Television for agricultural business decisions.
Every topic covered is first measured by this standard. The Market Journal crew is determined to help the agricultural producer improve his or her bottom line, to help make the business more profitable. Market Journal is produced in partnership with the Nebraska Rural Radio Network.
This Week's Show
December 19, 2025
FSA UPDATE
The American Relief Act of 2025 is set to provide more than $16billion in disaster relief payments to producers who suffered losses to crops, trees, bushes, or vines due to qualifying disaster events in calendar years 2023 and 2024. The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program will be administered in two stages. Producers can receive payments in both stages if applicable, and for one or both years, depending on losses.
Prairie Strips
Prairie Strips have been known to make a big difference in the sustainability of row-cropped farms. Prairie Strips have the potential to improve farmland health and support pollinators and other wildlife. Now UNL's Applied Wildlife Ecology and Spatial Movement Lab is studying wildlife and habitat management from individual land parcels to entire landscapes in agriculturally dominated areas to provide applicable science to help landowners balance the needs of agricultural areas to create healthy robust ecosystems.
Grain Markets | Doug Simon
Doug Simon was in studio visiting with Bryce this week to give us some insight on the latest happenings in the Grain Markets. Here is their conversation from Wednesday afternoon.
Weekly Forecast | Eric Hunt
Mild temps this past week. With holiday travel just around the corner what can we expect for the next week ahead? Nebraska Extension’s Eric Hunt has the forecast.
Lessons from the past | Soil Health
Farming can be a challenging profession, and it always has been. Steve white got a lesson at South Dakota State University about the Dust Bowl of the 1930 Dust Bowl and soil health.
CropTalk | PBPC
As producers continue to seek new markets for their crops, one entity known as the Plant-Based Products Council is helping do just that. The Plant-Based Products Council identifies as the premier advocacy organization focused solely on working with policymakers and other stakeholders to advance both education and policy that helps position the plant-based products industry as leaders in innovation, providing jobs and economic opportunity to communities across the U.S.
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