With all the new information swirling around the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, we have USDA FSA Administrator Fordyce on to have our own FAQ about the program. Have your questions answered and learn more about what the CFAP can do for you!
Brian Alexander joins me once again to talk about what is new, better, and different as they come back to the same areas they strip grazed last year. We talk tools, recovery, and managing people.
Andy Evans of Rocking E Cattle Co. talks to us this #TechTuesday about using Performance Livestock Analytics on his operation in Seneca, Kansas. We also discuss the outlook for small slaughterhouses and a potential light at the end of the tunnel for U.S. cotton.
Happy Memorial Day. Part 4 of our Across the River series features University Of Illinois’ Josie Rudolfi. Josie is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at U of I. Josie grew up on a farm in Iowa and she releases her family’s story to the work she is doing today. Josie has been instrumental in providing some leading data in regards to ag mental heath. While working in Wisconsin, she helped conduct a study of farmers where the results were very intriguing to what we’ve been talking about in regards to access to mental health care in rural America. Lastly, we discuss her acronym H.E.R.D. (Hobbies, exercise, relaxation, and diversion)… all of the ways we can help manage our mental load. We discuss how to address the issue when the farmer claims he/she does not have time for those things. https://abe.illinois.edu/directory/josier
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Ashtyn and Delaney have a girls day to talk about consumer buying habits and more CFAP news. Kyler Beard from PNW Beef calls in to talk about the sustainable beef operation and the impacts of COVID-19.
Today we talk CFAP updates, American ethanol in China and rumors of Russian wheat production. Ashtyn also hops in the tractor with first-year cotton farmer Brayden Campbell in Floydada, Texas.
CEO of National Sorghum Producers Tim Lust joins the podcast to educate us on sorghum in the U.S. and abroad. He tells of the journey it took to get sorghum on the international playing field. We also talk more about CFAP and extensions of the program.
On this #TechTuesday episode we talk news surrounding China's New Hope Group, Ashtyn gives us an update from the Cotton Belt, and John Muske of Agtegra joins us to discuss the cooperative company working with farmers in the Dakotas.
Follow along as we talk markets with Angie Setzer, Vice President of Grain for Citizens, LLC. We discuss finishing planting season, the possibilities of swapping corn acres for bean acres, and more #MarketMonday news. Keep up with Angie on Twitter @goddessofgrain.
