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6/23/26 Tractor Ride 2026 Day 2

June 23, 2026 • 37 mins
It's Day 2 of the 29th annual WHO Radio Great Iowa Tractor Ride! The riders have made the trek from the Webster County Fairgrounds to Webster City. We'll catch up with them and the folks that make the event possible.
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6/22/26 Tractor Ride 2026 Day 1

June 22, 2026 • 43 mins
The 29th annual WHO Radio Great Iowa Tractor Ride has begun! We're catching up with riders, sponsors, and the young people helping make it all happen at our lunch stop in Duane's hometown of Rockwell City, IA!
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6/19/26 Storm Damage in Fields, Prop 12 Latest with Rob Brenneman

June 19, 2026 • 36 mins
Virgil Schmidt from Iowa State Extension tells us what he's seeing in fields following storms this week packing big wind gusts. We have an impassioned discussion on the latest on Prop 12 with NPPC's Rob Brenneman. And we'll dive further in to that issues and others being tackled in Washington D.C. with Lydia Johnson at Agri-Pulse.
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6/18/26 The Big Show

June 19, 2026 • 32 mins
We've got Gentry Sorenson on to talk agronomy from North Central Iowa, Rob Brenneman from NPPC on Prop 12, Starlyn Purdue talking about USDA county committee nominations, and the folks at BIS Commodities diving into markets going into the holiday weekend.
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6/17/26 Clean Water Wednesday in Newhall!

June 17, 2026 • 37 mins
It's Clean Water Wednesday on The Big Show! Bob is in Newhall, Iowa with the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance, Linn Co-op Oil Company, Iowa Soybean Association, and The Nature Conservancy in Iowa as the sponsors of today's program!
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6/16/26 Tar Spot Found in IA, Update on 45Z

June 16, 2026 • 38 mins
With tar spot detected in three Iowa counties, Meaghan Anderson from Iowa State Extension tells us about scouting and fighting it. Brian Hoops from Midwest Market Solutions is today's market analyst. We'll dig into 45Z tax credits with Monte Shaw from the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. And we sit down with Kirk Leeds for our monthly update from the Iowa Soybean Association!
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6/15/26 Looking at What's Impacting Iowa Crops, and the Weather Outlook

June 15, 2026 • 33 mins
On the show today, we're talking with Landus' Dan Bjorklund, Jamey Kohake at Paragon Investments, State Climatologist Justin Glisan, Steffes' Mason Holvoet, and Rob Brenneman from NPPC.
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6/12/26 Summer Soy Series, Titan Tire x John Deere Partnership

June 12, 2026 • 42 mins
Today on The Big Show, Matt Herman tells us about the Summer Soy Series. We'll dive into commodity markets with Naomi Bloem and Karl Setzer. Travis Lautner has the info on the DMACC Land to Ladle event. And Titan Tire's Kim Boccardi tells us about the new finance agreement with John Deere!
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6/11/26 Unpacking Today's Weather and WASDE

June 11, 2026 • 40 mins
We're talking weather, screwworm, WASDE, Deere Days, the Silage for Beef Cattle Conference, and unveiling the route for Tractor Ride Day 3 all on today's PACKED edition of The Big Show!
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6/10/26 Good Farm Neighbor #210: TBoy Dairy!

June 10, 2026 • 39 mins
We're awarding the 210th Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award sponsored by the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers in Decatur County! It's also a Clean Water Wednesday as Tom Collins joins us from the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance.
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6/9/26 Big Show Garage with Defreece Land Services

June 9, 2026 • 34 mins
Bob is out at the Big Show Garage today joined by Dylan Defreece with Defreece Land Services! We'll also talk markets with
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6/8/26 Iowa's Dry Spots Are Getting Moisture

June 8, 2026 • 34 mins
We talk with Meaghan Anderson from Iowa State Extension about the recent rainfall in parts of Iowa that were starting to need it. Jamey Kohake has our rundown of markets to start the week. We talk with Mason about the upcoming sales with Steffes Auctioneers. And Duane Murley is back from his Alaska and Canada adventure with Holiday Vacations!
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6/5/26 Good Farm Neighbor Award #209 in Johnson County!

June 5, 2026 • 35 mins
We are celebrating Steve and Amy Swenka and family as today's Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award recipients in Johnson County!
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6/4/26 GFN Award at World Pork Expo 2026

June 4, 2026 • 48 mins
It's day two of the World Pork Expo at the Iowa State Fairgrounds and Bob Quinn is there presenting the latest Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award and talking all things pork! We'll also hear from Duane on his Holiday Vacations trip across Alaska and Western Canada. We're also talking about the first U.S. detection of New World Screwworm in 60 years.
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6/3/26 Day 1 of World Pork Expo 2026!

June 3, 2026 • 42 mins
Bob Quinn is on-location at the Iowa State Fairgrounds today talking pork with the visitors and exhibitors at World Pork Expo today!
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6/2/26 Ag Transportation Issues, Crop Status in NW Iowa

June 2, 2026 • 32 mins
Dennis Reyman joins us from Stalcup Ag in Northwest Iowa with a boots on the ground perspective. Mike Steenhoek gives an update on an amendment to the Build America 250 bill that would help ag vehicles to operate on interstates. We'll talk markets with Brian Hoops and Jerry Gulke. EPA's Lee Zeldin talks about the future of undoing federal DEF mandates.
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6/1/26 Ethanol in Farm Equipment Legislation Being Signed

June 1, 2026 • 29 mins
Don Van Houweling from Van Wall Equipment and John Deere's Deanna Kovar discuss today's signing of legislation by Kim Reynolds exempting ethanol fuel in farm equipment from the state excise tax. Jamie Loecker from Syngenta joins the show today as well to discuss herbicide application. Jamey Kohake is the market analyst of the day. And we'll hear from Duane Murley once again from his Holiday Vacations trip in Alaska aboard the Disco...
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5/29/26 Farming for the Future in Cass County!

May 29, 2026 • 32 mins
We're ending the week celebrating another Farming for the Future Friday sponsored by the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers and Iowa Corn! We're on the farm of the Zellmer family!
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5/28/26 EPA and DNR Inspections Happening Across Iowa

May 28, 2026 • 31 mins
We open the show with an update from Duane and friends on the Holiday Vacations Alaska trip! We're hearing that EPA and DNR are out inspecting farms in northern Iowa. Brian Waddingham from the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers tells us what to expect and how they can help. Leah TenNapel is our agronomist today from ISU Extension. We'll discuss the northeast Iowa hay market and crop with Dale Lesline. And Don Roose from US Commodi...
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5/27/26 Clean Water Wednesday and Getting E15 Passed

May 27, 2026 • 38 mins
AgState Conservation Agronomy and Sustainability Lead Garrett Wagner joins us for Clean Water Wednesday. Monte Shaw, Executive Director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, discusses what he sees as the possible outcomes for E15 legislation in Washington. It's also Wyffels Wednesday with Jason Heath. Jim Engler from Ground Level Dispatch joins the program for market analysis. And our agronomy update of the day is with Angie Rie...
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