Explore every episode of the podcast Successful Farming Podcast

In this episode, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour examines the used planter, sprayer, tractor and combine markets over the last quarter, and takes an early look ahead to 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Adrienne Held talks with Dr. Tommy Butts, weed specialist with Purdue Extension, about his insights and advice for managing weed resistance. They discuss effective, multifaceted strategies for tackling resistance, including region- and season-specific approaches, as well as current management tactics. Dr. Butts shares practical tips on herbicide rotation, cultural practices, and the latest tools farmers can use to control resistant weeds and protect crop yields. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer chats with Maryland farmer Alan Eck about the evolving diversity of his operation on the Eastern Shore. They delve into his passion for agriculture, shaped by his upbringing, and discuss the importance of diversifying the farm to adapt to changing market conditions and explore new revenue streams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Adrienne Held talks with Aaron Hager, weed specialist with the University of Illinois Extension, to identify promising weed control practices heading into next growing season, including fall burndown strategies to manage winter annual weeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour examines the planter and row crop tractor markets, as the auction season ramps up through the end of the year. Looking at past auctions, this equipment has an opportunity to move and move quickly as the year-end buying push ramps up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer interviews Dr. Frank Mitloehner, a Professor and Air Quality Specialist, about his research on carbon emissions from cattle and livestock. They explore the factors influencing methane production by livestock and address common myths about the impact of animal-produced methane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Adrienne Held talks with Keith Byerly, commercial sustainability lead with Mosaic, about how managing phosphorus and potassium can help maximize yield potential. ​​“When we see nutrient deficiencies in the field, it's because the crop removal of nutrients increases and yield goals haven’t been managed accordingly,” he says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Saharah Moon Chapotin, Ph.D., executive director of the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), about the focus of that agency, the opportunities it gives farmers, ranchers, scientists and the full food system, and some the industry-changing research it is currently working on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Matthew Kolshefski, a young seventh-generation farmer from Butte, North Dakota, about the family legacy that taught him the benefits of a slow, cautious startup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater talks with John Lopez about his journey from a South Dakota rancher to a celebrated sculptor, and how his creativity has led to the revitalization of his hometown of Lemmon, with stunning art installations, an art gallery, and event space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour examines the auction market at-large, headed into the last quarter of the year. Which machines will have the biggest – and smallest – impact on current market conditions? Tune in for expert perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Dennis Wilmsmeyer, executive director of America’s Central Port, about the innerworkings of commodity shipping, including necessary infrastructure, the process of selecting the type of transportation, the unique process and guidelines for shipping fertilizer, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At first glance, a switch to fall-applied nitrogen may seem like an ideal way to reduce input costs. But simple solutions are often too good to be true. In this episode, Chelsea Dinterman talks with Alex Park, an agronomist with Helena, about other considerations that should be made before making any fertilizer passes in the coming months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with first-generation farmers Carl and Besty Long about how tenacity and flexibility helped them build their successful potato and row crop operation in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour examines the used machinery auction market overall, which is headed into its peak season, including a report on row crop tractor auction volume. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Austin O'Brien, associate professor of computer science at Dakota State University, to define artificial intelligence (AI) and how it works, outline several ways the technology is being used in the agriculture industry, and envision how agriculture can evolve with these advancements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Chelsea Dinterman talks with Josh Johnston, an agronomist with AgriGold, about why a grower should conduct tissue sampling, his notion of building a road map for fertility management, and how it can lead to improved yields. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater sits down with Dean and Tillie Thompson at their farm outside Baudette, Minnesota, near the Canadian border. They grow small grains, custom bale hay, and raise around 50 Angus cow-calf pairs and a handful of miniature Scottish Highland cows on 1,000 acres. When they aren’t farming or at their off-farm jobs, the Thompsons dedicate themselves to community service as volunteers for the county fair, 4-H, FFA, Extension, local schools, and their church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Carl Bradley, an Extension specialist in plant pathology at the University of Kentucky, about frogeye leaf spot in soybeans – how it spreads, how to identify it, and how to manage it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with central Illinois farmer Casey McCausland, who was not raised in agriculture, but found himself deeply invested in regenerative practices after his grandfather offered him a partnership.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, in what is typically peak season for used planter sales, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour explores the history of the used planter market, purchase options, and the current trends in planter values. