Midday

Ag News: Reports on the progressing wheat harvest and food prices Guests: Tracy Pracheil, Associate Nebraska Extension Educator for 4-H Development on the "Raise Your Hand" campaign to increase membership ... Dave Warner of Albion in Boone County says that area has gone 30-plus days without significant rainfall - what farmers are facing ... Eli Ohlde, President of the Kansas FFA Association's Clifton-Clyde Chapter on a recent National Leadership Conference for State Officers

Ag News: President Trump speaks in Iowa saying he will continue to help farmers ... Another NASCAR E-15 race comes to the region ... New York State steps up Biodiesel useage Guests: Water Street Solution provides market insight on today's markets ... Little Blue NRD Manager Mike Onnen discusses a stay on drilling new irrigation wells in the district until mid-December 12th ... Amber Ross of Callaway and Madeline Schwinghammer from Colon, Minnesota on a summer internship with the West Point Chamber through the Rural Futures Institute

Ag News: Governor Ricketts praises Canada as a trade partner, joining a DED / NDA trade mission to our northern neighbors ... E15 promotional events Guests; Russ Callen, Assistant General Manager with LLNRD - Cover Crop Groundwater Impact Study in conjunction with CPNRD this autumn ... David Hogg, Assistant Emergency Manager Coordinator with KDA - organizing a Kansas Emergency Response Corps ... Gerald Theus, Regional Director with U.S.Wheat's South African office - A Nigerian / South African wheat trade team visits Nebraska and Kansas

Ag News: A Kansan is named Chief Ag Negotiator for USTR ... Little Blue NRD's temporary stay on high-capacity water wells Guests: Jason Ladman, Director of Waterstreet Solutions - Dealing with 'People Problems' on the farm ... Dr. Tami Brown-Brendl, ag engineer with USDA MARC, discussing new app for warning and advanced knowledge to deal with livestock heat stress events ... Daren Redfearn, Associate Professor, UNL Department of Agronomy & Horticulture previews upcoming Nebraska Grazing Conference

Ag News: Mexico allows for higher ethanol blends ... Lancaster Co Farm Bureau hosts an antique tractor and car show in Lincoln this week Guests: Channel Agronomist Jim Erwin observes the NE and KS growing season so far ... Val Dolcini on Pollinator Week and the importance of bees to agriculture ... Andrew Uden, co-founder of Quantified Ag talks about how their product and new technology is helping cattle producers

Ag News: Senate Ag Committee held a hearing this week on the 2018 farm bill ... USDA granted an extension on CRP grazing in KS, OK, TX due to wildfires Guests: Nebraska Extension Climatologist Al Dutcher on weekend & long-term weather ... From Nebraska Farm Bureau's agricultural economic and technology summit Mary Kay Thatcher, lobbyist with American Farm Bureau on the 2018 farm bill, crop insurance and conservation ... "Friday's in the Field" talks with Jeff Pohl, farmer and cow-calf operator in Bridgeport on planting and irrigation of Western Nebraska crops

Ag News: Henry Davis pf Greater Omaha Packing says with China open, "opportunities are endless" ... Ag Secretary Perdue willing to hear budget "guidance" from Congressional "appropriators" Guests: Dean Hefta reports "from the field" on weather-market price drivers ... NE Ext Plant Pathologist Tamara Jackson-Ziems says watch corn for Bacterial Leaf Streak

Ag News: Great day for Nebraska Beef as the first American product container since 2011 leaves for China ... plus Coverage of Farm Bureau's Ag Econ & Tech Summit in Kearney Guests: Joe Schuele of the US Meat Export Federation takes a look at shipping American Beef to China ... Husker Harvst Days Manager Matt Jungmann talks about the 40th show Sept. 12 - 14 ... Gov. Ricketts and Ag Director Ibach join Greater Omaha Packing to load the first beef shipments in a while bound for China

Ag News: Severe Monday night storms cause property, livestock and crop damage in Western Nebraska Guests: Dean Heffta, Director of Waterstreet Solutions on the "next generation leadership on the farm" ... We talk with Rwandan students, part of a group of six interning in Scottsbluff working with crops, weeds and other cropping subjects ... Strahinja Stepanovic, Extension Educator discusses upcoming Wheat and Field Pea Field Days in Central and Western Nebraska

Ag News: Happy National Jerky Day! Popularity of the "salty snack" at an all-time high ... Industry and schools partner to make milk a great drinking experience Guests: Chase DeCoite on Beef Stewardship Program coming to Nebraska ... Pete McClymont Exec VP Nebraska Cattlemen and State Ag Dir. Greg Ibach on new UNL Vet Diagnostic Center benefiting students and producers ... Rita VanderKooi family and others step up with milking assistance in wake of Southern Minnesota dairy op destruction

