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Terry Bline, Grainland Farmers, joins the program to discuss markets as another week winds to a close. Brad Zwilling, FarmDoc Daily, summarizes financial trends from Illinois farms in 2025 and analyzes what those mean. Matt Reardon, Nutrien atmospheric scientist, takes a look at the weather.

Kirby Wagner, director of government relations at Growmark, talks about red dye diesel. Ryan Gentle, Wyffels agronomy manager, talks harvest as operations begin to wrap up. Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge, joins the program to talk markets.

David Kohli, Ford and Young Futures in Fort Wayne, Indiana, describes a great weather day across the belt and takes a look at the markets. Trent Sanderson, farmer in northwest DeKalb County, talks sustainable and organic farming from the Chicago Fed Ag conference.

Kevin Clausen, John Stewart and Associates, joins the program to take a look at markets. Keir Rennick, CEO at FarmOp Capital, takes a look at agriculture's financial year in 2026 and looks ahead to 2027.

Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing, joins the program to kick off a new market week as corn harvest and soybean harvest passes fifty percent completed to starting to wrap up. It's Meaty Money with Elena Ridley, Original Root Beer Stand in Oglesby, as she discusses decades on the team at the stand. Jim Rasor, longtime meteorologist at WSIL, takes a look at the forecast.

Michael Biethman, Gateway FS, joins the program to take a look at markets as the week winds down. Dr. Joe Janzen, associate professor at the College of Aces at University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, talks about a recent article on grain storage and how prepared we are for harvest. Mike Albano, meteorologist at NWS Lincoln, takes a look at a consistent forecast.

Kirby Wagner, director of government relations at Growmark, discusses what still needs to get done in Washington when it comes to the farm bill and transportation. Tyler Schau, AgMarket, joins the program to take a look at markets as harvest continues. Dan Schopp, president and CEO of First Security Bank in central Illinois, says farmer repayments are actually up this year.

Analyst Matt Webster, River Valley Cooperative, joins the program to talk harvest and markets. Seth Meyer, director of University of Missouri's Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, talks expenses and their long tails heading into 2027.

Sherman Newlin, Zaner Ag Hedge, joins the program from Crawford County to talk harvest and markets. Randy Sheley, GSI grain conditioning specialist, talks about what you need from your grain systems as harvest continues.

Tom Dosdall, Stone X, joins the program to kick off a new market week. Brynn Wheetley, owner of Tater Headz Fry Co., talks fries and frankfurters for Meaty Monday. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey has a look at the agricultural forecast for the week ahead.

David Widmar, Ag Economic Insight, joins the program to wrap up the post-WASDE numbers surprise market week. Corey Geiger, Co Bank Economist, talks about opportunity in the dairy industry. Illinois' state climatologist Trent Ford takes a look at the weather as temperatures continue to cool further into the expected fall range.

Aaron Curtis, MidCo Commodities, joins the program to discuss the markets in our regular weekly chat with a Growmark representative. Wyffels product manager Brad Tharp has a harvest update from the field.  Jim McCarter, senior vice president of the St. Louis-based ag investment nonprofit, discusses the work his organization makes possible.

Jacob Kleinberg, Roach Ag, joins the program to discuss the midweek markets and corn price action. Doug Yoder, County Financial crop agency manager, discusses ARC/PLC payments per county.

Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agrimarketing, discusses local harvest outlooks, compares them to last week's USDA WASDE report and takes a look at markets. Scott Jensen, lead financial planning counsultant with Country Financial's advanced markets team, talks about retirement preperation.

Dan Bowman, ADM, joins the program to discuss the continuing harvest and take a look at the start of a new market week. Christie Collier, owner of the Healthy in a Hurry food truck, joins the program to discuss the truck's meat-based offerings and its iconic fish tacos for Meaty Monday. Kevin Lighty, meteorologist at WCIA, previews a new weather week as warmer temperatures continue to hold on to fall.