AgriCast with Orion & Max

Orion’s back for a few segments on this edition of the Saturday Morning Show! Plus, Max checks in with horticulturist Jim Fizzell, farm broadcaster Steve Bridge, and much more.

Orion Samuelson talks about China’s cut in interest rates which had an effect on the market world.  Max Armstrong and Peter Turk from Rice Dairy discuss McDonald’s decision to use butter instead of margarine and the effect that could have on the dairy industry.  They also discussed the challenge of labor and the improved efficiency of robotic milkers.  Orion also goes over the cattle-on-feed report which dropped to a 20-year low.

Orion Samuelson checks in from his recovery of heart surgery with a few thoughts of things that have happened since he has been off.  Steve Alexander talks with Tamra Nelson, Senior Director of Commodities from the Illinois Farm Bureau about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade program.  Dale Durchholz from AgriVisor talks to Max Armstrong about Chinese demand for soybeans.  They also discuss the active El Nino going on in Brazil.

Orion is back at the helm this week, starting off the show by talking with ornamental horticulture specialist Jim Vazel. Publisher of the Agri-Dairy Business Letter John Onken is on to talk about an upcoming event in Wisconsin. Later, Max sits down with Brian Basting from Advance Trading to talk markets. All that, and another edition of Samuelson Says.

Orion Samuelson recaps the top news stories in the markets.  Oil made headlines by posting it biggest monthly drop since the financial crisis of 2008.  Max Armstrong and Brian Basting of Advanced Trading discussed the extreme variability across fields.  Weekly crop bulletins show that the corn crop is stabilizing.

Max Armstrong leads the way again this week, but Orion is back with another edition of Samuelson Says! Later in the show, Kristin Decker reports from Daley Plaza Farmers Market, Chicago’s longest running farmers market. Matt Youngman, the man in charge of the Farm Progress Show, talks to Max about how it’s coming together. Then Jim Vazel is back for another update on the growing season. All that and more!

The focus this week was more on the national level than the international level regarding the markets.  Oil prices hit their lowest level since March.  Max Armstrong and Dale Durchholz from AgriVisor talk about crop tours.  They also talked about the national yield and the look of the crops across the Midwest this time of year.  Orion Samuelson also discusses the semi-annual cattle inventory report that USDA released.

Max Armstrong is at the helm of the show again this week, and he kicks things off with a conversation with David Hightower of the Hightower Report. He’s got the latest on China’s rate of economic growth and more. Orion joins the show for another edition of Samuelson Says. Kristin Decker talks to Iroquois County 4H and Agricultural Fair Board President Marvin Perzee about threats that the weather has presented to his fair and how they will persevere. Jim Vazel […]

Orion Samuelson talks about this week in the market place.  The global markets quietly react to an agreement on Greece.  Max Armstrong and David Hightower talk about China’s rate of economic growth.  They also discuss the crop at home and the growing conditions in the corn belt.  Orion also announces that American Farm Bureau President, Bob Stallman, will not seek reelection.

Max Armstrong is at the helm this week, broadcasting from Champaign County, IL where the Historic Farm Days vintage farm equipment show is currently taking place. He talks to a farmer there that is working to put the show on. Jim Fizzell returns to talk about bugs and the effect they can have on the growing season. Dennis Smith from Archer Financial Services is on to talk about livestock and meat. All that and much more!

Jim Fizzell is back on this special 4th of July show to talk about the news this week in growing season, including a recent influx of mosquitoes. Then Orion talks to President of the National Holstein Association Glen Brown about his history in dairy and his time as President. Lynn Ketelsen gives a report on Upper Midwest farming from Minnesota. Greg Grow from Archer Financial Services talks about the markets with Orion. And later, publisher of Agri-Dairy Business Letter John […]

Orion Samuelson discussed the up and down week in the markets.  Weather extremes have played a role in the agricultural markets and Lynn Ketelsen from the Linder Farm Network give a crop update from Minnesota.   Greg Grow of Archer Financial Services also gives a crop update from Indiana and dives further into the agricultural markets by going over the government reports.

Orion and Max are back for the last Saturday of June Dairy Month, as is Jim Fizzell for his weekly breakdown of the growing season. American Agri-Women President Sue McCrum and Vice President Doris Mold join Orion to talk about their organization’s 40th anniversary. Then Orion sits down with Inga Gerber, a member of the family that bought the farm he was born on. Max talks markets with first-time guest Brian Splitt of Allendale Inc. All that and more! http://tribwgnam.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/agricast62715_fullshow1.mp3

Orion Samuelson discusses the problems in Greece that weigh on the national economy.  Max Armstrong and Brian Splitt from Allendale Inc. discuss the acreage estimates with corn and soybeans.

It’s still June Dairy Month, which means we invited our friend, Brian Rice of Rice Dairy to share how milk costs compare with production. Then, Chad Colby of Colby AgTech gives his yield observation. And Jim Fizzell gives a growing season update.