Welcome to our own personal Beef Month. Today we kick off our special series on Beef with friend of the show Ryan Goodman. Ryan has worked all across the beef industry and is one of the most knowledgeable people out there. We speak to him today about the supply chain issues that are currently facing the beef industry. I believe this episode will put some of the worries around this issue at ease. We then focus the conversation to beef as a part of a healthy lifestyle and how Ryan uses beef, along with other nutritious foods, to fuel his training as an endurance athlete. A very cool episode that you will not want to miss. Check out Ryan online and links to his blog, podcast, and his other advocacy efforts at https://beefrunner.com/.
Today we talk to Dawson Schmitt, a young agricultural communicator from Iowa. He tells us about his experiences as a blogger and the start of his blog The Heartland Report.
Jason Ross of the Iowa Pork industry Center joins us in discussing the new PigX podcast coming to the network on June 1st. We also talk about the Improving Pig Survivability project, which is the foundation of PigX. To learn more, visit www.piglivability.org.
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.
