Ken Rahjes was at an answer plot field event sponsored by Winfield Solutions and talks with Director of Agronomy Service Dr. Randy Brown about conditions that he has seen so far this growing season and some suggestions when dealing with challanges.  Listen here

The new Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Frank Lucas (R), Oklahoma joined Ken Rahjes on the program, Wednesday, January 20th.  The eight term Congressman had be serving as the ranking member on the committee in the last Congress.  It was a wide ranging interview from some of the goals he has for the committee, to wanting the next farm bill to be done on time... not early.  We also talked how agriculture might fare when it comes to defict reduction and even touched on trade and expanded travel proposed with Cuba.  You can hear the entire interview  here

Dr. Tony Vyn (pronounced vine), a cropping systems specialist at Purdue University says that with the early harvest, farmers may want to do more fall tillage than the past few years.  He says sometimes is it simply recreational tillage and farmers need to think twice before heading back out to the field before spring.  Remember, Dr. Vyn is based out of Indiana, so the research is on Indiana soil, not the western corn belt.  I hope you find his comments interesting and though provoking.  You can hear the interview here click here

Dr. Weldon Sleight, Dean of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis has an update on the construction projects that are going on at the school.  He also highlights the success of the 100 cow and 100 acre programs that NCTA has implemented to help keep rural Nebrasaka alive and well.  You can hear the interview by clicking on the audio page on the Mid Day News Magazine blog. click here

On Monday, April 12th, Growth Energy launched a nationwide campaign to educate the public on the positives of ethanol.  Mid Day News Magazine talked with Growth Energy President and CEO Tom Buis, Growth Energy Co-Chair General Wesley Clark (ret.) and former Congressman Jim Nussle (Iowa) on the initiative.  You can listen to the full interview on the audio page of the Mid Day News MagazIne blog.