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Wednesday on AOA, powered by Cenex, we continue our time from Washington D.C. this week with lawmaker and newsmaker conversations. In Segment One, we talk with National Council of Farmer Cooperative's President and CEO Duane Simpson about the House Farm Bill vote this week, ag labor and more. In Segment Two, we have a conversation with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) just ahead of the USDA press conference on fertilizer prices held late Tuesday that discussed more onshoring of fertilizer production. In Segment Three, we share a conversation with Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on a number of issues. We close the show in Segment Four discussing marine, rail and heating oil demand potential with Clean Fuels Alliance America CEO Donnell Rehagen.

On Tuesday's AOA, powered by Cenex, we start the show by sharing a conversation we had this week with Emily Skor from Growth Energy regarding the House movement on the Farm Bill, potential E15 legislation inclusion and more as we spend time on Capitol Hill for the NAFB Washington Watch event. Then for the rest of the show, we share an in-depth conversation about the overall farmland frenzy in the United States. What is happening with the generational transfer of farmland ownership? Where do investors and data center development come into the mix? Tyler Davis, President of Saunders Real Estate and Spencer Smith, Managing Director of Land & Auctions at Saunders Real Estate, sat down with Jesse Allen recently to discuss this topic and we share it with you today on AOA.

On today's episode, we discuss soybean cyst nematode and talk with Dylan Mangel from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and The SCN Coaltion.

It was a higher day across many grain and livestock markets to start the week on Monday. Is this a one-off, general money flow kind of day or the start of something else? John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joined us for analysis on Monday's episode of Market Talk. Find more online by visiting https://www.totalfarmmarketing.com.

Farm Profit Manager, a newly launched farm financial management platform, has surpassed one million acres enrolled by producers in just 10 days with 500 users in 23 states in North America. We sit down with Shay Foulk, co-developer of Farm Profit Manager and an owner of Ag View Solutions, who gives us background on why they have developed this platform and what farmers can expect when they use it. Learn more online as well by visiting farmprofitmanager.app.

We also begin the show with an agronomic conversation as Tryston Beyrer from The Mosaic Company joins us in Segment One and later in the show Brian Splitt from AgMarket.net joins us for more market analysis in Segment Four.

On Monday's AOA, powered by Cenex, we begin the program with market perspective and analysis from Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst at Barchart followed by a rundown of what could be another active weather week ahead with DTN's John Baranick. Then in Segment Three, we have a conversation with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig followed by news headlines to wrap up the show in Segment Four.

Fertilizer prices are climbing fast—and it's putting serious pressure on farmers heading into planting season.

Urea up 50% in a month. Ammonia up more than 30%.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins is calling it a national security issue, as the administration looks at everything from imports to domestic production to stabilize the market.

But on the ground, many producers say relief payments are already being redirected just to cover rising input costs.

On this episode of Farm Unfiltered, we dig into the price spike, what's being done about it, and why the bigger concern might not be this year—but the next one.

Join Corryn La Rue on this episode of Farm Unfiltered.