The Michigan Ag Today Podcast
The latest Michigan farm news, weather, and market analysis from the trusted Michigan Ag Today team of Andy Eubank, Eric Pfeiffer, C.J. Miller, Sabrina Halvorson, and Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin.
Episodes
July 26, 2024 • 8 mins
On the "Finally Friday" edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Imagine if you could detect pests in your crops by using a microphone? C.J. Miller reports on a new tool called the "Insect Eavesdropper" that has been introduced by Emily Bick with the University of Wisconsin that uses a microphone to discover whether insect pests are present and damaging your crops! Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. P...
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July 25, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Thursday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Sabrina Halvorson reports on the recent hearing held by the House Ag Committee on Capitol Hill to take a closer look at the projected drop in U.S. farm incomes this year—as well as what can be done to help farmers and the ag industry. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Tom Fritz with the EFG Group reviews Wednesday's grain markets.
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July 24, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Wednesday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: C.J. Miller reports about the concerns over the use of Chinese-made drones for spraying and scouting fields and whether China is using them to collect sensitive data here across the U.S. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Arlan Suderman with StoneX reviews Tuesday's grain markets.
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July 23, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Tuesday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Sabrina Halvorson reports on the recent returns on investment made by the national Beef Checkoff program. Also, Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, market analyst John Zanker with Risk Management Commodities discusses the factors that led to the rally that we saw across the board in the grain markets on Monday.
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July 22, 2024 • 6 mins
On today's #MATPodcast: Corn growers are advocating for year-round E15, Ryan Martin has a hot, humid, and unstable Michigan Farm Forecast, and Brian Basting from Advance Trading shares his market analysis from last week's grain trade.
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July 19, 2024 • 6 mins
On the "Finally Friday" edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Eric Pfeiffer reports from Washington, D.C. as he chats with Neil Caskey, CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, about the push this week from U.S. corn farmers to convince lawmakers to pass the Farm Bill this year. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Karl Setzer with Consus Ag Consulting (ConsusAg.Net) reviews Thursday's gra...
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July 18, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Thursday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Andy Eubank chats with Josh Eurich from Channel Seed for an update on Michigan's corn and soybean crops. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Tom Fritz with the EFG Group reviews Wednesday's grain markets.
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July 16, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Tuesday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Sabrina Halvorson reports how the USDA's Risk Management Agency has expanded insurance coverage options for specialty crop producers. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, market analyst John Zanker with Risk Management Commodities discusses the factors that led to the sharp sell-offs that we saw in Monday's grain markets.
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July 15, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Monday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Farmers and ag leaders expressed their frustrations with EPA's regulations at a recent House Ag Committee hearing. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Brian Basting with Advance Trading reviews the USDA's July WASDE Report and its impact on the grain markets for Friday afternoon.
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July 12, 2024 • 9 mins
On the "Finally Friday" edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Are the EPA's regulations harming the ag industry? That's what the House Ag Committee wanted to know during a hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Sabrina Halvorson reports how Rep. Glenn "G.T." Thompson (R-PA-15), Chairman of the House Ag Committee, scrutinized the EPA and the consequences of the agency's actions upon U.S. agriculture. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin ...
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July 12, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Thursday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: The House Appropriations Committee met this week to markup funding bills for USDA, FDA, and the Department of Labor. Sabrina Halvorson reports how those bills could impact the ag industry. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Tom Fritz with the EFG Group reviews Wednesday's grain markets following a third straight day of double digit losses ...
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July 10, 2024 • 6 mins
On today's #MATPodcast: the U.S. is running a $15 billion ag trade deficit with the rest of the world as major bulk commodities are down 18%, remnants from Beryl continue to barrel through the Eastern Corn Belt, and soybean futures suffer sharp losses again on Tuesday.
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July 9, 2024 • 7 mins
On today's #MATPodcast: a Purdue University survey says some farmers are getting offers of over $1,500 per acre to put solar projects on their farmland, remnants from Hurricane Beryl are making their way to Michigan, and sharp losses open post-Independence Day trade across the grain complex.
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July 8, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Monday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: C.J. Miller profiles legendary farm broadcaster Max Armstrong, who retired last year after 48 years of farm broadcasting. Max talks about how his journey started on his family's farm in southern Indiana--and how he still has a passion for sharing the stories of the farm community. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Brian Basting with Advance...
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July 5, 2024 • 7 mins
On the "Finally Friday" and "Day-After-the-Fourth-of-July" edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Sabrina Halvorson reports how BASF has introduced Nemasphere, which is a soybean trait that is resistant to soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Also, with the grain and livestock markets closed on Thursday for Independence Day, Karl Setzer with Consus Ag Consulting (ConsusAg....
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July 4, 2024 • 8 mins
On the Independence Day edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: C.J. Miller chats with Dennis Philpot with Vive Crop Protection, who shares how their two foliar fungicides—AZterknot® and Phobos™ FC—can help improve stress tolerance and minimize yield-robbing disease in Michigan's sugarbeets. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your forecast for the Fourth-of-July and the first half of July. Plus, Tom Fritz with the EFG Group revi...
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July 3, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Wednesday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Sabrina Halvorson reports how business is a-boomin' this summer when it comes to the state's production of tart cherries! Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Arlan Suderman with StoneX discusses the factors that are impacting the grain markets.
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July 2, 2024 • 6 mins
On the Tuesday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: C.J. Miller reports how ag leaders are applauding a decision issued last week by the U.S. Supreme Court which limits the powers of federal agencies, such as USDA, FDA, and EPA. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, John Zanker with Risk Management Commodities reviews Monday's grain markets following the aftermath of bearish data in USDA's Plan...
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July 1, 2024 • 7 mins
On the Monday edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack says House Republicans have written a largely political farm bill and it’s time for them to get practical. Eric Pfeiffer has a full report. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Brian Basting with Advance Trading, Inc. discusses the numbers from USDA's Planted Acreage and Quarterly Stocks reports from Friday and how t...
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June 28, 2024 • 8 mins
On the "Finally Friday" edition of the Michigan Ag Today Podcast: Sabrina Halvorson reports how the National Cattlemen's Beef Association has strong words against USDA's newly-proposed rules for the Packers and Stockyards Act. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin has your Michigan Farm Forecast. Plus, Karl Setzer with Consus Ag Consulting (ConsusAg.Net) takes a deeper dive into the grain markets before USDA releases its Acreage report a...
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