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Dan Halstrom, President and CEO of the US Meat Export Federation, looks back on 25 export numbers through November. Ross Baldwin, analyst at John Stewart & Associates, joins the program to talk markets. David Friedlander, Customer Research at NCBA, describes what beef consumers are looking for. NCBA Meat Scientist Jessica Lancaster discusses work in consumer research through the Beef Checkoff as carcass weight continues to grow.

Matt Bennett and Curt Kimmel, Ag Market.Net, talk farmer profitability, market outlooks and strategies for the future from the Farming For Profit, Not Price conference in Nashville. Jim Mintert, Purdue, joins the pogram to discuss the latest Ag Barometer.

Jim McCormick, co-founder of AgMarket.Net, talks about profitability from the Farming For Profit, Not Price convention in Nashville. Josh Lindvile, StoneX, discusses fertilizer prices from the AgMarket.Net convention in Nashville. Amy Main, 17th Street BBQ, discusses the Southern Illinois' business 40 years in business for Meaty Monday. Eric Snodgrass, Atmospheric Scientist at Nutrien, takes a look at the weather and what it means for farmer profitability.

Brian Burke, John Stewart and Associates, joins the program for market discussion and analysis. Brad Zwilling, Illinois Farm Business and Farm Management and contributer to FarmDoc daily, looks at the data for 10-year characteristics of Illinois farmland. Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford takes a look at the forecast.

Morgan Harrison, Field Recruiting Manager at Growmark, talks about internship opportunities and recruiting. Jonathan Coppess, University of Illinois, talks Farm Bill progress, or lack of progress, from the IL Soy Summit. Susan Stroud, No Bull Ag, joins the program for market discussion and analysis.

Mark Hobrock, Andersons Inc., joins the program to talk market changes and outlooks. Scott Gaffner, Secretary of the U.S. Soybean Export Council, describes what he gained from a trip to Saudi Arabia.

Jerry Gidel, Midland Research, talks market trends and outlooks. Robert Oerter, the new owner of Schneider's Quality Meats in Waterloo, IL, talks about his journey from meat clerk to management. Nick Hausen, Meteorologist with Hausen Weather, looks at how much longer the Midwest will remain under brutal cold.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/rfd-profit-watch-january-23-2026--69564280. Farmweek Commodity Editor Rhiannon Branch talks to John Howell, Chair of the Wheat Development Board, at the Double Crop Forum. Meteorologist Jim Rasor takes a look at the forecast.

Aaron Curtis, Midco Commodities, joins the program to talk corn markets. Kiersten Sheets, Senior Project Development Manager for Trajectory Energy Partners, talks about the potential for agrivoltaics. Stephanie Porter, Outreach Agronomist for the Illinois Soybean Association, talks about the results of the On-Farm Trial System.

Garrett Toay, Ag Trader Talk, joins the program for a look at the markets. Bryce Baker, Precision Planting, talks about what's happening at the company's Winter Conference. Ed Shimon, Meteorologist at National Weather Service Lincoln, prepares listeners for a bitterly cold weekend.

Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, shares some market analysis, talks about Chinese soybean purchases and previews the organization's upcoming Nashville conference. Dale Jones, Merit Auctions, talks land auctions in the Merit Minute. Mike Wilson, Agronomy Expert at Wabash Valley FS, talks about work as a soy envoy and FarmDoc crop budgets. Chris Ehler, Champaign County farmer, says it would take a lot to get to equilibrium as farmers eye drought maps.

Doug Cropp, Premier CoOp in Champaign, Illinois, takes a look at markets, repeating a conversation from Friday during a market holiday. Seth Gallivan, next generation of Dutch Valley Meats in Chesterville, talks about a change in location and tripling the size of the businesses' retail store. Dennis Michelson, former WITY meteorologist, takes a look at the weather in the midst of bitter cold.

Doug Cropp, Premier CoOp, joins the program to look back on a week that included a WASDE report and downward trends, ending with markets slightly higher. Karen Corrigan, co-owner of McGillicuddy Corrigan Agronomics, talks about her designation as 2026 Master Advisor from the Illinois Soybean Association. Cyle Dickens, Meteorologist at KWQC in the Quad Cities, takes a look at the next week of single digit low temperatures.

Justin Daugherty, Eastern region Sales Manager for Crop Nutrients at Growmark, talks about what to consider when it comes to crop nutrients in an environment of high input costs and low commodity prices. Trevor Toland of Macomb shares the outcome of research measuring up the profitability of additional cattle grazing. USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden talks about review of the United States/Mexico/Canada trade agreement from the AFBF Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. AFBF President Zippy Duvall covers ag labor reform. David Widmar, Ag Economic Insights, joins the program for regular market discussion.