This Week in Agribusiness, August 10, 2024
Mike Pearson gets a check on Midwest crops, harvest equipment and a look at propane for this this fall’s harvest season.
August 10, 2024
Part 1
Mike Pearson kicks off the show with Max Armstrong in the field talking to BASF’s Bill Hayen about how crops are looking as harvest time nears. Next, Mike talks with Tyler Richardson of Nutrien Ag Solutions, with another check-in on the chellenges in the field. In the markets segment Jim McCormick of AgMarket.net about his expectations for Monday’s USDA crops and acres report. He also gets into the status of old crop status and ethanol.
Part 2
Jim McCormick of AgMarket.net rejoins Mike to continue discussing wheat and soybeans. Following that, Greg Soulje is on for this week’s weather forecast.
Part 3
Next, Mike chats with Leo Bose, head of harvest equipment for Case IH about he status of harvest in the south and how their newest harvesters are performing.
Part 4
Mike talks with Mike Newland of the Propane Education and Research Council about how propane is looking for this fall’s drying needs.
Part 5
Agricultural Meteorologist Greg Soulje returns to take a look at the long-range weather picture. In the Farm Progress roundup segment, Mike chats with Sarah Muirhead, managing director of livestock at Farm Progress about what’s going on in the BEEF Building at Husker Harvest Days.
Part 6
In Max’s Tractor Shed, Max shows off a 1958 Oliver Super 44 which Kimberly McLamb Bryant and Bill Bryant, when it was delivered to her grandfather, he was working the field with real, four-legged horsepower. In the FFA Chapter Tribute segment, Mike talks with Andi Belt, Missouri State FFA President. She grew up with ag educators and has been around FFA her entire life. She’s looking forward to meeting the membership across the state. In the Colby Ag Tech segment, Chad Colby is talking to Farm Progress Show’s Rick Wild about how things are shaping up.
Part 7
Mike introduces a story from Lorrie Boyer reports on new technology at Morgan Community College in Colorado that is taking an advanced approach to vertical agriculture.
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