Greetings and welcome to the Diamond episode of the Ag State of Mind Podcast. Thanks to everyone for an incredible run of episodes. Going Solo today to chat about Internal Vs. External validation. We worry so much about the validation from people outside of ourselves, but do we worry about the opinion we have of ourselves enough? If we aren't happy with ourselves, then no one else's opinions will matter. Special shout out to my coach Marinda Burt for the inspiration behind this message. Go check her out on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/marindaburtcoaching/
Today we are talking to our first member of AgGrad's current 30 Under 30 cohort! Join us as we talk to Ellie Symes about what lead her to success, The Bee Corp., and more.
It's February so that means it's time for our county fair steer projects to begin. This year is a bit different for us because we have 2 kids showing steers instead of just one. I talk today about what the county fair means to us and a little bit about the process.
What's going on with the Paycheck Protection Program? There has been some changes and we need some clarity. Glen Birnbaum is back to answer those questions!
Agronomist and farmer Jay Ruskey is here to talk about Frinj Coffee. Jay started the company some years ago to help coffee farmers and produce quality beans. Tune in to hear more about the coffee farming process and the story of Frinj.
Austin Benes form RealmFive is here to talk technology! We discuss the Realm Five products, gateway systems, disruption in agriculture technology, and more.
Elaine Kub joins us to talk about markets this week! Elaine goes into detail about winter weather, China rebuilding their swine herd, the cattle outlook, and more.
Ken Charfauros, a local meat processor and entrepreneur, joined me to discuss his three phase vision for expanding the local meat processing capacity in Western South Dakota. We discussed his desire to see the return of the local butcher and his desire to educate people capable of producing a consistent and quality meat product regardless of species.
Pain is something that nearly everyone has experienced. Being involved in agriculture, often times this pain can be amplified. We are often times taught to hide or mask the pain when we instead should be taking measures to do something about it. Today we welcome back Tara Haskins from Agrisafe. We were introduced to Tara on episode 44 of the podcast. Agrisafe has an upcoming webinar that is focusing on talking to farmers about their pain. We then talk more in depth about pain and specifically about opioids and how they can affect us. You can find the link to that webinar here
Tim Hammerich of AgGrad is here to kick off a new series here on the podcast! Tim tells us about AgGrad, the current 30 under 30 cohort, and helps us start this series off.
