Welcome to the show. Kicking things off in Denver today as we had boots on the ground at Commodity Classic 2025.

Senior editor John Dobberstein was there for all the action, which included educational sessions from familiar no-till and strip-till names like Dave Hula, Kelly Garrett, Randy Dowdy, Fred Below and more. USDA secretary Brooke Rollins meanwhile took the main stage and promised the standing-room-only crowd rapid action and support from her agency to help get the industry on its feet this year.  

“Today I am proud to announce that the economic assistance program will be called the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). ECAP is the new program to help us distribute the $30 billion in funds that congress pass ed in December. They gave us 90 days to start distributing that first $10 billion in economic assistance and we are on track to beat that and get that money starting to move immediately in the next few weeks.”  

Rollins also promised a streamlined application process. Click here to read more coverage from the Commodity Classic.

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