Episode Details

On Thursday's AOA, powered by Cenex, we begin the show by checking the markets with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics. In Segment Two, Ethan Lane, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, joins us to discuss beef imports, MCOOL and current issues in the beef industry. In Segment Three, we discuss the state of the Farm Bill in the Senate and get perspective from the specialty crop industry as Sara Neagu-Reed, director of production & environmental policy with the International Fresh Produce Association, joins us for a conversation. Then in Segment Four, we have an agronomic conversation and talk Pioneer Z-Series soybeans with Nate LeVan, field agronomist for Pioneer in North Central Iowa.