Today we welcome Jessica Peters. Jessica is a dairy farmer from Pennsylvania who has been very outspoken in her awareness of mental health in agriculture. Jess speaks openly on her social media page about the stresses involved in ag. She has begun a google document called "Our Ag Secrets" where people can anonymously leave their issues in this document. Go check Jess out on line on her Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/seejessfarm/. To access Our Ag Secrets doc click here Check out her blog on Hoard's Dairyman
Jennifer Houston, the president of the National Cattlemen's Association, joins Delaney at NCBA to chat about her time as president and what she is doing for the industry.
Teri Walsh joins Delaney down in San Antonio to chat about the products Kent Feeds is developing to ensure cattle are set up for success.Thank you to Kent Feeds for sponsoring us to be at the National Cattlemen's Association Conference!
Kate Downes of NY FarmNet at Cornell University chats with Delaney about how she helps reach out to those farmers filing for bankruptcy and how they are able to help them.
Matt Walsh of Granular and Jake Jorannstad of Bushel chat with us about their companies and how they are partnering up to improve software for producers. Thank you to HTS Ag for sponsoring today's #TechTuesday episode!
Cooper Hibbard is a member of a multi-generation ranch in the mountains of Montana. He joined me to discuss how they go about using polywire to graze these difficult terrains. We also discussed how they are trying to find genetics fit to their environment and what Cooper learned on various ranches on three continents.
Today on the show we have the pleasure of speaking to Jeff Ditzenberger. Jeff is a farmer from Wisconsin who has done some extraordinary work in helping to break the stigma surrounding mental health in ag. Jeff has battle with his mental health for a number of years now. After overcoming many issues, he has begun an outreach group to help others like him. To reach Jeff, find him on facebook or send an email to tugsgroup@gmail.com (Apologies for the subpar audio quality. I had a bit of an issue in the initial recording.)
Chad Frey of Nebraska Hemp Industries Association chats about his seminar at the Iowa Power Farming Show and digging into the nitty gritty of producing hemp in 2020.
