Without agriculture, and agribusiness, much of Wall Street, Madison Avenue and Silicon Valley would be "hungry, homeless, naked and sober."

That's why agribusiness is nothing city folk should scoff at, says Steve Alexander, who will succeed the legendary Orion Samuelson as the chief agribusiness reporter for Nexstar Media Group's legendary Chicago talk station, WGN-AM 720, come January 1.

Alexander spoke exclusively with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson about his new role, where he gets his information from, and why Nexstar elected not to sunset the reports -- clearly seeing value in their continuation.