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KS Congressman talks about the works of the farm bill & the issues with trade Scott Mcpheeters a Dawson/Lincoln County Farmer talks about the importance of export markets at the county level. This is the first of 4 news makers that take a look at export markets importance at the county level. Later on we will look at the beef market and the economic impact to main street. There are reports of bacterial leaf streak disease in corn across Nebraska. Tamra Jackson-Ziems, Nebraska Extension Plant Pathologist, shares information about the disease and ways to spot it.

Brandy VanDeWalle gives details about the upcoming Youth Crop Scouting Contest set to be held next month. With a drought across the southern plains, some custom harvest crews are scrambling for acres. We learn more about the struggles of the 2018 custom harvest with Tracy of Zeorian Harvesting of Manly, Nebraska. Strahinja Steponovich Nebraska Extension Educator in Grant. Talks about how wheat and field pea field tours have grown over the past couple years.

Nebraska State Climatologist Al Dutcher VP of Legislative Affairs for the NE Cattlemen, Laura Field discusses working with the NE State Patrol to establish livestock hauling protocols. Fridays in the Field visits with Nathan Schole from northern Dodge County, near Hooper.

Technical Service Representative, Brady Kappler, discusses herbicide options for soybeans as well as stewardship resources. Chad Moyer reports from World Pork Expo in Des Moines.

North American Meat Institute Senior VP of Public Affairs Janet Riley talks about why beef is important in a child's diet JD Alexander is a cattle producer from Pender NE and he spoke with Susan Littlefield at World Meat Congress in Dallas last week Courtney Hall is Sustainability Manager for Cargill. She takes us through why the company is actively studying better ways to conserve water.

Co-Hosts of the 2018 Cattlemen's Ball Rob and Natalie Marsh and Committee Chairman Janice Wiedle review this year's event. Ken Maschhoff talks with Susan Littlefield from the World Meat Congress on trade, farm bill and their effects on the pork industry. Nebraska State Senator Curt Friesen signs-on to a Growth Energy letter urging regulation change to allow year-round retailing of E-15 blended fuel.

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Featuring Brady Kappler, BASF Technical Service Representative, discussing plant health applications for corn. Featuring John Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Muscle Biology/Meat Science with Kansas State studying the effects of transportation on pigs. Dakota Lovett, President of the Nebraska Junior Angus Association and cattle producer from Blue Hill visits with Alex Voichoskie to give a cattle producer's perspective of the fake meat issue.

Janet Riley, Senior VP Public Affairs for the North American Meat Institute on their latest project partnered with the Beef Checkoff to increase kid's nutrition by pairing fruits and vegetables with beef. Discussion with Bethany Bergstom of Axtell, an NU graduate student on Master's work she is doing in entomology on various aspects of controlling the Wheat Stem Sawfly. Joan Ruskamp has the Beef Checkoff update from China.

Dr. Christopher Neal discusses the University of Nebraska's 'Irrigation Innovation Consortium' which addresses water scarcity with irrigation technology. A new blending terminal in Columbus held a ribbon cutting Thursday and soybean farmer Greg Anderson talks about the importance of the fuel to Nebraska. The Ag Pen Pal Program is seeking farmers and ranchers to sign up for the program, now in its 27th year. We learn more from Courtney Schaardt, Director of Outreach Education for the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation.

BASF Technical Service Representative, Eric Schultz, giving a planting and weed control update. Mike Deering is the Executive Vice President of the Missouri Cattleman's Association brings us up-to-date on Missouri labeling legislation on meat vs. "fake meat" . Congressman Adrian Smith talks about the status of the 2018 Farm Bill that failed in the U.S. House of Representatives last week.

Dean Groskurth, USDA NASS Northern Plains Regional Field Office Director, discussing the upcoming survey they're conducting with producers here in NE to look at crops, stocks, inventories, and values. Mark Goes, Southeast Community College agriculture instructor, discusses delayed cool season forage growth, and provides tips on determining when pastures are ready to graze. Kevin Herbel Kansas Farm Income Report for 2017.

Governor Pete Ricketts and Charlie Bosselman of Bosselman Enterprises, from the ribbon cutting of their new flex fuel pumps at the Bosselman Travel Center in Grand Island. Don Bloss, a farmer from Pawnee City, Nebraska and chairman of the National Sorghum Producers, shares his reaction to the news that China has dropped its anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations into U.S. sorghum. USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney is leading a delegation of U.S. agribusiness and state government leaders on a trade mission to establish new business connections in southern China.

Jane Raybould won the Democratice nomination for Senate. She talked with KRVN about her plans for the general election.

Stonie Cooper, Nebraska Mesonet Manager, is in again this week for Al Dutcher. Kansas is hosting meetings on industrial hemp and to find out more about the industry Clay Patton talks with Duane Sinning plant division director at the Colorado Department of Agriculture. Fridays in the Field series starts in Central Nebraska with Chapman farmer Andrew McHargue. He grows everything from popcorn to non-gmo, organic, and conventional corn and soybeans.

AgPocalypse 2050 is a video game developed by UNL students that could have solutions to feeding the growing population. Chris Freland of the Iowa Beef Industry Council talks on checkoff spending activities. Learn more about the work BASF is doing with Dicamba and educational opportunities.

Featuring BASF Technical Service Representative Eric Schultz with a planting update. Emily Skor CEO of Growth Energy talks about the closed door White House meeting on E15 & the RFS. Todd Van Hoose, President and CEO of the Farm Credit Council talks about policy that will affect the Farm Credit System and the importance of funding rural infrastructure projects.

Karla Jenkins of UNL's Panhandle Research and Extension Center talks about upcoming 4-H and FFA clinics for kids and parents, focusing on the needs and management of their summer projects. Paul Guenther from Nebraska FSA discusses financing options for beginning farmers and ranchers. Cyndee Smiley of John Deere talks about the company's new partnership with Iowa State University on a 33,000 square foot spray lab.

Mike Williams, a California cow/calf producer, discusses the US Beef Sustainability Framework. Congressman Bacon discusses his role on the House Ag Committee, crop insurance and the electronic logging device mandate.

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