This Week in Agribusiness, Oct. 26, 2024

Greg Soulje starts the broadcast with a winter weather outlook

Matt Clark, senior rural economy analyst, Terrain , joins Mike to talk markets, including: big picture rural economy, interest rates, credit utilization, machinery costs and more.

Greg Soulje is in with a weather forecast for the week.

Joining Mike, Scott Richman, chief economist, Renewable Fuels Association , shares statistics on ethanol in 2024, including exports, growing markets, California's low-carbon fuel standard, and more.

Tim Schanbacher, Pioneer grower and sales rep in Iowa, talks to Mike about his home farm operation and their seed business, as well as a growing season recap, products his farm uses and test plots for rootworm control,

Greg is back with an extended weather outlook.

Josh Baethge, policy editor, Farm Progress, talks to Mike about what he's watching over the next couple of weeks before the presidential election, Robert F. Kennedy's recent statements, and a John Deere right to repair issue with the FTC.

There's a 1972 John Deere 4620 in Max's Tractor Shed.

Mark Stock shares the lineup for BigIron Auctions.

The FFA tribute this week goes to Noah Mallory, Kentucy FFA Pennyrile state vice president..

In the ag tech segment, Chad Colby talks combine cab displays, including a John Deere gen 5 display with brighter screens, quicker processing. Dealers say that the ability to retrofit is coming soon, including from Case IH. The option for a secondary display is available, too.

Chad Colby talks to Jeff Rowe, Syngenta CEO, about coming home to harvest, the history of his family farm in Illinois, ag innovations, global farming and more.

This Week in Agribusiness features market news, ag technology, weather and farms, weekly on RFD-TV, and can be found each week on FarmProgress.com .