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Parts of Iowa have been hit hard with flooding and the latest reported outbreaks of HPAI in poultry and dairy have provided an additional challenge. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig joins us to share reports and information on the situations. And Dr. Ernie Goss of Creighton University talks about the latest Rural Mainstreet Index, which canvases rural banks to paint an economic picture in the ag industry.
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Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – regales us with a story involving David Brown, who built tractors and famous spy cars. Geoff Cooper, president and CEO at Renewable Fuels Association, talks biofuels issues, including their suit against the EPA.
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For this week's Friday Free-for-all AgriTalk host Chip Flory and Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer have a conversation with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack about the Farm Bill, trade, biofuels, solar energy and many additional topics. 
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We are in Stillwater, Oklahoma for another Sustainable Ranchers Tour with Trust in Beef. Our guests for this program are Jimmy Emmons of Trust in Beef, Mike Burtrum of Burtrum Cattle, Justin Ransom of Tyson Foods, and Dustin Wootten of ABS Global. Plus USB Chair Steve Reinhard joins us for a new episode of the Soy Checkoff Check-in podcast.
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The next Ag Economists' Monthly Monitor is nearing completion and Dr. Scott Brown, Associate Extension Professor at the University of Missouri, joins us to preview some of the results of the survey. Then we have a Farmer Forum with April Hemmes of Iowa and Michelle Jones of Montana.
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U.S. Senator John Boozman of Arkansas joins us to discuss the road ahead for the Farm Bill. Dr. Vince Malanga of LaSalle Economics talks about the economy and possible scenarios the Federal Reserve during the remainder of this election year.
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