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Agweek Podcast

Release Date: 01/12/2021

AgweekTV Full Show: Babybel expansion, egg supply, fertilizer prices, beefalo show art AgweekTV Full Show: Babybel expansion, egg supply, fertilizer prices, beefalo

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A cheese plant expansion ramps up production in South Dakota. How egg producers are faring after facing avian influenza. How rising fertilizer prices are affecting crop decisions. What is a beefalo?

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Randy Martinson, president of Martinson Ag Risk Management and Tyler Donaldson of the Red River Farm Network discussed the grains and livestock markets Friday, March 27, during the Agweek Market Wrap. 

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AgweekTV Full Show: El Niño outlook, beef for prediabetes, shorthorn cattle, fertilizer savings show art AgweekTV Full Show: El Niño outlook, beef for prediabetes, shorthorn cattle, fertilizer savings

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Will an El Niño system disrupt the region's growing season? New research explores if eating beef can prevent diabetes. A visit to Pearly Valley Shorthorns. A new tool could save money on fertilizer.

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Agweek Market Wrap: Postponed trade meeting, continued war tosses more volatility into grain markets show art Agweek Market Wrap: Postponed trade meeting, continued war tosses more volatility into grain markets

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Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management and Jamie Dickerman of Red River Farm Network discuss the implications of the Iran war on markets on the Agweek Market Wrap. 

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AgweekTV Full Show: Farm bill and pesticides, high school meat processing, autonomous trucking, soil tarping show art AgweekTV Full Show: Farm bill and pesticides, high school meat processing, autonomous trucking, soil tarping

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House passes farm bill with pesticide changes. Minnesota schools add meat processing. Sugarbeet co-op wants to add autonomous trucks in Minnesota. How soil tarping can improve your garden or farm.

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Agweek Market Wrap: Iran war, Brazil quality issues send grain markets sharply higher this week show art Agweek Market Wrap: Iran war, Brazil quality issues send grain markets sharply higher this week

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Jamie Dickerman of Red River Farm Network and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management discuss upcoming trade talks, Iran war, Brazil soybean issues and more on the Agweek Market Wrap for Friday, March 13, 2026.

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AgweekTV Full Show: Interest rates, MN deer farms, organic economics, cut flowers in SD show art AgweekTV Full Show: Interest rates, MN deer farms, organic economics, cut flowers in SD

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How higher interest rates are impacting farming. Farmers who raise deer are at odds with the state of Minnesota. Organic farmers weather a tough ag economy. Cut flower industry blooms in South Dakota.

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Agweek Market Wrap: As crude oil rises, wheat, corn and soybeans are following Friday show art Agweek Market Wrap: As crude oil rises, wheat, corn and soybeans are following Friday

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Jamie Dickerman of Red River Farm Network and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management talk about rising fertilizer costs, Iran and the topping of the cattle market on the Agweek Market Wrap. 

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AgweekTV Full Show: Tariffs, dicamba, ICE and Minnesota ag labor, new oats variety show art AgweekTV Full Show: Tariffs, dicamba, ICE and Minnesota ag labor, new oats variety

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What the tariffs decision means for farmers. What farmers need to know about dicamba changes. Ag concerns in Minnesota after the ICE surge. University of Minnesota has a new variety of oats.

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Agweek Market Wrap: Big news didn’t provide big impact on the ag markets this week show art Agweek Market Wrap: Big news didn’t provide big impact on the ag markets this week

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The fundamentals had more to do with market response this week than a host of policy issues that could have come into play. 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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More Episodes

This week, we talk to Agweek reporter Mikkel Pates about how a North Dakota legislator fears that a focus on the future of the coal industry may hurt value-added agriculture efforts in the state.

For more on this subject, read and watch Mikkel's cover story.

If you're interested in that story, you may also be interested in Mikkel's piece talking to landowners deciding whether to allow wind turbines on their land.

This episode of the Agweek Podcast is brought to you by Superior Grain Equipment, Trans Ova and Topp Herefords.