with Garrett Toay, Ag Trader Talk. Chad Colby, Colby Ag Tech, talks about the recent CES Tech Conference held in Las Vegas and discusses emerging technology.

No markets today, so we revisit a conversation with Mark Hobrock, The Andersons. In the Meaty Monday segment we meet Lauran Widman, who alks about her family’s retail meat market based in Ransom, IL. Wrap up with weather from Kevin Lighty, WCIA

Markets with Mark Hobrock, the Anderson. Ed Kasper, Kasper Ag Tech talks winter prep for spring planting. Wrap up with weather with Everett Lau, WTHI.

Report Day Market conversation with Brian Burke, John Stewart & Associates. Our weekly GROWMARK Segment features Megan Waeltz of Marissa, IL. She is the national winner for the 2023 GMK FFA essay contest. Later, Dan Grant reports from last week's Purdue Top Farmer Conference.

Markets with Rich Nelson, Chief Strategist Allendale, Inc. DeKalb/Asgrow Agronomist Lance Tarochione on selections and recommendations for the 2023 growing season.

Markets with Clayton Pope, Clayton Pope Commodities. Scott Jensen, lead financial planner, Country’s advanced markets team talks life insurance and the potential need to update plans now that things are more expensive.

Markets Tom Dosdall, StoneX Group Senior Risk Management Consultant. Meaty Monday with Kyle Beutke, Sangamon County Farmer, talks about the challenges IL farmers have in finding enough pasture to raise the number of cows they’d like to have. Weather with State Climatologist Trent Ford.

Livestock markets with Toni Dunker, Advance Trading. We learn about grower opportunities from Benson Hill Weather with WMBD Meteorologist Chris Yates.

Markets with Sherman Newlin, Risk Management Commodities. In the weekly GROWMARK segment we're talking Potash with Mark Miller. Paul Schadegg, Senior Vice President of Real Estate Operations for Farmers National Company, recaps their land value study.

Markets with Dave Kohli. Later, we learn about Bushel from Co-Founder Jake Joraanstad. The technology helps track scale tickets for farmers.

Markets with Roy Plote Ag Market.net and we get the monthly Purdue Ag Barometer with Jim Mintert.

Colton Postin, Ag Market.net talks markets Joe Camp, Commstock Investment on what to look for in 2023 Best of Meaty Mondays: FarmHouse Meat Company in Carthage; Harvester Meat in Canton, GrossBurgers, Danville, Curt Zehr, Zehr Premium Pork in Washington. Weather – NWS in St. Louis

Revisit the Global Protein Outlook with Rabo Research’s Lance Zimmerman. Learn about contract opportunities from Aaron Robinson, Vice President of Product with Benson Hill. Weather from the National Weather Service in Lincoln.

Talk markets with Colton Postin, Ag Market.net Dr. Martin Williams with the USDA and University of Illinois talks about his study on the impact of dry weather on sweet corn.

Revisit a conversation with Paul Nifer, the Farm CPA. Davon Cook with Pinion offers reminders of important decision to plan for in 2023. Darrell Tice, head of manufacturing and sales for Claus at NAFB.

Michael Shane F&M Bank in Galesburg. Greg Goodwin, Illinois Corn Growers Precision Conservation Management Program director. We learn about Envita, a nitrogen fixing bacteria.

Revisit a conversation with Merrill Crowley Ag Trader Talk. In the Meaty Monday segment, DeLoss highlights one of his favorite conversations from the year with Brandon Klemm at the U of I Meat Science Lab. Wrap up with weather from the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities.

Market Conversation with Merrill Crowley, Ag Trader talk. Charlyn Fargo SIU School of Medicine talks Holiday eating. Weather with Terry Swails, tswails.com.

Today we have a market conversation with Mike Zuzolo, Global Commodity Analytics. Rita Frazer introduces us to Kevin Malchine the newly elected chair of GROWMARK. We learn about Say Wow. Katie Duling talks about their business of charcuterie boards.

Markets with Joe Camp, CommStock Investments. We then learn more about an Agrivoltaics study conducted by the University of Illinois. Tyler Swanson and Jessica Guarino studied options for livestock producers to still utilize ground that is occupied by solar panels, etc.