Agweek Podcast

Agweek reporter Noah Fish is joined by Jan Joannides, executive director and co-founder of Renewing the Countryside. Joannides shares how the nonprofit started as a book in the early 2000s and how far it's come today. RTC works as a partner with American Farmland Trust on a model which places an easement on transitioning land, so the farm can then be sold to another farmer at a reduced price. The...

This week on AgweekTV, we will have the outlook for the grain and livestock markets fir the first quarter 2022. We'll discuss a new report showing the U.S. falling behind in trade. We will see how a QR code could be a boon for hunters looking for land. Finally, we'll show you entries, and the winners of the Agweek "Beauty in Agriculture" photo contest. This is the audio version of AgweekTV. To wat...

AgweekTV's Michelle Rook and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management talk about where wheat, corn, soybeans, cattle and hogs ended up in 2021.

On this special holiday edition of AgweekTV, we'll take a look back at some of our favorite and most popular stories of the year, we'll meet the newest members of the Agweek staff, and our team discusses one of the biggest problems plaguing farmers, manufacturers and consumers this year — supply chain issues.

Agweek reporter Noah Fish is joined by Tim Penny , president and CEO of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, which has been around for 35 years. Penny talks about how SMIF impacts small and rural communities, and about its Acres of Good program.

AgweekTV's Michelle Rook and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management talk about the early Christmas present that came in the markets this week for grains and a pair of friendly USDA reports for cattle and hogs.

AgweekTV's Michelle Rook and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management discuss a big week for soybeans and an expected slow down in trade heading into the holidays.

Agweek reporter Noah Fish talks with Clarence Bischoff, founder and president of the Minnesota Aquaculture Association as well as CEO of Blue Water Farms. The two talk about how the Minnesota Aquaculture Association got started and the progress its made since then, as well as the status of Blue Water Farms -- a Minnesota-based startup with the plan to use recirculating aquaculture systems technolo...

Coming up on AgweekTV we will discuss the used machinery market. We will talk about specialty crop producers rolling out a food traceability and identity preserved label. We will see if out winter weather will provide any hope for drought areas in the region. Finally, we'll discuss more farmers marketing produce direct to local grocers and restaurants.

AgweekTV's Michelle Rook and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management discuss a quiet week in the markets and a relatively benign December WASDE report. Of the three major Upper Midwest crops, only wheat saw a big change in the report. But corn and soybeans still had news to evaluate. Meanwhile, things are relatively quiet in the livestock sector.

Agweek reporter Noah Fish talks with Dan Glessing, who was elected last month as president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation. Glessing is a farmer in Wright County whose family has a lifelong association with MFBF. The two talk about filling the shoes of his predecessor who served for 16 years, the political differences between MFBF and Minnesota Farmers Union and what to expect from MFBF in...

This week on AgweekTV, we have coverage from the Northern Ag Expo, a look at spray drift technology and carbon credits. We'll see an ethanol plant that has signed on to the world's largest carbon capture pipeline. Finally, we'll visit a Minnesota farm that accelerates their lambing program to increase profits.

Agweek reporter Noah Fish is joined by farmers and fiber artists Theresa Bentz and Alejandra Sanchez. The two are business partners and have helped each other expand their flocks, supply of natural dyes and have started teaching classes to others in the wool community. The three also touch on the importance of local sustainable fiber products and slow fashion.

AgweekTV's Michelle Rook and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management discuss how corn, soybeans, wheat, cattle and hogs held up to a wild day in the markets after the discovery of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

Before she served as North Dakota's agriculture commissioner, Sarah Vogel took on the U.S. government on behalf of farmers. She talked about her battle, as well as her new book, THE FARMER'S LAWYER: The North Dakota nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm, during a conversation with Agweek reporter Mikkel Pates.

Agweek reporter Noah Fish is joined by Minneapolis-based photographer R. J. Kern, who has been featured by National Geographic, the BBC and PBS, and whose work has been on display at exhibitions including the Museum of Modern Art, the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Plains Art Museum in Fargo. Kern talks about his newest book, The Unchosen Ones, in which he turned his lens towards Minn...

This week on AgweekTV, we reflect on why we're thankful for ag as we kick off the holiday season. That includes a new FFA chapter, which is giving "hope" to the next generation of agriculturalists. You'll pay more for this year's Thanksgiving holiday feast but can still give thanks for an affordable food supply. And ag lawyer Sarah Vogel chronicles her famous fight against the government on behalf...

AgweekTV's Michelle Rook and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management talk about the reasons winter wheat has taken over as the leader from spring wheat, soybean meal's continuing strength, corn's struggles, beef's good week and pork's tough road.

Agweek reporter Noah Fish catches up with Naima Dhore, an organic farmer and founder of the Somali American Farmers Association. Dhore is moving her operation from the Twin Cities to Alexandria, Minn. in a few months. She shares the uphill battle she and other emerging farmers face to find and secure affordable farmland.

This week on AgweekTV, we will discuss soybean farmers teaming up with Goodyear to roll out tires made with soybean oil. We will see a North Dakota co-op make history as it loads the longest unit train in the United States. Finally, we will take a look at the crop size in the November WASDE Report. This is the audio-only version of AgweekTV. To watch this episode, visit https://www.agweek.com/agwe...

AgweekTV's Michelle Rook and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management talk about what happened after the November WASDE report and where the markets seem to be headed now. To watch the video of the Agweek Market Wrap, visit https://www.agweek.com/business/markets/7281390-Soybean-complex-takes-the-lead-after-WASDE-yield-surprise.

Agweek reporter Noah Fish is joined by Christopher Brenna, executive director of Revolutionary Earth Farm, to talk about the nonprofit's unique approach and collaboration with organic farms to battle food insecurity in the city of Rochester.

This week on AgweekTV, the biofuels industry could receive a huge infrastructure boost if the budget reconciliation bill passes in Congress. We'll tell you about a research project that shows promise to reduce sunflower head rot the natural way, using bees. The sugarbeet harvest is wrapping up in the region. And the perfect supply chain storm tightens global fertilizer supplies and sends prices sk...

AgweekTV's Michelle Rook and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management talk about a tough road ahead for the soybean market, a step back for wheat, corn's follower status and some positive movement in the livestock markets. Find more market information at https://www.agweek.com/business/markets .

Agweek reporter Noah Fish is joined by Agweek sales and marketing team member Al Winmill, to talk about his journey as a backyard farmer. Al and his family are raising their own chickens in their backyard in Fargo, and he talks about their experience thus far.