RFD Profit Watch

RFD Profit Watch

RFD Profit Watch features conversations with economists, grain and livestock analysts and other industry leaders about the markets and the issues that affect farm profitability. Hosted by NAFB Broadcaster DeLoss Jahnke. This is the daily radio broadcast repurposed as a podcast. If you have questions about guests, please email radio@ilfb.org.

Episodes

October 16, 2026 • 52 mins
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.
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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.
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October 14, 2026 • 52 mins
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.
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October 13, 2026 • 52 mins
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.
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October 12, 2026 • 52 mins
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.
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October 9, 2026 • 52 mins
Brian Chastain, Marketwise Ag Services, joins the program to take a look at markets on a USDA WASDE report release day, featuring high corn yield expectations and a large carryout.
Ed Kasper, Kasper Ag Solutions, discusses harvest tech from Boone County.
Nick Hausen, Hausen Weather, has a look at the forecast ahead.
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October 8, 2026 • 52 mins
Growmark area sales manager Graham Utter joins the program to discuss inputs and the fall harvest season.
Michael Langemeier, Purdue CME Group discusses the resuts of the latest Ag Economy Barometer.
Greg Johnson, Total Grain Marketing in Champaign, talks markets.
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October 7, 2026 • 52 mins
John Zanker, Farmer's Keeper in Carmel, Indiana, joins the program to discuss markets, starting with news from the western Corn Belt.
Andrew Margenot, professor in the crop sciences department at the University of Illinois College of Aces, discusses how his department is using funds awarded for fertilizer research.
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October 6, 2026 • 52 mins
Rodney Knittel, Illinois Farm Bureau's assistant director of transportation and infrastructure, breaks down what the president's annoncement on red dye diesel means.
Andrew McCarty, Pluto Commodities, joins the program to take a look at the markets.
Jon Strok, Country Financial, joins the program at the end of the quarter to discuss the market economic outlook.
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October 5, 2026 • 52 mins
Analyst Darren Frye, Water Street Consulting, joins the program to kick off a new market week as harvest continues around the state.
Chris Loman, Loman's Backyard BBQ, talks getting into the BBQ business on this week's Meaty Monday segment.
Chris Yates, meteorologist at WMBD, looks ahead at what to expect in the forecast this week.
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October 2, 2026 • 52 mins
Michael Kaeb, White Commercial, has a look at the end of week commodity markets and talks harvest at the elevator.
Courtney Knupp talks about her new position as United Soybean Board CEO.
Cyle Dickens, meteorologist at KWQC in the Quad Cities, has your forecast for the weekend.
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October 1, 2026 • 52 mins
Dan Pannier, Growmark's manager of propane operations, joins the program to discuss propane and fuel costs.
Brenna Hildenbrand, Country Financial, discusses harvest time and the Feed a Farmer program.
Angie Setzer, Consus Ag Marketing, takes a look at the markets.
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September 30, 2026 • 52 mins
Curt Strubhar, Advance Trading, on Quarterly Grain Stocks.
Nick Frederking, AgriGold Southern Illinois and Brian Humphries, Wyffels Hybrids, give agronomy updates from the harvest fields.
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September 29, 2026 • 52 mins
Darin Newsom, Darin Newsom Analysis, has a look a the markets.
Scott Baum, Baum Chevrolet Buick in Clinton, talks about if rising fuels costs have impacted auto sales.
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September 28, 2026 • 52 mins
Mike Zuzolo, Global Commodities Analytics and Consulting, joins the program to discuss an eventful start to the market week and the results of a US-China trade/relationship meeting.
Matt Witte, Bloomington Meats, talks Meaty Monday and fall meat specials.
Balint Szalavari, WEEK, has a look at the week's forecast as farmers look to dryer weather for harvest.
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September 25, 2026 • 52 mins
Aaron Maher, River Valley Cooperative, joins the program to look at some lower prices as the market week draws to a close.
Brad Zwilling, Illinois Farm Business Farm Management and regular contributor to the University of Illinois FarmDoc website, discusses his latest article on 2025 farm earnings.
Brent Clair, Farm4Cast, caps off the weather week as temperatures continue to cool.
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September 24, 2026 • 52 mins
Kirby Wagner, director of governmental affairs at Growmark, joins the program to give a legislative update.
Rich Nelson, Allendale Inc., has a look at the markets.
Lance Tarchione, Dekalb/Asgrow technical agronomist, talks harvest.
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September 23, 2026 • 52 mins
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September 22, 2026 • 52 mins
Tim Strunk, hedging strategist at AgMarket.Net, talks about weather in western Oklahoma, soil quality and corn markets across the country.
Toni Dunker, Advance Trading, joins the program to discuss livestock markets after a difficult two months and following a fresh cattle on feed report.
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September 21, 2026 • 52 mins
Domenic Varricihio, Pluto Commodities, joins the program as an early market week continues to develop.
Julie Tunk, owner of River's Edge Inn in Dixon, talks pork tenderloins for Meaty Monday.
Meteorologist Mark Henderson, Henderson's Weather Hub, takes a look at the forecast for a week of cooler temperatures.
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