Midday

Guests: Nebraska State Climatologist Al Dutcher ... Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue addresses media at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting in Kansas City ... Mike Steenhoek Executive Director of the Soy Transportation Coalition on infrastructure

Guests: Dean Heffta of Water Street Solutions analyzes the new WASDE numbers and effects on markets ... Mike Moritz, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service Hastings office on Winter Weather Awareness Day ... Purdue University researcher David Widmar has the new Ag Economy Barometer during "Trade Talk" at NAFB in Kansas City

Guests: Jacob Gubbels about a new location Hefty Seed location ready to break ground in Seward ... Kansas Corn Growers President Ken McCauley talks everything from harvest to farm bill ... Randy Krutz, US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance on goals and development of their new new app

Guests: Jason Ladman, Director Water Street Solutions on "Building your landlord's understanding this fall" ... Craig Uden, President of the US Meat Export Federation talks more on exports, NAFTA, TPP and how US trade balance could improve ... Randy Lloyd, Dekalb/Asgrow Tech Agronomist for Central and Western Nebraska with a harvest update

Guests: Mary Drewnoski on Cornstalk Grazing Study ... Senator Jerry Moran on bills for re-work assistance to the livestock industry when natural disasters strike ... Nebraska Innovation Campus Executive Director Dan Duncan about receiving the Emerging Research Park Award

Ag News: Farm organization experts pour over the GOP tax plan to determine support or opposition Guests: Nebraska State Climatologist Al Dutcher with an overview of long range weather ... We meet ISU Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences Wendy Wintersteen, who becomes the university's President November 20 ... Our final 2017 "Fridays in the Field" talks with Scottsbluff area producer Jeff Pohl on his bean crop, corn and grazing cattle on stalks ...

Ag News: Politico on Iowa's Northey: Wrong place, wrong time as Cruz seeks Trump roll-back of RFS proposals Guests: Dean Hefta, Water Street Solutions with Thursday market analysis ... Retiring Nebraska State Fair Executive Director Joseph McDermott reflects on his 30 years ... Dawn Caldwell, Edgar, Neb beef producer from USMEF/Tucson on wants and needs of world protein consumers

Terry O'Neel talks prices and exports from the USMEF Meeting in Tucson ... Mary Drewnoski, UNL Beef Systems Specialist, talks about preparation for winter grazing with all the downed corn in Nebraska ... Tom Schleif discussses a USDA program helping to keep ag-land productive, grasslands and wetlands healthy

Ag News: Trade Lawyer advises agriculture to be prepared for life without NAFTA ... Drones' growing role in ag, says Director of Nebraska's Unmanned Aircraft Innovation, Research and Education Lab ... Nebraska Cattlemen support elements of House Judiciary Committee-passed legislation containing a re-working of the US guest worker programs

Guests: Jane Stone from the NE Pork Producers wraps up October Pork Month In 2 parts: Greg Ibach Sworn-in today as USDA Undersecretary for Marketing & Regulatory Programs

Ag News: USDA's Perdue praises "integrity and experience" of Nebraska's Greg Ibach, confirmed as Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. Meanwhile, Senate vote on Iowa’s Bill Northey for Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation delayed in political tiff Climatologist Al Dutcher shares generally cold outlook for remaining harvest season ... Fridays in the Field visits West Point area farmer Doug Stratman who says weather was no ally of corn in his part of Northeast Nebraska

Water Street Solutions' Dean Heffta, Director of Training and Development, offers Thursday market analysis ... Farm Service Agency Acting State Executive Director Mike Eller reminds producers of specially targeted farm ownership and farm operating loans to underserved applicants, beginning farmers and ranchers ... Nebraska State Senator Steve Erdman of Bayard presented the Morrill County Farm Bureau meeting his proposal to return $1.2 billion in state tax credits to property owners for dollars they provide local K-12 education

Ag News: Senate Ag Committee members Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D offer a bill to strengthen ARC-County “to better support farmers during tough times" Guests: Hannah Thompson-Weeman, VP Communications for the Animal Agriculture Alliance, discusses "College Aggies Online", a program supporting students advocating for animal agriculture. ... Jason Gibson of Dupont with a "big picture" of 2017 crop and harvest progress ... Dr. Cory Walters has detail on an upcoming crop insurance workshop

Ag News: World Health Organization Glyphosate claims debunked in Reuters report Guests: Dean Heffta, Director of Water Street Colutions: "Prepare to Become the Farm's Next Leader" ... Stetson Dittmar, a member of the S-E-M FFA Chapter is a finalist for the National FFA Proficiency Award in Beef Production - Entrepreneurship ... Phil McLain, Chairman of the National Wheat Foundation, talking about highlighting the industry in a TV episode airing on the Food Network and Cooking Channel

Guests: Justine Wood, whose uncle passed away in Aug, discussing how the community came together to help them with harvest ... Cindy Cunningham of the National Pork Board talks about their 2018 Pig Farmers of Tomorrow program now taking applications ... Kathy Anderson, Nebraska FSA Program Chief tells us ARC/PLC payments are being sent out now

Rural Radio Network's Midday for Friday October, 20.

Today on MidDay ... Market numbers commentary with Dewey Nelson ... Bryce Doeschot with Deputy State Fire Marshal Public Information Officer Alyssa Sanders with a checklist for avoiding fires during harvest season ... A useful new online tool for young farmers to locate land now up at findingfarmland.youngfarmers.org

At this years Global Farmer roundtable, many participants echo many of the same concerns including trade. Bruce Gaarder has the story ... Bryce Doeschot talks with Krn Hellevang of NDSU Extension on storing grain in bins ... From G7 to GIPSA, USDA Sec. Perdue keeps American Ag in the forefront during his over seas trip and we have the conference call ... Bruce Gaarder from the Global Farmer Roundtable visiting with Maryland farmer Jennifer Schmidt This has also been already uploaded to the system via NWA1317.

Trump USDA withdraws interim GIPSA rule and reneges further action on Obama proposal... Tim Brhel of Water Street Solutions with Pt. 2 of "How to Beat Your Farm's Best" ... Rep. Roger Marshall (KS-1) speaks on immigration and rural America ... K-State's Megan Rolf details a beef genetics study at this week's "DNA Technology seminar at UNL