Inside Ag From Kansas Farm Bureau

Greg Swob, first vice president of the honey producers, discusses what bees provide to agriculture and people.

Dennis McKinney discusses the various programs that Farm Service Agency has to offer agriculture producers. 

Kansas Farm Bureau members Donna Wise and Ashley Beying discuss the value of mental health and their recommendations for managing mental health. 

Nathan Kells and Kent Moore discuss how drought has impacted their operations and how they are handling it. 

Laura Handke discusses her experience with FSA loans with her FSA farm loan officer Mike Vogt. 

Director of the Office of Farm and Ranch Transition, Ashlee Westerhold, discusses what services they have to offer those in agriculture. 

Sherman County farmer, Tim Franklin, discusses the impact of the late Jill Casten and the Casten Fellows Program. 

Kansas Farm Bureau member Josh Mueller and American Farm Bureau Federation economist Shelby Myers discuss rising fuel prices concerning agricultural operations. 

Butler County Farm Bureau has put on the Farm to Fork Tour for multiple years now, County Coordinator, Tiya Tonn discusses the event.

Water was a large topic of discussion during the 2022 legislative session in Topeka. While there was proposed legislation that did not pass, it has prompted KFB to conduct meetings across Kansas to hear from their members.

Kurt Maurath and Leigh Ann Maurath join the podcast to talk about their relationship as father and daughter and how being in agriculture impacted it. 

Josh Roe from Kansas Corn joins KFB's Noah Ochsner to discuss recent legislation that could help housing development in rural Kansas. 

Kansas Farm Bureau's policy team provides an update on legislative issues as the Kansas Legislature reaches spring break. 

Robin Reid from Kansas State University's Department of Agricultural Economics talks with Inside Ag host Noah Ochsner about the 2021 Kansas Land Values Book. You can view the 2021 Kansas Land Values Book by clicking here . 

Record-breaking winds ripped through Kansas and helped fuel the flames of a large fire in the north central part of the state. Kansas Farm Bureau CEO Terry Holdren and 6th District Field Service Manager Brenden Wirth provide an update to KFB's response efforts to the damage. 

Changing markets have raised questions for consumers and producers, KFB Board Member Dan Schmidt explains what new information producers should know and shares his experience in representing Kansas on AFBF's Livestock Working Group: Beef Subcommittee.

Cutting edge agricultural research is being conducted in outdated facilities. What could that mean for the future of the industry and food security? Dr. Ernie Minton, Dean of the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University, talks with Kansas Farm Bureau's Noah Ochsner about what the future could hold and what needs to be done to save the aging and outdated facilities. 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Clay Nichols talks about the process of listing the lesser prairie chicken as threated in Kansas, and how such a designation will impact farmers and ranchers. 

Brian Lubbers and Bob Larson with K-State's College of Veterinary Health talk about their current research project, managing cattle in drought conditions and how animal health will change in the next five years.

Dr. Katie Burke talks about surveying Kansas farmers, ranchers and agricultural landowners about barriers to implementing conservation practices related to soil health (no-till, cover crops, rotational grazing and others). This project is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under agreement number NR206215XXXXG003 

Kansas Wheat's Aaron Harries talks about positive outlook for the 2021 Kansas wheat crop, storm damage and when harvest might get underway in the state.

K-State farm economist Robin Reid talks about the 2020 Kansas Land Values Book, how buyers and sellers can use it and where land values are headed in 2021.

Lyon County farmer and rancher Jacquelyne Leffler talks about growing her custom beef business through COVID-19, the potential for market saturation and what she's doing differently now.

Chuck Pettijohn, acting director of Kansas FSA, talks about when offices might reopen, a new round of CFAP payments and other topics. 

The newest member of the Kansas Farm Bureau team, Chief Strategy Officer Joel Leftwich talks about his career, what he's working on and his passion for footwear.