GROW Podcast

In the latest agronomy installment of the GROW Podcast, Landus agronomy lead, John King talks shop with returning guest, StoneX’s director of fertilizer, Josh Linville ( @JLinvilleFert ). With this year’s harvest season inching closer, it can be difficult to start thinking about harvest 2024. But now is a great time to look at fertilizer prices and how to situate your operation for success next ye...

The GROW Podcast travels to Ames to gain insights from Mike Gaul, Director of Career Services at Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) .   If you graduated from one of the top agricultural institutions in the country, ISU, you’ve likely run into Mike in Curtiss Hall. Whether it be for career advice, course selection, or just stopped in to chat, Mike has had personal...

Broadcasting from the Landus Research Plots in Farnhamville, the agronomy trio: John King, optimization and procurement lead; Brad Sherwin, technical agronomist data analyst; and Dan Bjorklund, technical agronomy and precision lead, find soybean cyst nematodes and tar spot in fields across the state. Find out how we use over 160 acres of research plots to help the farmers tailor the best products,...

A USDA quarterly report in the middle of Summer can dramatically influence markets. Today, the USDA released its Quarterly Acreage and Grain Stock Reports. Landus grain merchandiser, Reese Drenth joins GROW Podcast host, Ashley Kaldenberg for a special, audio-only version of the podcast to interpret what these reports do for the farmer.    View the Reports:  https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/...

In our 2022 annual report, we highlighted our pledge to invest $84.1 million back into our locations to better serve our farmer-owners. In this episode of the GROW Podcast, join host, Ashley Kaldenberg with guests, Mark Miner, chief investment officer, and Jon Setterdahl, product and services leader, as they cover how that money is used to help strategic Landus locations.  Investments in the co-op...

Nearly two years after announcing our GROW Solutions Center , Jamie Orr, GROW Agronomy Lead, and Janette Smith, GROW Grain Lead, join Ashley on the podcast this week to share the GROW Solution Center’s accomplishments thus far and discuss how they are putting farmers’ needs at the forefront of Landus.   With a growing virtual team made up of agronomists, grain marketers, and data analysts, the Lan...

The agronomy trio is back in the very first on-location GROW Podcast. John King ( @JMKINGLANDUS ), optimization and procurement lead; Dan Bjorklund ( @DanielBjorklun9 ), technical agronomy and precision lead; and Brad Sherwin, technical agronomist, welcome GROW Podcast listeners to the Jefferson Seed Center. With an estimated 89% of Iowa’s corn in the ground, and surrounding states reporting simil...

Join GROW Podcast host, Ashley Kaldenberg, Landus grain merchandiser, and her guest Scott Stoller, grain merchandiser from Stoller Grain Solutions , as they cover using market fluctuations, grain marketing for the future, and how crop insurance can help you manage risk in your operation. Ashley and Scott tackle the questions surrounding the risk taken with selling grain.  Follow us on our social m...

Thursday, May 4, 2023, will be a landmark date in Landus history, marking the launch of the joint venture between Landus and DEFENSEWERX called LANDWERX, an innovation hub built for farmers and nurtured by participation.  In this special edition of the GROW Podcast, Landus president and CEO, Matt Carstens, and Landus chief of staff, Marry Bendickson, host DEFENSEWERX chief technology and innovatio...

The agronomy dream team trio join the GROW Podcast and dive into the fungus that’s taking place in corn seeds right now! John, Dan, and Brad chat about the chem markets and early application of fungicides to protect your hybrids. Links referenced in this podcast: High Yield Learning Group: https://www.landus.ag/agronomy/precision-ag-high-yield-learning-groups DJI T40 Sprayer Drone: https://www.dji...

The GROW Podcast hosts Andrew Wheeler from the Iowa Farm Bureau to talk about how farmers can bridge their connection to consumers. The best way to tell farmer stories is to do it yourself! Nobody is going to tell your story better than you. The reputation of farming and ag have been skewed in the public eye and it’s up to farmers to be transparent about their operation and invite discourse about...

Landus grain experts Ashley Kaldenberg and Jim Engler put the annual Prospective Planting Reports reports under the microscope and highlight the takeaways that will impact the agriculture community ahead of the anticipated weather-driven markets of 2023.  For more detail, have a look at the Landus Market Commentary post that came out prior to the report release:  https://www.landus.ag/market-comme...

