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Episode 290: Have We Hit the Spring Cattle Market Peak?
With challenging conditions across much of the ag economy, cattle markets are a bright spot in the first few months of 2026. Despite high prices, consumers are continuing to buy beef, even in advance of what is usually the peak dema...
Episode 289: War Shapes Planting in April WASDE
The April WASDE dropped Thursday, April 9th, representing the third big update from USDA in two weeks following the Prospective Planting and U.S. Grain Stocks reports.Though expectations from analysts were relatively low, wider uncertain...
Episode 288: How Rural America is Surviving (and Thriving)
Lamenting the “hollowing of rural America” has become standard fare across certain types of media and policy leaders, but for those who live, work, and raise their crops and family in and around small towns, rural America feels far from hollow....
Episode 287: How to Use Dicamba in 2026
Three different dicamba herbicide products are making a comeback in 2026 with new labels and new rules for use from EPA. Whether farmers are aiming to use BASF’s Engenia, Syngenta’s Tavium, or Bayer's newly-renamed Stryax products, ...
Episode 286: Boots on the Ground in Brazil
We’ve been keeping up with weather and crop conditions in Latin America from afar this winter, but any farmer will tell you that the national data doesn’t tell you as much as seeing a crop with your own eyes. That’s one of the key r...