Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone at AOA! On this episode, we listen back to recent conversations with Emily Skor from Growth Energy, Jeff Winton from Rural Minds, USDA Undersecretary Luke Lindberg and Kevin Doyle from the Consumer Energy Alliance.

On the Christmas Eve edition of AOA, we start the show with a look at ag news headlines followed by listening back to a recent conversation we had with Charley Martinez, Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Tennessee as we look at the year in the cattle markets. Then in Segment Three, we learn more about Land O'Lakes and Winfield United's partnership with Microsoft to launch an AI agronomy tool known as Oz. Leah Anderson, SVP, Land O'Lakes & President, WinField United joins us to talk about it. Then we close the show in Segment Four and listen back to a recent conversation we had with Janna Fritz from the U.S. Soybean Export Council during the 2025 NAFB Convention.

Tuesday on AOA, we start the show with a look at the market action ahead of Christmas with Matt Bennett from AgMarket.net followed by a conversation with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig. Then, we are joined by the President and CEO of the American Feed Industry Association, Constance Cullman, for a wide-ranging discussion about AFIA's priorities and a recent iFEEDER report looking at our dependence on foreign based ingredients for animal feed and more. View that report here: https://www.ifeeder.org/research/analyzing-the-vitamin-and-amino-acid-supply-chain/