Ag Emerge Podcast

Join Monte and Kim today with their “State of the Union” as they cover all things soil health from their travels this summer, including the National Strip-Till conference and the Farm Progress Show. One key concept they discuss is how the soil health principles are solid and transfer uniformly across the globe but the practices are always local and can even vary from field to field, depending on s...

On today’s episode, Tom Cotter joins us from his farm in Austin Minnesota. Tom and his family have been farming for more than a century. We discuss the ways they’ve developed effective soil health practices utilizing cover crops, interseeding, diversity, organic crops, and canning crops as well as grazing livestock on their farm, They’ve also ventured into the hemp market and are learning what tha...

Bob Recker of Cedar Valley Innovation joins us on today’s episode. Bob is focused on row configuration oriented around sunlight harvest. His research is working on harnessing that sunlight to create the opportunity for improving soil health, utilizing cover crops and companion crops. We talk about ideas where we can go beyond that 60” row and what we can do with the rest of that sunlight intercept...

Keith Berns joins us on today’s episode of the AgEmerge Podcast. Keith and his brother Brian operate their family owned business in Nebraska, Green Cover Seed. Green Cover Seed is sharing the benefits of how cover crops can improve farming practices through continued research, education, and by offering the highest quality seed. Today we talk about not only the cover crop benefits Keith has discov...

In this installment of the AgEmerge podcast, we’re delving into how our brains process change and what we can do to think critically and differently. You might ask: “what does that have to do with soil health and regenerative ag?” Well, as we work to examine and implement emerging ideas and technology in agriculture – thinking differently is key to the success of this endeavor. Today we are joined...

On this week's episode of the AgEmerge Podcast, Monte & Kim talk with Cary Crum, a Customer Account Manager at California Ag Solutions. Cary Crum hears the phrase “that is crazy and will never work” and proceeds confidently. He’s passionate about finding the best farming practices and is driven to help farmers in California bring their operations to the next level with a systems approach. He talks...

On this episode of the AgEmerge Podcast Monte and Kim sit down with Brad Schmidt – a farmer from South Dakota, agronomist for Ducks’ Unlimited, AgEmerge alumni, and soil health enthusiast. As you can tell from his introduction, Brad is all-in for changing the face of agriculture. It’s heartening to listen as Brad expands on his experiences over the years describing how he and his family converted...

The corn belt has had a trying time this year due to a lot of extreme weather. On this episode of the AgEmerge podcast, our hosts, Monte & Kim talk about how implementing the five principles of soil health has helped Monte’s farm in Illinois. They also discuss the market in Western regions and the benefits of creating cropping plans for more than just a perfect year. Cover crop video: https://www....

On this windy episode of the AgEmerge Podcast, Monte Bottens & Tristan Wright talk about all of the out-of-the-box ideas that Tristan is implementing on his farm in Roll, Arizona. This is a challenging area for growers, with high heat, high ET, salty soils in the valley floor, and very porous soil in the Mesa. Tristan has decided to make some radical changes on his operation to overcome some subst...

Join us as we dive into a great discussion with Steven Brockshus Founder and CEO of Farmland Finder, a land intelligence tool which helps farmland owners, appraisers and brokers save time when researching farmland sales. Steven was one of the winning entrepreneurs at the AgEmerge conference in January and went on to win the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Rural Entrepreneur of the Year. This pas...

Today on the podcast we continue our conversation with Dr. James White. In this Part #2 installment Kim Sheese and Monte Bottens discuss with Dr. White the implications and applications of what we’ve learned about the rhizophagy cycle. This knowledge may help us to understand and think about some of the things we’ve seen with virulent diseases that we’ve seen in the corn belt, or in produce, or co...

Today on the podcast Dr. James White sits down with Kim Sheese and Monte Bottens to elaborate on his rhizophagy cycle research. Join us as we explore what’s going on in the plant, microbe and soil rhizosphere, it’s fascinating! The rhizophagy cycle is a mechanism where plants attract microbes and acquire needed nutrients. But even more interesting, there’s also a mechanism where plants can actuall...

Buckle up and hang on for a fun ride with Jason Mauck, a farmer from Gaston, IN, the CEO of Constant Canopy, and a 2019 AgEmerge speaker. Come ready to explore, as Jason joins Kim this week to learn about the research, activities and thought processes behind the work he’s doing in his fields. Tune in to hear more of Jason’s ideas on capturing sunlight, growing quad row wheat, incorporating chicken...

From one of his test plots in Five Points, California, Dr. Jeff Mitchell talks with Monte about a few of the studies he’s conducted over the years. Listen to their discussion about his observations in yield, carbon, and microbial activity when comparing conventional tillage to no-till plots with and without cover crops. Some of these studies have been ongoing with recorded observations starting in...

Monte had the opportunity to catch up with Scott Park after a soil health conference in Paicines, California. Scott Park is the owner of Park Farming Organics in Meridian, CA and was a speaker at AgEmerge 2019. Monte & Scott talk about the logistics of implementing livestock on their fields, and how they can create a revenue stream while reducing compost cost and building microbial activity in the...

Kim Sheese & Monte Bottens sit down and talk about what inspired the AgEmerge Event and Community. For more information about the AgEmerge Event and Community, visit www. AgEmerge.com