Fort Morgan

That's really what I wanted to do, and so that's what I went after, and it's a form of art, I'd say, hair art, say what you want, but anyway but I'm just saying like yeah I took that and and I didn't know where I was going with it it just kept going me you know going from one show to the next and I mean just different opportunities and I'd never really had anything substantial you know I'd always wanted to go I'd heard like National Western and stuff like that but I'd you know I'd never been out of state or anything like that well then I got a call from a guy out there and and he wanted me to come out there and clip five bulls.

I was a freshman in college, and I was just elated that I was going to get the chance to go to the National Western, and I'd never flown before, and I still didn't get to fly because he bought me a train ticket, and I rode the train from Osceola, Iowa to Fort Morgan, Colorado.

Anyway, so I got out there, and I clipped them bulls, and he liked what I did, and he wanted me to stick around, and I said I...

I got to get back in school.

This is Backroads of Illinois server to farmers and ranchers in Central Illinois and the Midwest on KSIR in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

I am Cesar Delgado.

What's new with 45Z from Washington, D.C.? And diesel prices keep climbing higher.

This is Backroads of Illinois server to farmers and ranchers in Central Illinois and the Midwest on KSIA in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

I am Cesar Delgado.

The trade and demand for beef is pretty good with K-shape economy.

We are talking about it, and we will talk about this harvest season in Central Illinois with Shane Gray from Illinois Corn Growers Association.

Shane is on Illinois Corn Growers board, and he is a director of Illinois Corn Board.

This is Backroads of Illinois server to farmers and ranchers in Central Illinois and the Midwest on KSIA in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

The farm bill has passed on the Senate Ag committee on September.

We are talking about it, and we will talk about this harvest season in Central Illinois with Shane Gray from Illinois Corn Growers Association.

On the processing side, recent plant closures and reopenings are altering the balance of power, Tyson closed its plant in Joslin, Illinois in mid-August, added back a second shift in Amarillo, Texas, and sought a buyer for its Pasco, Washington facility.

Meanwhile, Cargill ratified a labor contract and restarted its Fort Morgan, Colorado plant in mid-September.

While Terrain Calculate's net fed slaughter capacity is up from its slump summer lows, it remains down 7,800 head per day compared to last year.

However, Weber notes that the addition of this slaughter capacity will spread existing fed cattle supplies across more plants and erode Packer's bargaining position, leading him to expect cattle feeders to hold more of the bargaining power as Q4 begins.

Um, grew up here in Wyoming, uh, moved here at a real young age.

I was actually born in Fort Morgan, Colorado, but moved here at a really young age, three or four years old, and have been here ever since.

And, uh, you know, my mom left early in my life, and I was, uh, raised by my dad only, who was a World War II veteran.

Uh, he was 30 when I was born.

This is Backroads of Illinois server to farmers and ranchers in central Illinois in the Midwest on KSIR in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

This is the Markets Club podcast.

I'm Cesar Delgado.

Diesel prices are high.

If we're having a diesel bank, I am joining with Garrett Andorff from agmarkets.net.

This is Backroads of Illinois server to farmers and ranchers in central Illinois in the Midwest on KSIR in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

The meeting is going on with China for right now in Washington, D.C. for the beans markets.

He is joining me as Preston from Logic Ag in Central Iowa.

She was born in Stirling, Colorado.

No, Fort Morgan, Colorado.

No.

She was born in Colorado either way.

This is Backroads of Illinois server to farmers and ranchers in central Illinois in the Midwest.

On KSIR in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

I am Cesar Delgado.

The commodities market is unstable because we have a meeting with China this week in Washington, D.C., and the harvest season is underway in the Midwest.

The commodities markets is getting trickier up.

We were talking about that with Kelly Newhouse from Iowa Corn and the NCGA.

This is back roads of Illinois server to farmers and ranchers in central Illinois in the Midwest on KSIR in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

I'm a senior research economist at the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute here at the University of Missouri in Columbia.