Dave and Ped's AGcellent Adventure

Dave & Ped open the show with a passionate conversation about the out of control word of college athletics currently. Thankfully producer Josiah gets us moving halfway through. After a smelly Iowa Corn Chat and catching up on current farm life, the boys do another edition of Small Town Festivals! They close the show with dreams of cattle buildings and trailers in the auction segment. Hut Hut!...

Dave & Ped kick off the show discussing how winter is no longer winter and catching up on Christmas! Adam is creating a pheasant haven? Adam wants to host Dick Clark's Rockin' NYE someday. The Iowa Corn Chat has the bots dreaming up what festival they would start. Beef Fest anyone? Adam has once again disgusted the boys with a story from his youth. We catch up on farm life lately, incl...

The boys open the show with some nostalgia, talking about Tonic Sol Fa and wondering how in the blink of an eye we go from kids to adults. We follow with a ranking of our top 5 cuts of meat. Adam gets vulnerable and tells the boys one of his grossest experiences ever, from a trip across the Irish Sea. Iowa Corn chats lends to a fun music discussion. A somber mood set over us as we catch up on farm...

The episode starts with Adam introducing his cute new camo stool to Dave. Then Adam talks about his ight hosting Christmas trivia at The Cobblestone Ballroom, while Dave and his wife were enjoying a night at the Home Free Concert! Adam gets vulnerable about why he feels like a wuss cattle farmer. Dave took part in a farming leadership conference. The boys list the apps they want to see when they&#...

Dave kick off the show calling out Adam's snow farming techniques, then sharing how corn hauling didn't go as smoothly as possible. Adam tells the boys you ain't doing life right if you aren't wearing mittens. This week's Iowa Corn Chat asks the fellas what they enjoy most about winter, which leads to the fellas having a chat about the weight room. For the main segment the boys...

Dave & Ped open the show lamenting the first big blizzard and David's sad moment at Thanksgiving. Adam's voice is raspy because his bulls are acting like boys will and he has had enough. Adam shares the best way to consume Thanksgiving leftovers before David makes Adam talk about the year of CyHawk disappointment. We do our weekly Iowa Corn Chat, which is A FUN ONE!! Then the fellas sh...

Dave & Ped kick off the episode discussing Adam's annual Hawkeye Football boys trip and the exciting college basketball season! Dave's parents are jet setting and Adam's Sunday mental breakdown. Christmas treat season is so exciting and revealing more of Adam's unique tastes. Our Iowa Corn Chat segment makes Adam sad before the boys break down the Ohio farming economy and spotl...

Tuesdays in 2025 mean one thing, RAIN. Dave shares about his fun trip to Omaha for a hockey game and the crazy life these hockey players live. The fellas list what is their favorite month, our Mt Rushmore of Thanksgiving dishes, and turkey cooking methods! Iowa Corn Chats has us listing our biggest pet peeves. We discuss small town benefits and supporting people during difficult times, ANF 4- and...

Adam kicks off this adventure with a poem he wrote about weaning calves to really set the mood, and then describes the day he had pulling mothers and children apart. Adam is dialed in on hunting YouTube and can't get enough. A lovely discussion about burning stoves and wanting to live like Little House on the Prairie. A harrowing story of saving a cow from a mud hole. Dave is in the midst of f...

Adam kicks off the show needing to get some gospel thoughts off his chest, all by the way of poo. The fellas talk ammonia spreading, cattle weaning and what's been happening on the farm post harvest. Adam nearly had to re-live a manure spreader nightmare from years past. More Iowa Corn Chats! In our main segment the fellas shoutout rural America volunteer fire departments, discuss food ministr...

Dave & Ped open the show celebrating the completion of harvest but immediately look forward to the work yet to do this fall. Adam shares about his awesome weekend pheasant hunting with his college buddies. The guys share their sleepwalking stories before losing containment of their excitement during another segment of Iowa Corn Chats! The ANF 40 countdown rolls on and we introduce a new segmen...

The boys open the show discussing all the amazingness of their Octoberfest food night and listing off some of their made up fall candle scents. We then answer our first ever listener submitted question! The boys catch up on harvest season and all of the jobs still to come after harvest. The ANF 40 countdown continues before we get in our Chevies and drive on down to the Auction. Check out Sheldon...

