Feed & Grain Podcast

Steven Kilger, the host of the Feed & Grain Podcast , speaks to Lara Moody, executive director of the Institute for Feed Education & Research (IFEEDER) , about its new Animal Food Industry Sustainability Toolkit in this mini-episode. The new Sustainability Toolkit is part of IFEEDER's Sustainability Road Map project , the institute's effort to help the animal feed industry in its effort to...

Steven Kilger, the host of the Feed & Grain Podcast , speaks to Jennifer Deitloff , Scoular’s Chief Diversity Officer, about the company's second annual Sustainability Report .  Scoular's report shows the company's progress on its 5 pillars of sustainability: Reducing its carbon footprint Fostering responsible product sourcing Upholding workplace health and safety Promoting diversity and...

Steven Kilger, host of the Feed & Grain Podcast , speaks to Kurt Shultz, senior director of Global Strategies and Reece Cannady, assistant regional director for the Middle East and Europe for the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) about this year's Annual Corn Harvest Quality Report .  Used to help market U.S corn to importers across the globe, the annual report takes samples from across the corn...

Steven Kilger, managing editor for Feed & Grain, talks with Jeff Martin, Business Development Representative of Automated Control Systems Solutions for Plants and Feed Mills at Repete Corporation, about Feed mill automation and its role in making a better work environment for employees. 

Steven Kilger, managing the editor for Feed & Grain Magazine and host of the Feed & Grain Podcast, talks with Charlie Delacruz, the National Grain and Feed Association's NGFA’s senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, about how the organization's arbitration system works and the value it offers it's members and the industry at large. 

Steven Kilger, managing editor of Feed & Grain speaks with Ebony Webber, COO of MANRRS  about diversity in agribusiness. They discuss why diversity is a benefit for any organization, what diversity is, and how to start practicing more diverse hiring practices.  

Steven Kilger talks with James Mintert, professor and extension economist for the Department of Agriculture Economics at Purdue University , about the Ag Economy Barometer   and producer sentiment going into fall harvest.  

 The United States is in the middle of a massive expansion of its soybean crush capacity. Demand and regulations requiring renewable aviation fuel have led to the industry investing over $6 billion in increasing soybean crush capacity over the next three to four years. To get a better understanding of what's driving this trend and what its impacts may be on the grain handling and feed manufac...

Feed mill automation has Come along way in the past 30 years but still has a long way to go.  Don Goshert, vice president of Sterling Systems & Controls talks with Steven Kilger about his 38 years in feed mill automation.

In part one of a two-part podcast series, Steven Kilger talks with Easy Automation's Brady Gaalswyk about the current state of automation in the Feed Industry and what the next step in the industry's automation story might be. 

Lara Moody, executive director of IFEEDER and Steve Lerner, IFEEDER board member, stop by to chat about the charity and its mission. Everything from nutrient absorption, African Swine Fever protocols, to sustainability,  are on the charity's to-do list this year. Listen along as we talk about how some problems need to be resolved as an industry, not individual stakeholders. IFEEDER is helping...

Carol Jones, Ag. Engineer with CL Jones Consulting, LLC and Professor Emeritus and Buchanan Chair, Biosystems and Ag Engineering at Oklahoma State University, joins Steven Kilger to talk about grain handling safety, engulfment and entrapments.  The audio is a little rough, but the conversation about why hands-on training is important to get across the real danger of grain. We also talk about...

Jeff Jones, MKC vice president of eastern operations, and Steven Kilger talk about the grain industry in the first episode of the Feed & Grain Podcast.  Topics include:  The worker shortage in rural America Worker training Association memberships Consolidation in the industry Sustainability Plus plenty of tips/advice, reminiscing, fun, and more!

Steven Kilger, managing editor for Feed & Grain, and Christy Swoboda, technical services director for Romer Labs, talk about the 2021 harvest's mycotoxin activity. They also discuss proper mycotoxin mixing & sampling, when to send samples to a lab, why mycotoxins are being detected more now than ever before, and how mycotoxin testing has advanced.