Agweek Podcast Episode 40: Sunflower Seed Sales, Wet vs. Dry Conditions & a Few Meat Stories
Release Date: 07/02/2020
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Ethanol plants work hard to keep up with corn harvest. Sugarbeet harvest wraps up in the Red River Valley. We look at cattle market fluctuations. North Dakota Farm Bureau will have a new leader soon.
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Expert advice on adapting to expensive ag tech that could save money. Whether to sell or store soybeans. A high-tech soybean production facility. Several generations running their farm together.
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Jamie Dickerman of Red River Farm Network and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management discuss large ups and downs in ag markets this week on the Agweek Market Wrap.
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Food banks struggle in government shutdown. Study shows conservation adoption. U.S. cattle industry speaks out on beef import plan. A Minnesota farm has a line of healthy sunflower oils.
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Soybeans are out of the doldrums, cattle are attempting to claw back losses. Jamie Dickerman of Red River Farm Network and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management share more on the Agweek Market Wrap.
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Government shutdown hurts farmers. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz meets with farm leaders on ag challenges. Central North Dakota rancher changed to bison 30 years ago. Farmers Union groups help with hunger.
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Jamie Dickerman of Red River Farm Network and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management discuss cattle comments and gains in the grain market on the Agweek Market Wrap on Friday, Oct. 24.
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Sugarbeet harvest is underway. Conservation practices that can help with profitability. A look at the High Plains Processing Plant. A look at corn and beans in north central North Dakota.
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A government shutdown means less information from USDA, but Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management tells Jamie Dickerman of Red River Farm Network that's not all a bad thing.
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This week on AgweekTV, harvest on an unusual crop wraps up on this South Dakota farm. A pilot program to make ammonia for fertilizer from air and water is going up in Minnesota. As our Agweek Corn and Soybean tour continues, we'll see how corn is faring after getting nearly a foot of rain in a storm earlier this summer. And as Halloween draws near, it's time for a visit to pumpkin patch.
info_outlineThis week's topics are stories about a North Dakota sunflower seed company's rollercoaster year with a lack of road trips and baseball games, the regions drought conditions (while some areas are way too wet) and a few meat stories including more lenient restrictions and a new family-run meat market in Minnesota. We gave our guests a week off for Independence Day week, we'll be back to our normally scheduled programming next episode.
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Jenny email: jschlecht@agweek.com
Jenny Twitter: www.twitter.com/jmreports
Al email: alec@agweek.com
Al Twitter: www.twitter.com/al_winmill