Archives: Episodes

Wednesday on AOA, we start the show talking markets with Garrett Toay from AgTraderTalk followed by a look at year-end equipment sales numbers for North America with Curt Blades, Senior Vice President with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Then in Segment Three, we have a conversation about the current state of geopolitics with author and political strategist, Dr. John Hulsman. (Find his latest book here: https://shorturl.at/oEBOT) Then we close the show with some winter pest management tips from Dr. Jim Fredericks, Board-Certified Entomologist and Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at the National Pest Management Association. Find more at https://www.pestworld.org.

Plenty of outside market volatility was seen on Tuesday amid the geopolitical headlines running wild the last several days. Meanwhile, it was a quieter day in grains and livestock to start the short trading week. Matt Bennett from AgMarket.net joins us to discuss what he is hearing from farmers, managing our risk moving towards spring planting and more. Find more online at https://www.agmarket.net.

We wrap the show in Segment Four with a look at what could be a wild week ahead for weather as Eric Snodgrass joins us for our Weekly Weather Update. More at https://www.ag-wx.com.

Markets are closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. We recap Friday's tough day in the cattle markets to start the show with part of our conversation with Joe Kooima from KKV Trading. Then, we listen back to our recent conversation on nitrogen with David Chaffin from Ever.Ag. Learn more online at https://www.ever.ag/nitrogen.

Monday on AOA, we start the show talking markets even as they are closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday with Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst at Barchart. In Segment Two, we learn more about the work being done by Rooted Ag Systems and how the company is striving to help farmers streamline some of their operations. Kaleb Dinwiddie from Trenton, TN is the founder and he joins us for a conversation.

Then after the bottom of the hour in Segment Three, we continue our focus on using technology on the farm and ranchers. We learn about Ambrook and some of the work they are doing, including what they affectionately call "quickbooks for cowboys" with their co-founder and CEO Mackenzie Burnett. Then we close the show with ag news headlines in Segment Four.

Newly reported New World Screwworm cases in Mexico on Thursday and words of warning from Texas ag officials found their way into cattle market sentiment and trade on Friday as we had a sharply lower day in feeder and live cattle futures. Meanwhile, the hog market continues to find support while grains finished the week on a quieter note. Joe Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek out of Sioux Center, IA joins us to recap Friday's trade and look ahead to the three day holiday weekend. Learn more at https://www.kkvtrading.com.

Also, we get market perspective on Friday's program from Shawn Hackett with Hackett Financial Advisors. He joins us to discuss where the grain markets go from here now that we've digested the USDA numbers along with thoughts on weather, outside markets and more. Find more online by visiting https://www.hackettadvisors.com.

Grain markets are ending the week on a much quieter, more positive note Friday while the cattle market struggles with rumors regarding New World Screwworm. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us for analysis in our Midday Commentary for Friday, January 16th, 2026.

Friday on AOA, we start the show with a recap of the week in the markets as things quiet down into a three day holiday weekend with DuWayne Bosse from Bolt Marketing. In Segment Two, we talk about USDA's corn numbers this week and look at NCGA's Q1 Economic Outlook with Krista Swanson, Chief Economist for the National Corn Growers Association. Then in Segment Three, we discuss newly released October 2025 meat export data and have a conversation with Dan Halstrom, President and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation. Then we close the show with updates on the potential of more farm aid from Washington D.C. and commentary to finish out the week on AOA.

On this episode of Inside Dairy, it's another Dairy Market Friday as we talk markets with Shawn Hackett from Hackett Financial Advisors.

On this episode of American Ag Today, we learn more about the Pork Immersion Program from the National Pork Board. FARM's Susan Littlefield joins us to share a recent conversation about the program.