Agweek Podcast

This week's topics include the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on agritourism, including "you-pick" berry operations and an impressive tomato growing operation based out of North Dakota (growing tomatoes almost year round!). Our guest this week is Derek Brazda from Metos USA who is also the host of the United We Ag podcast.  Reach out to the hosts with story ideas, questions or feedback: Jenny email:...

This week's episode features stories on prevented planting and agriculture's response to racism as protests and other activities pop up around the nation - and the world. Our guest this week is our very own Emily Beal, Agweek's newest reporter based in Fargo, ND who shares her story on how she's starting her career in ag journalism after growing up on her family's farm in Ohio. Reach out to the ho...

This week's discussion topics include introducing our newest Agweek reporter, Emily Beal, a roundup of recent Dicamba news, a story on what beekeepers have been up to during the COVID-19 pandemic and an interesting connection between ag teachers across the US. Our guest this week is Eric Bartsch from AGT Foods USA in Bismarck, ND who joins us to tell us about their new Veggipasta, a pasta alternat...

This week's discussion topics include the retirement of a long-tenured grain buyer, increased demand in the durum markets from increased pasta consumption and information on direct payments. Our guest this week is Brent Mohn, a Minnesota farmer near the Twin Cities who is an early adopter in ag tech and shares his story on social media. Reach out to the hosts with story ideas, questions or feedbac...

This week's discussion includes a government food box filling program where food processors are getting contracts to help out food banks, angry ranchers and their unique signage and another upper-Midwest planting progress update for you. Our guest this week is Noah Fish, our Agweek reporter based out of Rochester, MN.  Reach out to the hosts with story ideas, questions or feedback: Jenny email: js...

This week's discussion features an update on planting progress across the upper Midwest, especially how varied each region's planted acres are. We also revisit the meat supply chain issues we've been covering and talk about a story involving a Minnesota woman who raises sheep in addition to working in healthcare. Our guest this week is Tim Martin, Business Unit Director at Crary Industries in West...

Topics discussed include issues in the egg market during the COVID-19 pandemic, a conservation award that a South Dakota ranch family earned and other upper-Midwest ag news. Our guest this week is Lacey Block from Rancher's Rebellion Beef Company, a direct-to-consumer meat company who's pushing back against the meat packing industry.

We discuss a South African travel ban's impact on immigrant farm labor, update listeners on spring planting progress across the upper Midwest and continue our coverage of regional and national meat issues, from the producers to packing plants to consumers at the grocery store. Our guest this week is Dave Wehlander from Superior Grain Equipment in Kindred, ND who shares his experiences with grain s...

This week's episode's discussion is heavily focused on current issues in the livestock world, beyond beef and pork (poultry and sheep are covered in recent Agweek stories). We also give an update on planting progress after last week's dismal report. Our guest this week is Sean Brotherson from North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND where he's a professor and Extension Family Science Specialist....

This week's topics include a seed researcher (and farmer) who's work to figure out which seeds to plant where was covered by our Fargo, ND based reporter, Mikkel Pates. We also discuss the overall slow planting progress across ND, MN, SD and MT and the coronavirus pandemic's impact on the already hurting dairy industry. Our guest this episode is Kevin Larson from Aberdeen Livestock Sales in Aberde...

This week's episode features more coronavirus impacts, this time on ethanol plants in the area. A Minnesota home food delivery service's success and good habits during these shelter in place times and an NDSU professor's retirement are also discussed. This week's guest is Joe Heilman of Intelligent Ag of Fargo who shares some of the exciting projects his company is working on. Reach out to the hos...

This week's topics include the pandemic's effect on livestock producers, rural road flooding and the impact it has on farmers and residents along with some tips for the perfect Easter ham. Our guest this week is Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag in Fargo, who discusses the markets - not just ag markets - and how COVID-19 is shaking things up. Reach out to the hosts with story ideas, questions or fee...

On this week's episode of the Agweek Podcast, hosts Jenny Schlecht and Al Winmill discuss our recent coverage of the issues grain elevators are facing in light of the coronavirus pandemic, poor fall harvest conditions and ongoing trade wars. Also discussed: the USDA's Prospective Planting report that recently came out and a story on rural internet in the Dakotas and beyond. This week's guest is Da...