The gents kick off the episode discussing, you guessed it, beef. We then catch up on how harvest has been going as of the recording and share about breakdowns past and present. It's then time to get in the Spooktober mood by listing our top Halloween candies! Including candy corn on the cob?? Another round of Iowa Corn Chats leads into Adam sharing more ANF 40 countdown and the boys looking ba...

Adam opens the show with a classic poem about harvest, before the guys talk about how it's gone so far. Adam recaps the Florida trip and the amazing food they ate. Dave gives us a final update on what's been happening to his maple trees. Dave & Ped do another installment of Small Town Festivals and Adam introduces the ANF 4- countdown. As always we close with our auction segment!

Adam opens the show with some cow udder education before the boys lament gravel road divots. Then we list our top 5 fruits in a fun discussion! We introduce a segment where Josiah asks the guys questions from the Iowa Corn Chat Pack! The boys then catch up on what's been happening on the farm, from army worms to break downs and harvest prep. Adam does a small town business feature in the main...

Recorded September 10 2025. The boys break down watching the CyHawk football game together, discuss all the details of the 2nd annual Piggy Party whole hog roast and Adam shares about his time at the Clay County fair and all the delicious foods! Lots is happening on the farm from going back to old school cattle feeding to exploring new markets for cattle. For the main segment Adam shares how goril...

Recorded August 26th. Adam opens the show with a poem he wrote about the return of football season! The boys then recap Adam & Josiah's time at the Wood Wine & Blues Festival, and the despair of a cancelled BBQ cook-off. Dave introduces us to real life ESPN 8 The Ocho and we list our ultimate picnic menus. From combine prep. to foot rot, to new buildings there is a lot happening on the...

Preorder her book "Small Town Dreamer" on Amazon or check out her website: https://www.ruralrevival.co/smalltowndreamer Dave & Ped always aim to shine a light on the beauty of Rural America, so we thought we'd bring on the foremost authority, Danna Larson! Danna grew up on the farm just north of Odebolt, IA and has turned her passion for small town USA into a career. Her podcast,...

The fellas open the show by discussing their gardening and canning skills. Adam poses the question: What is the best shower? A little fun farm trivia! Adam's recent experiences at rural festivals has the boys digging into some other small town festivals around the country. Will we visit? To close the show we take a trip down to the auction. Check out Sheldon Power: https://sheldonpower.com/

On this episode the boys welcome on Mitchal Van Gorp of Sheldon Power and Equipment. Mitchal grew up on a row crop and hog farm outside Sheldon, IA. The boys reminisce on some of the disgusting jobs that come with working hog barns, Mitchal being a farm kid in the cell phone era vs Dave & Ped's farm kid era, and selling insurance after college before moving back to rural America. We then d...

The farm boys open the show with some freestyle rap and talking about Dave's election as a new Church elder. The boys' Dads need to come on the show and correct us young pumps. Adam poses a hypothetical life or death questions. Adam wants to grow his nasty beard out just so he can get the full barbershop experience, like the ASMR videos! The fellas talk sweet corn fencing and Dave introduc...

The boys are back! After weeks apart Dave & Ped are excited to be together again. The recap Dave's family vacation to Florida, Adam & Josiah's calorie filled trip to the Iowa State Fair, Adam's auction gigs are piling up, the boys marvel at the never ending rain and catching up on hay season and farm life recently, which has been wild. The fellas then share tales from their adv...

Doug & April Corlew grew up outside Chicago, attended college in Chicago, and started their marriage doing youth ministry in Des Moines, IA. To say that moving to a rural Iowa farming community would be a culture change for them would be an understatement. But that's what they felt the Lord calling them to do, so they moved, and the Lord's faithfulness has been evident time and again f...

Adam is hay bale Rain Man. The boys had a wonderful Rural America meat cook-off, until it wasn't. Adam gets you HYPED for the best new foods at the Iowa State Fair. Dave shares the story of the downfall of his Maple Trees and how an awesome Rural America resource was there to help find the solution. The guys then discuss jobs they had and other rural kids had growing up that city kids wouldn&#...

On this episode the boys are joined by a local legend, one of Adam's best friends, back for their 20th class reunion, THEE Harvard Derek. Derek grew up on a farm outside of Alta and spent his days as a youth working on the farm outside of school activities. He currently resides in Boston, MA and is the perfect guest to share perspective on rural life vs major city life, the positives and negat...