AgDay

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AgDay is a syndicated daily half-hour television program presented in magazine format focusing on agriculture news, agribusiness, and country living. It generally airs in early morning timeslots on stations throughout the country. It is taped at WNDU studios in South Bend, Indiana. It is hosted by Scott Kinrade.

The first segment consists of daily news information related to farm policy as well as producer and consumer news.

The second segment is devoted to agribusiness, and contains market news as well as a market discussion between agribusiness director (and former AgDay host) Al Pell and a professional involved in agriculture marketing and trading. Tuesday's shows also contain a cotton report from the National Cotton Council.

The middle segment is Weather with WNDU meteorologist Mike Hoffman. The report focuses on drought conditions as well as precipitation estimates, and also includes daily temperatures and a look at the jet stream for the week ahead. Monday's weather also includes a 30-day outlook for temperatures and precipitation. The segment concludes with daily forecasts for three random small towns each day.

The fourth segment is "In The Country". This features a report often from either colleges of agricultures or government agencies on programs or events and human interest stories occurring throughout farm country.

The final segment varies from day-to-day. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's shows contain "Ag For Your Health", a report on a health breakthrough or results of a study. This report is often produced from the Ohio State University hospital system. Tuesday's show contains "Ag on the Net", a visual tour of a website related to farming, nutrition, health, etc. Thursday's show contains a garden report, often "Gardening In the Zone" produced at Iowa State University.

On selected holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day, special AgDay programs will air, highlighting features and holiday-related stories from farm country. The Thanksgiving special is known as "Harvest of Thanks", and the Christmas special is titled "Christmas in the Country."

AgDay is the sister program of U.S. Farm Report, a weekly farm program also produced at WNDU. Kinrade, Pell, and Hoffman also appear in this show along with host John Phipps. AgDay episodes are available free of charge via the internet.