Ag News: After a 33 year run, Rod Week announces the Kearney Livestock Market has sold its land; holds a final fall cow / regular auction Monday, June 19 Guests: State Climatologist Al Dutcher says heat is on, at least for the weekend ... Bill Bullard on R-Calf USA's request for U.S. Investigation of JBS practices ... "Friday's In The Field" talks with Deb Gangwish, co-owner of PG Farms and Diamond G of Shelton and Springview

Ag News: Announcement of new CME delivery points for live cattle in Nebraska ... President Trump puts a spotlight on improving river transport Infrastructure Guests: Dean Hefta from Water Street Solutions on today's markets ... Val Dolcini, President & CEO of Pollinator Partnership talks about the recent bee hives placed in DC and increased interest in the importance of pollinators ... National Pork Board President Terry O'Neel from Friend, NE from World Pork Expo in Des Moines

In ag news, we get the latest "buzz" on pollinators. 12:19 From the Nebraska Cattlemen Mid-Year Meeting in West Point, John Widdowson, Kearney, Chair of the NC Animal Health and Nutrition Committee. 12:45 Rob Eirich, Nebraska Director of Beef Quality Assurance and Extension Educator, discusses how producers can plan to stay on top of heat stress in cattle. 1:17 Former UNL Animal Science faculty member Merlyn Nielsen is now enjoying retirement by studying property taxes! He offered a property tax relief idea in the NC Taxation Committee meeting this morning at NC Midyear in West Point.

Ag News: Joe Gangwish checks in from the Tractor Relay Across Nebraska ... an update on investigation of bio-diesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia Guests: Jason Ladman, Director of Waterstreet Solutions on 'Making a Game Plan for Tough Times ... Dr. Lisa Becton, director of swine health and research with the National Pork Board on new porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) research ... Megan Grimes, Program Manager, NE Ethanol Board details Thursday's Lincoln ethanol promotion; buy E-85 = 0.85 / gallon

Ag News: 73rd D-Day Anniversary and how agriculture production continued ... Syngenta lawsuits start today in KC Guests: Nebraska Extension Educator Steve Pritchard says Beef Basics is more accessible for those interested ... Ron Lamberty with American Coalition of Ethanol talks on June 1st E15 restrictions and need for revised rules ... 2017 Cattlemen's Ball Hosts Jeff and Lisa Johnson

The Rural Radio Network's Flagship Midday Broadcast for Friday June 2, 2017.

Ag News: Ag groups seek an increase in truck weight LIMITATIONS ... a New residence hall on UNL East Campus TO be named after Massengale ... Tragedy today in Cambria, Wisconsin: a corn milling and ethanol plant explodes Guests: Dean Hefta - Water Street Solutions' take on today's commodity trade ... A NASA employee & auctioneer put together an $87,000 fundraiser for Clark Co. KS Wildfire Relief ... Loup Valley Horse Conference 2017 show series with Sherri Swiniski

Ag News: Abengoa Biofuels fights the Department of Justice over tax dollars on abandoned Kansas project ... US Trade Officials will establish Chinese beef trade protocols in June ... A new Colorado wheat production system aims to combat weeds Guests: Mike Zuzolo - Global Commodity Analytics .. Kent Rollins of "Red River Ranch" achieves acclaim cooking for working ranch cowboys out of his 1876 Studebaker Chuckwagon. He's at the Nebraskan Cattleman's Ball this weekend ... NE Farm Bureau's Jay Rempe on an Agricultural Economic/Technology Summit in Kearney June 13th and 14th

Ag News: The chairman of JBS SA has stept down in the wake of the Brazil bribary scandal ... The woman who embezzled millions from the Oklahoma Beef Council enters a plea in court Guests: Dean Heffta, Director at Water Street Solutions discussing 'Common Factors of Successful Farms' ... Representative Roger Marshall of Kansas visiting with Jesse Harding on trade and in particular, NAFTA ... Jordan Hildebrand with KS Wheat discussing the KS Wheat Yield Contest: Registration ends June 1st

Ag News: Lawmakers Use Farm Bill Hearing to Push Back on Proposed USDA Budget Cuts Guests: Weekly weather update with Nebraska Extension Climatologist Al Dutcher ... Nebraska Dept of Ag Trade Representative Stan Garbacz talks on promoting Nebraska from the US Meat Export Federation meeting ... The first installment of our "Fridays in the Field" series featuring growers and their experiences through the season