With Spring officially here, future prices on phosphates, fungicides, and fertilizers remain high — but predictable. John King ( @JMKINGLANDUS ) dissects what the natural gas prices in Europe can indicate for the rest of the world markets.   Dan Bjorklund ( @DanielBjorklun9 ) returns from his tour across the US and Landus partners. Taking his knowledge from there and implementing it into the Landu...

John King brings the technical breakdown in the ever-changing fertilizer and chemical markets. The fertilizer market has been on the downturn while the Ukraine-Russia conflict, paired with Europe's mild winter, has lessened Europe’s need to purchase product from other countries. Internationally, markets have been waiting for India to tender urea, which has come to fruition this week. Supply on the...

On this episode of the GROW Podcast, host Ashley Kaldenberg sits down with Derek Hommer, a risk management consultant from Nationwide, and Ahad Mujeeb, a EHS team member from Landus to talk about grain bin safety. February 19 – 25 is grain bin safety week, and given our farmers and team members are in contact with grain bins regularly, we felt it was important to stop and take a minute to remind l...

Tar spot is spreading into and being seen in more and more of Iowa. On this podcast, Meaghan Anderson a Field Agronomist with Iowa State University Extension, joins host, John King, and Landus Technical Agronomist, Dan Bjorklund to talk through this evolving disease. Meaghan explains the discovery of Tar Spot in Iowa and how we’ve seen the disease prevalence spread. The group dives into what tar s...

Join host, Ashley Kaldenberg, and Janette Smith as they take a look back at harvest. They’ll highlight some specific Landus areas that reached milestones and talk about the overall success with this year’s crops. This podcast truly highlights the knowledge we have within our grain team and the authentic approach we hope listeners hear. Ashley also doesn’t miss the opportunity to get a little insid...

On this special episode of the Landus GROW Podcast, hosts John King and Ashley Kaldenberg welcome special guest, Landus President and CEO, Matt Carstens. If you missed the Landus annual meeting, this is a perfect opportunity to hear the highlights with additional candor and commentary direct from Matt. This brief session includes a recap of the board of directors election results and perspective o...

You are probably asking yourself what soybeans and the Biltmore Estate have to do with each other.  Take a listen to this episode to find out and hear other interesting insights and intel from podcast guest, Grant Kimberley, Senior Director of Market Development at the Iowa Soybean Association ( @IowaSoybeans ).  Host, Ashley Kaldenberg, kicks off the podcast with a question on everyone’s mind.  W...

On this episode, host John King and agronomist Dan Bjorklund sit down and talk about what they are seeing in fields and the market as harvest begins. From soybean cyst nematode to updates on the fertilizer market, this episode has you covered. Dan spends time talking through soybean cyst nematode and how we must consider tolerance versus resistance and look at seed selection that offers both offen...

Have a listen as host, Ashley Kaldenberg, talks with Account Leads covering all four Landus business units about findings from the 2022 Landus Crop Tour. The podcast begins with a brief overview from Reese Drenth, a Landus Grain Merchandiser and crop tour results coordinator. Then Jon Boss from the Northeast, Dave Lemke from the Northwest, Nate Meyer from the Southeast, and Tyler Nelson from the S...

In this jam-packed episode, we look at what is happening in the field and therefore had to address tar spot.  Dan Bjorklund (@DanielBjorklun9), Landus agronomist, shares what he has been seeing anecdotally in Landus member fields.  He and host, John King ( @JMKingLandus ), discuss factors, what they are seeing, and suggestions for how we manage for the future.  As the guys mention, once you find a...

On this episode of the GROW Podcast, Ashley welcomes Don King and Jon Setterdahl from Landus. They talk through the importance of infrastructure and physical assets for a cooperative. Don and Jon speak from experience on the aging cooperative assets seen all over Iowa, and how many cooperatives are having to initiate updates, rebuilds, and more. For Landus, discussion focused on the recent announc...

As harvest time is quickly approaching, it is time to be critically looking at the crops for this season and looking for what is to come. In this episode, our host, John King, sits down to talk with Dan Bjorklund, a GROW Agronomist, to discuss the current events of the growing season. Dan discusses the states of corn and beans currently through what types of yields we will potentially be seeing an...

While the focus of this episode of the GROW Podcast was on the rail advantage of Landus, host, Ashley Kaldenberg, couldn’t help but take the chance to get market insights from guest, Dustin Weiner, Landus Grain Merchandising Lead.  Dustin explains why we haven’t seen sweet corn yet among other important intel regarding the current and future state of the markets. Specific to rail, Ashley and Dusti...