This Week in Agribusiness, Oct. 5, 2024

Part 1

Mike Pearson kicks of the show this week with the Nutrien Agronomy "For Your Acres" report, checking in on crop status in Kansas. In the markets segment Mike talks with Pedro Dejneka, MD Commodities, about the upcoming U.S. harvest and its effects on the market and more.

Part 2

Pedro Dejneka, MD Commodities, returns to discuss more market news with Mike. Following that, Greg Soulje is on for this week’s weather forecast.

Part 3

Next, Mike is discussing the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in the Southeast. Gary Adams, President / CEO of the National Cotton Council of America, joins Mike to discuss the challenges for the cotton crop.

Part 4

Max Armstrong brings us another segment in BASF’s Plan Smart, Grow Smart series, Chris Curtis joins Max to discuss his corn crop.

Part 5

Agricultural Meteorologist Greg Soulje returns to take a look at the long-range weather picture. In the Farm Progress roundup segment, Sarah Muirhead, Managing Director Livestock, talks about the mood and news from the World Dairy Expo.

Part 6

In Max’s Tractor Shed, Max shows off a 1933 Co-Op #1 Orchard tractor from Michigan, but living in Perryville, Mo’s American Tractor Museum. In the FFA Chapter Tribute segment, Mike talks with Shelbi Wallace, Tennessee FFA State Secretary, where the group is helping with recovery from Hurricane Helene. She grew up in a small, rural town with no stoplight, it’s mostly a livestock area and that’s where her experience lies. In the Colby Ag Tech segment, Chad Colby is talking to farmers in the field talking about grain dryer innovations for add-ons to existing systems.

Part 7

To wrap up the show, the Pioneer Between the Rows segment, Andy Knepp, Field Agronomist, to discuss this year’s crop and Pioneer’s new products to control insect pressure.