As the shut down continues, Delaney travels to Georgia while Mike is stuck in Iowa and waiting on the incoming snow. We were also able to sit down with Dr. Patrick Biggs about the color and importance of eggs!
Steve Kenyon of Greener Pastures Ranching in Busby, AB, CA joined me to discuss his recent article for Canadian Cattlemen. In this article he challenged the paradigm that unconsumed feed in bale grazing is a waste. WCP Social Media: facebook.com/WorkingCows twitter.com/YPClayConry Guest’s Article: Bale Grazing. ‘What a waste of feed!’ NO Guest’s Facebook Page: facebook.com/GreenerPasturesRanching...
Our intern, Madison, joins Mike on the podcast, today, and was even able to share her thoughts on the latest news in agriculture and even women in agriculture. All while speaking with Ed Beaman about the scoop on the U.S. Soybean Export Council.
We have another #TechTuesday here with a whole lot of news and some discussion on recent advancements in the BioTechnology world with an interview from Chad Snipes.
Well it's finally Friday! Snow is moving in to much of the great plains and midwest, and many farmers will firing up their tractors to put them in snow removal duty - so we thought we'd check in with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and see how farm machinery sales went in 2018 and we'll look ahead to 2019 with Curt Blades, their senior vice president of ag machinery for the group.
Today, we discussed the change in Iowa's Ag Gag Law, USDA plan to buy meat, government shutdown continues, and Delaney talks about cheese. We also were able to catch up with our new intern from Iowa State University, Madison Honkomp.
News continues to be slow as the government shutdown lags on into its 19th day. However, Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that MFP payment signup deadline will be extended in light of the shutdown. US-China negotiations continue to be fairly tight-lipped but the Chinese did release a statement saying they were going to continue increasing importing US agricultural products. On such news, the S&P 500 index continued its 4th day increase. Finally, tune in to hear Ray Bohacz, also known as the Hot Rod Farmer, discussing how he got his start in the industry and has become a prominent technical equipment writer for his own site, Successful Farming, and others.
