Around The Farm

What does the rest of spring have in store for us? Weather expert Brad Colman shares what to expect for the weeks ahead as we push further into planting season. Plus, we’ll learn what’s really going on when you hear about El Nino and La Nina. Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a year of FieldView Plus free. 

How much time are you spending in spreadsheets trying to understand costs and revenues? In this episode, we’re chatting about tools to help you more easily understand your ROI for each field and management practice to help grow your bottom line. You’ll hear from Jeff Nazuka with Ag-Analytics and Chad Groenhagen, a farmer in northern Illinois who is putting these tools to work for his family’s oper...

How should you be approaching your marketing plans in the current conditions? In this episode, we get the inside scoop from grain marketing expert Stephen Nicholson with Rabo AgriFinance. Tune in to hear his perspective on the short and long run trends that could impact your bottom line. Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out...

In this episode, we’re looking ahead to planting ‘21 with Jeff Samuelson, Iowa Farmer, and Phil Petersen, Seed Department Manager at Cedar County Cooperative. You’ll hear about variable rate seeding strategies and digital tools that are making it easier to maximize the return of every seed. Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find...

Over the past year, we’ve asked our guests to share the best pieces of advice about farming they’ve received. Now we’ve rounded up all of those pearls of wisdom into a single episode. Tune in to hear what they had to tell us, plus a special announcement from our host Rick. Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS to find out how to get a y...

2020 is drawing to a close, but we have one more special episode to take you into the holidays. On Part 2 of our season finale, we sit down again with former host and current Asgrow Brand Manager at Bayer Crop Science Clint Chaffer to chat about the unexpected year, plus have some fun as Clint and Rick look back at their adventures in podcasting.    Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you...

Welcome to Part 1 of a special two-part season finale of Around the Farm. For the first time in the show’s history, we’re going literally around the farm! Former host and current Bayer Crop Science Asgrow Brand Manager Clint Chaffer returns to give you an inside look at his family’s northern Illinois operation. Plus, you’ll hear about harvest results and what strategies won out at Chaffer Farms th...

Earn an additional $10 per acre? Sounds good to us! In this episode, we’re chatting with Jay Lay, a corn and soybean farmer, and Jeff Seale, the director of climate policy and strategy with Bayer Crop Science, to learn about a new carbon capture pilot program that helps improve farmers’ bottom lines and their long-term soil health. Tune in to find out if this is an opportunity for your operation. ...

In a turbulent year with plenty of uncertainty ahead, how should growers be approaching their marketing plans? Stephen Nicholson, a grain and oilseed market analyst with Rabo AgriFinance, joins this episode of Around the Farm to offer his perspective on the market and share key things you should be thinking about now. Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Cli...

Autumn is finally here and the harvest season is upon us across the Midwest. On this episode, we’re joined by our resident weather expert, John Mioduszewski, to get the latest fall forecast to help you prepare for harvesting your fields. Plus, hear how the derecho that impacted parts of the Midwest in August reached its historic proportions.    Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you by Cl...

At harvest, accurately collecting yield data joins a large list of things farmers need to be thinking about. In this episode, we’re joined by Greg Deim, FieldView Cab app product manager, to share quick tips on getting the Cab app connected and running seamlessly. Plus, you’ll hear more about the latest 10.0 version of the Cab app.  Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldV...

Seeing something before it’s visible to the human eye. It seems like science fiction, but it’s happening today across the countryside. In this episode, we’re discussing using aerial tools to improve crop monitoring and scouting. We’re joined by Greg Rose and Conner Schmidt from Intelinair, a leader in field imagery and analysis, to learn how digital services are helping farmers identify issues and...

Right now, farmers, dealers and crop scouts are working hard to monitor field conditions. In this episode, we’re joined by Charlie Beeler, a Research Farm Lead with The Climate Corporation, to explore top strategies to help your scouting efforts. Plus, you’ll hear how digital farming tools are being ground-truthed across the Midwest.  Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate Fiel...

