Previous Weeks
Energy
May 19 2022
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National Corn Growers Association, CropLife America, and Renewable Fuels Association.
They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural
America. Thank you.
And now today’s commentary-
Why don’t we do more to address our fuel problems? We are in the process of planting the 2022
crops. All the reports tell us that there is a severe risk of a world food shortage. Solving…
Issues
May 12 2022
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National Corn Growers Association, CropLife America, and Renewable Fuels Association.
They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural
America. Thank you.
And now today’s commentary-
I have 5 different issues to bring up today.
1. Here is something proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that will cost
family farms and small business agriculture…
This and That
May 5 2022
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And now today’s commentary-
I have been reading reports that our beef cow numbers on farms and ranches are in a steady decline. That should not be a big surprise given the fact that some of the states that…
Immigration
April 28 2022
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And now today’s commentary-
I find it hard to believe that since last October more than one million migrants were arrested at our border. They are just flooding into our country. They are coming…
E15
April 21 2022
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National Corn Growers Association, CropLife America, and Renewable Fuels Association.
They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural
America. Thank you.
And now today’s commentary-
Just back from the farm in Illinois last week. I always love to plant my feet on that rich soil. It
was too wet to plant. Hope we can get that corn and bean seed in the ground soon.
A…
Pork
April 14 2022
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And now today’s commentary-
When you hear this radio show, I will be on my farm in Illinois. I am hoping that we can get started planting corn. However, we have had so much rain this last week. Planting is…
Food Production
April 8 2022
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And now today’s commentary-
President Biden announced his proposed $5.8 trillion budget for the 2023 fiscal year. Now Congress will begin work to change, add and subtract that budget. As always it…
Bird Flu and More
March 23 2022
Hello, everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the
National Corn Growers Association, CropLife America, and Renewable Fuels Association. They
are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America.
Thank you.
And now today’s commentary-
I’m going to cover some different issues today. As we all know the war in Ukraine dominates all
the news. But if you were in the poultry industry, you would be very concerned…
Issues
March 17 2022
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National Corn Growers Association, CropLife America, and Renewable Fuels Association.
They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural
America. Thank you.
And now today’s commentary-
We have been wondering if our elected officials would ever pass legislation to fund our
government to the end of this fiscal year, which is September 30th. After 5 months of…
Ag Challenges
March 10 2022
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And now today’s commentary-
Ag challenges - the whole global landscape is in such turmoil it is hard to predict where our ag industry is going. We will be planting this year’s crop soon. Livestock markets…