On this week's episode of the Agweek Podcast, hosts Jenny Schlecht and Al Winmill discuss our recent coverage of an "Irish Travelers" construction scam involving rural homeowners, the corona virus' effect on livestock, farm equipment and land auctions as well as a story on how Minnesota farmers are able to access mental healthcare in this time of social distancing.  Reach out to the hosts with sto...

This week is our 25th episode of the Agweek Podcast and we feature our coverage of the COVID-19 Coronavirus coverage in rural areas, Farmer John's sustainable ag education program in Haiti and Jon Knutson's story on the canola outlook for 2020. Our guest this week is dairy farmer/public speaker/ag influencer, Carrie Mess, also known as Dairy Carrie. Carrie and co-host, Al Winmill, do a little chee...

This week's episode of the Agweek Podcast features a farm family thriving after their barn collapsed, updates on this winter's corn combining and why some farmers are considering adding or keeping sunflowers in their crop rotation. Our guest is Dr. Mohamed Khan, the Extension Sugarbeet Specialist and professor at NDSU who shares a ton of great information on this Red River Valley crop, including s...

This week's topics include a North Dakota ranching family's big win with the H-2A farm labor program, reports of lower than expected input costs for 2020 and some big disaster relief program news for area sugar beet cooperatives. This week's guest is Nick Revier from SESVanderHave, a regional manager of their sugarbeet sales program who will discuss his role and provide insights into the upcoming...

This week's topics include the celebration of National FFA week (including a MN-AL exchange), new research on heart healthy lean beef and Agweek's new website launch. Our guest in the Superior Grain Equipment Studio is John Fetsch from Agweek's advertising sales team, who discusses the changes in ag marketing over the past 35 years.

This week's topics include new CBD processing facilities in North Dakota and the rest of the region, an organic fraud case coming to light and an exciting development in a Minnesota dairy to help some people enjoy milk and other products they couldn't before. This week's guests are Wanda Braton and Laura Heinrich from the North Dakota State Farm Service Agency who share some important upcoming dea...

This week's topics include precision beekeeping for pollinating crops, South Dakota's zoning laws and how they affect agriculture and a recent announcement: Agweek's parent company acquired Agri News out of Rochester, MN and we will become one team in March of 2020. This week's guest is Tim Tigges from Archer Daniels Midland in Casselton, ND. 

This week's topics include the impact the Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN area Red River Diversion project has on farmers, the connection between caves and soil health and CRP payments. We'll also discuss upcoming stories in Agweek Magazine and on AgweekTV. This week's guest is Doug Wenzel from Ag Concepts.

You've found the 18th episode of the Agweek Podcast! Jenny Schlecht and Al Winmill are both a little under the weather this week, so the first half of this episode was recorded off site instead of at the Superior Grain Equipment Podcast Studio in Fargo. Luckily, Stephanie Sinner (North Dakota Soybean Council) and Jean Henning (North Dakota Corn Utilization Council) were in the studio last week to...

Jenny Schlect and Al Winmill discuss the following stories: an Irish Travelers scam involving taking advantage of older, rural residents looking for home or farm improvement help, the hemp industry's issues in the upper Midwest, an alarming number of open cows after 2019's strange weather conditions and a look into what's coming up in Agweek and on AgweekTV. This week's guest is NDSU's Andy Swenso...

We made it to Episode 16! This week's episode features more on the stories we teased last week, including the expansion of natural gas availability to more rural homes, South Dakota townships trying to leave their counties over new livestock regulations and a new livestock sale barn opening up in Bismarck, ND. This week's guest is Delore Zimmerman, PhD., from Praxis Strategy Group who is helping t...

Welcome back! This week's episode features a look at improved grain and livestock markets (thanks to Michelle Rook's recent AgweekTV panels) and Jonathan Knutson's annual Year in Review for 2019 (and what a year it was!). We'll also preview a few stories you can find in upcoming issues of Agweek Magazine and episodes of AgweekTV including increasing natural gas availability to smaller communities...