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Mark Stock, CEO of BigIron Auctions, about the start of his auction business in 1984, his pivot to internet-only auctions, and the steps farmers should take when preparing for an auction and hiring an auction company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Mike VanMaanen, owner of the Eastern Missouri Commission Company, about what to consider when preparing to sell cattle, including making sure they look healthy and clean before loading, how early to deliver the cattle to the sale barn, things to expect from a sale barn, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Successful Farming editor Chelsea Dinterman visits with Camille Lambert, technical service manager with FMC, about which crop diseases could be of concern for growers this growing season, how best to scout for them, and considerations to make before applying fungicides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Virginia grower and 2023 NCGA corn yield winner David Hula about his farm makeup, his family farming history, common crop diseases he contends with, and, of course, his recipe for high-yield corn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Lodi, Wisconsin, farmers Rochelle and Evan Schnadt, who, along with their young children, are forging their own path in agriculture and experimenting with new growing practices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour covers the used 4WD tractor market, as planting season winds down. Discussion covers the number of machines on the market and the impact PTO on 4WD units has on the used market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with J.R. Smith, president and co-founder of The Veteran’s Ranch, a non-profit organization that serves military veterans suffering from PTSD and their families through equine therapy to promote human physical and mental health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with world soybean yield record holder Alex Harrell about his Georgia farm operation, the disease and pest pressures he commonly experiences, and the systems approach he uses to reach high yields. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Dan Schaefer, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and owner of Shaefer Beef Consulting, about the feed supply situation in the U.S., alternative feed considerations, how to address feeding and storage shrink, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Bryan Doherty, senior market advisor and vice president of brokerage solutions with Total Farm Marketing, about the things farmers and ranchers need to know – and do – to develop a sound marketing approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour tracks the used combine marketplace and the trends he's observing as farmers purchase harvest equipment before fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Tamara Jackson-Ziems, a plant pathologist and professor at the University of Nebraska, about common bacterial diseases in corn (such as Goss's bacterial wilt and blight, bacterial leaf streak and Stewart's wilt), the impact they have on crop yield, and how to identify and manage them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Karl Crave, vice president of operations with Dynamic Renewables, about how the company creates renewable energy from livestock manure, including how it works and how farmers have collaborated to develop sustainable, green energy solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Stephanie Porter, outreach agronomist with the Illinois Soybean Association, and agronomist Kelly Robertson, about ways to maximize crop scouting efforts in corn and soybeans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater talks with Aaron LaPointe about farming initiatives within the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and his efforts to promote careers in agriculture to tribal youth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, as auction season ramps up, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour takes an at-a-glance look at the auction market for farm machinery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with a representative from the AgriSafe Network, a non-profit organization that represents health professionals and educators who strive to reduce health disparities found among the agricultural community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Successful Farming editor Chelsea Dinterman visits with Nick Tinsley, a seed treatment technical field representative for BASF, about smart management decisions that can ward off early-season diseases and maximize farmers’ profit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Dr. Kenneth Hellevang, professor and Extension engineer in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at North Dakota State University, about ways to maintain grain moisture content and grain temperature - two key focus areas for gain quality, according to Hellevang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour tracks the used planter market, including performance upgrade kits for John Deere's ExactEmerege and Precision Planting's CornerStone planters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer has a conversation with Michael Hinton, the owner and operator of TalkingTractors.com. This passion project serves as a connection point for antique tractor collectors, complete with forums and classifieds, associations and clubs, parts, books, merchandise and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Successful Farming editor Adrienne Held visits with Jake Li, the EPA deputy assistant administrator for pesticide programs, and Dr. Stanley Culpepper, weed science Extension specialist from the University of Georgia, about the Endangered Species Act, the EPA’s Herbicide Strategy and what they will mean for pesticide registrations and use at the farm level moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fifth-generation farmer Jamie Walter was looking to diversify his northern Illinois farm. One night he was sitting at his desk, sipping on a bourbon, and a lightbulb went off. Bourbon has to contain at least 51% corn, and DeKalb, Illinois, is the Napa Valley of corn. After carefully assessing the farm’s strengths and weaknesses, Walter knew growing the grain wasn’t going to be the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour, discusses the sprayer market and the downstream effects of new technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Lorrie Boyer visits with Big Horn Renewables CEO, Mike Pardon. Mike explains how methane digesters work to produce renewable energy from cattle feedlots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Lorrie Boyer visits with Aaron Berger, Beef Systems Extension Educator with the University of Nebraska. Aaron discusses the important factors to consider when preparing for calving season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Lorrie Boyer has a conversation with Martha Baker who works with the Alltech dairy business division as the Agolin product lead. Alltech has partnered with Agolin, which develops and produces sustainable and nutritional solutions for cattle herd performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ragweeds continue to be a concern for farmers. Christy Sprague, Lead Extension Specialist and Professor at Michigan State University, sat down with Successful Farming editor, Chelsea Dinterman, to discuss how farmers can develop a plan to prevent ragweeds from leading to yield loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Dan Erdmann, Marketing Program Manager at Farm Rescue. Dan discusses what the organization does for farmers and their families during a crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices