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.
Greetings. Welcome to Beef Tips Volume 1. This is a new venture that I am trying out to hopefully reach a different audience with Ag State of Mind. I'm going to be focusing on the lessons I have learned on my cattle operation. Today, I'm focusing on my decision to move my calving season back until April. It has been a huge help in managing stress on our farm. I hope you all enjoy this. Please send me a DM on my social media pages to let me know what you think.
Mark Stock of BigIron Auctions is here to talk to us about the hot equipment and farmland markets. Mark walks us through the factors moving those markets, what kind of equipment farmers are buying, and more!
Laura Klock, Owner and Partner at Farm Life Creamery, joins us to talk about the creamery! After you listen to the episode, head over to the Farm Life Creamery website to explore their many flavors of cheese curds.
Olivier Jerphagnon from AgMonitor joins us for a very cold #TechTuesday. We talk to Olivier about the three solutions AgMonitor provides, feedback about data harvesting, and more.
David Kleinschmidt is an educator and consultant with Understanding Ag. He joined me to discuss the Law of the Maximum and the Law of the Return as an alternative to Liebig's Barrel or the Law of the Minimum. We talk about what we should measure and how we should think about how we can influence the results of those tests.
Happy Valentines today. I've made it no secret how I am interested and trying to be involved in regenerative ranching. I've found that it is the most enjoyable and economical way for me to raise my cattle and for me to be kind to the Earth. My guest today is a huge influence in my regenerative journey. Brian Alexander, The Red Hills Rancher, does some incredible, influential things on his ranch in Kansas. We talk to him today about his journey and how regenerative grazing has benefited his operation. We also chat about his new podcast which launches Feb 15. Ranching Reboot will be Conversations in land stewardship with some of today's most innovative ranchers and producers. It gives us Ideas outside the mainstream of Ranching. I'm really excited to introduce Brian and his new podcast to you guys. For more, go to https://agstateofmind.com/2021/02/14/ag-state-of-mind-ep-73---brian-alexander
Dr. Marty Matlock, Professor of Bio and Ag Engineering and Executive Director of the University of Arkansas Resiliency Center, joins us for a #FriYAY conversation about enogen corn. The Resiliency Center teamed up with Syngenta Seeds to further analyze finishing beef on enogen corn. Check it out!
