On this episode, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was the topic of a special gathering of ag and federal regulatory officials in North Carolina. We’ll detail their concerns. Also, cattlemen are keeping a close eye on Washington, D.C. as Congress returns to town and as the November elections approach. We’ll hear form a representative of the Idaho Cattle Association, then we’ll get some perspective from the American Farm Bureau Federation. We’ll introduce you to a new soil fertility specialist at the University of Illinois, and a key University of Missouri report is out an it will help frame the discussion on global agricultural stocks. Also keeping a close eye on those stocks is Rabobank’s Stephen Nicholson. We’ll get his take on what the markets could look like once all that grain is harvested. Dairy prices have experienced some late-summer fireworks and we’ll tell you why, and what it could mean for dairy farmers. In our “Meat Monitor” segment, we learn about the U.S. Meat Export Federation and red meat producers’ effort to take importers from Mexico, Central America and South America to school at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and in “Bushels and Cents,” Ray Bohacz says proper preventative maintenance on your generator could help you avoid problems in crucial situations. The episode also features the music of Whey Jennings.

Timestamps

Intro and news: 0:00

Steve Troxler (North Carolina Ag Commissioner), Robert Califf (FDA): 6:47

Cameron Murony, Idaho Cattle Association: 9:46

Ryan Yates, American Farm Bureau Federation: 11:12

John Jones, University of Illinois: 12:47

Dr. Pat Westoff, University of Missouri: 14:20

Stephen Nicholson, Rabobank: 15:56

Ryan Yonkman, Ever.Ag: 18:57

Dave Bruntz, Valery Ways, Manuel Jarpa, USMEF: 21:34

Ray Bohacz, “Bushels and Cents”: 22:54

Whey Jennings: 24:32