National Pork Producers Talk Mexico, NAFTA
State Fair Opens in Huron with Preview
The Starks—Howalt McDowell—Share Their Take
MWC Farm Reporters—Rick Shields & Sarah Heinrich
Joe Kooima—How Commodities are Reacting
Lady Pro’s in Town—Prepare for Up with People
Rehfeld’s Looks to Find Stories of Amazing People
2 nd Look—by Popular Demand on Pheasant County Report Card
It’s YOUR Agri Business travels the spectrum this morning.
Bill Even—is President of the National Pork Producers Board—the Humboldt Native has traveled to Mexico to talk trade. While he is traveling today—Craig Morris—his VP of International Marketing for the National Pork Board will share what they are thinking. Morris will be leaving on a trade trip to “emerging” markets in September.
Candi Briley—our voice from the State Fair—reminds us that the preview is tonight in Huron with the activities beginning tomorrow.
Lots of activities for Ag—SD Farmers Union day is Saturday—the entertainment – turning aheads—
Courtney Drenth—Sioux Empire Fair will be with us—while her boss Scott Wick is in Huron to help with the State Fair that runs thru Labor Day.
I understand Candi and the State Fair have a little surprise this morning for Courtney in her promotion of the Sioux Empire Fair.
The Starks—Roger and Travis will be with us from Howalt McDowell. What they hear is really “the heart and soul” of what agriculture is all about.
Our Senior Midwest Communication Farm Reporter Rick Shields and KFGO’s Sarah Heinrich share the latest around the half hour.
Joe Kooima – Kooima and Kaemingk Commodities—Sioux Center Iowa—has the first numbers of the morning—all reflecting this week if there really is a NAFTA deal that will work.
We know it is a week that the fastest rising Golf Professionals are in Sioux Falls for the 4 th Annual Great Life Open at Willow Run—-the Seniors come in Mid-September with our first PGA Championship event.
In between — UP WITH PEOPLE Return to Sioux Falls—we’ll talk about what they bring and why being a part of our community for those ambassadors is so important.
Nice story as well with Rehfeld’s on Phillips in Sioux Falls. Matt Jorgenson will tell us they are looking for stories of amazing people—and we’ll include how you can submit a hometown hero, or a local musician with concert collectables, a military family, really anyone who could be a great story with frame able belongings. Submission dealing is August 31 st —email to info@rehfeldsonline.com
We close the hour with a repeat of the start of our 9:00 hour – with Travis Runia—Senior Upland Game Biologist for SD Game Fish and Parks. The story-the release of the Statewide Pheasant per mile survey.
Our It’s YOUR Agri Business show brings people together for the farm issues—the community and state issues and some feel goods to go along with the numbers of the day.
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