It’s growing season, and that means defending your yield against threats. In this episode, three crop protection experts from Bayer Crop Science -- Eric Riley, North America Selective Herbicides Technical Manager; Mercedes Diaz, North America Broadacre Fungicide Technical Manager; and Ross Recker, US Soy Agronomic Systems Manager -- share the insights you need to help you make decisions when it co...

What are the effects of the late spring cold snap, above average soil moisture, and El Niño? Get the latest growing season forecast to help you prepare for summer. John Mioduszewski, Environmental Data Scientist at Bayer, shares what the weather data is pointing toward for the weeks and months ahead, along with possible impacts on Midwest farmers.  Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you b...

Coronavirus has changed the way many farmers work with their dealers and advisors. In this episode, we’re joined by Aly White, Bayer field sales representative, and Lindsey Friel, precision ag specialist at Nutrien, who share how they’re navigating social distancing to work with their farmer customers and how digital tools are filling the gap. Tune in to get the full story on how you can keep your...

What farmer would want to have to stay up late writing scripts before planting, or repeatedly jump out of the cab to place marker flags for test plots? In this episode, Iowa corn and soybean farmer Jerry Seuntjens tells us how he has used digital tools to improve scripting and more easily execute test plots. He also shares his perspective about the need to improve rural broadband access.  Sponsore...

Coming out of a rain-soaked 2019 planting season, what do the skies have in store for us this year? Bayer Crop Science weather expert John Mioduszewski joins the show to tell us what to expect for planting in the weeks and months ahead, and he shares his top tools for keeping tabs on the weather.  Sponsored by: Around the Farm is brought to you by Climate FieldView™. Go to Climate.com/bayer-PLUS t...

Onsite at Precision Planting, Rick talks with two members of their team - Emil Bandy, product support software lead, and Bryce Baker, marketing communications manager - to give you an inside look at the latest precision ag innovations. FieldView Cab app Product Manager Greg Deim is also on board for a discussion on how the two teams are working more closely together than ever to help set you up fo...

It seems like data is top of mind throughout every industry these days. Mark Young, CTO and head of product at The Climate Corporation, grew up on a farm, so he understands the potential of ag data from both a tech and real-farm perspective. Farming data collection is expanding faster each year, and more data opens the door to better, faster insights. Listen in as Mark “takes the governor off” to...

You didn’t get into farming to spend all day looking at spreadsheets. Guests Pat Christie, Founder at Conservis and Chris Olson, General Manager at Rabo AgriFinance, discuss how farm management software helps you gain control over multiple aspects of your operation. They explain how digital tools make organizing and analyzing farm management data faster, easier and more effective and help you home...

Grain marketing is one of the more challenging aspects of farming. Brennan Turner explains how a digital grain marketplace makes it easier to make a deal on your terms. You’ll hear how Brennan combined experience from his family farm, his career in professional hockey and his time on Wall Street to develop a new grain trading technology. Find out how digital trading tools can make it easier to man...

Do you use benchmarking to help inform seed decisions? Sam Eathington explains why when it comes to accurately evaluating seed performance and selection, benchmarking falls short. The broad approach of benchmarking misses a host of variables - from weather to interdependent agronomic factors to human bias. Sam provides advice on when to use benchmarking vs. when to run your own experiments, and he...

For many farmers, this harvest season is going to be a long one. Brent Sharff, a farmer from Maynard, Iowa and Chris Souder, Midwest regional agronomy lead at Bayer Crop Science, discuss handling a harvest that could go all the way into December, sharing their tips on how to get as much grain into the bin as possible. You’ll want to hear about Brent’s experiences with his June-planted corn and Chr...

In a season in which the new normal is abnormal, Greg Kneubuhler, president and CEO, G&K Concepts Independent Crop Consulting, draws on his expertise as as agronomy consultant to walk through what farmers should be mindful of as they navigate the uncharted territory of this harvest as well as the preparation for the 2020 season. From machine calibration to account for excessive moisture to figurin...