Tim McCourt from the CME Group is on for today's FriYAY interview! Tim walks us through what this new market is, how it is traded, and what the future for futures looks like.
Today we have more #NAFB20 content! Though it's been a few weeks since the conference, this session about the financial status of agriculture continues to be important as we wind down 2020. Join us is taking a look back over the year, the pandemic, and what it did financially to the ag industry.
Jason Cope, Co-Founder of PowerPollen, is on for #TechTuesday! Jason talks us through the pollen preservation process, how the company got started, the advantage of PowerPollen, and more.
In this episode I talk about the greatest asset we have to pass on. SPOILER ALERT: it's not land, money, or genetics. I also chat about the lessons, some more painful than others, in my immediate families first season of making our own management decisions.
Wyatt Merry is a 3rd Generation Farmer in Texoma, Oklahoma. He farms alongside his father as well as attends high school. We talk about the day to day on his farm and how he has come to gain a passion for agriculture. We then shift to talking about his life as a high school student during the pandemic and how that has affected him. Find links to all of Wyatt's pages at https://agstateofmind.com/2020/12/13/ag-state-of-mind-ep-64-wyatt-merry/
Travis Cushman, Senior Counsel for Public Policy at American Farm Bureau Federation, is on to talk about the Dean Foods scandal. Travis runs us through the basics of the situation and what farmers can do.
We have some more #NAFB20 content coming at you! This time we are sharing a message (or a few) from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Come back for part 2 tomorrow.
