North American Ag Spotlight: Agriculture & Farming News and Views

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak speaks with the Communications Manager of ECHO Global Farm, Danielle Flood about the passion behind the Fort Myers demo farm. She explains the reach that the farm has around the world, and how they empower farmers with the tools and info they need to grow food successfully. Danielle has traveled to more than 20 countries while champio...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak talks to ERD's Glenn Flaherty about the memorandum of understanding that was decided on early this year between The American Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere that ensures farmers’ and ranchers’ right to repair their own farm equipment. He gives his advice to producers and offer's his company's services when they ne...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak talks to Trevor Williams about his podcast The Farm Traveler. He recounts how he started the podcast, and what he's learned over nearly 200 interviews with farms and agribusiness professionals over the years.  Trevor is a former FFA State officer and Florida Ag teacher, he has been podcasting the podcast for 3 years as well as al...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak learns about how Fastline is evolving to serve the agriculture industry in a modern way, and about the important trends in the new and used equipment market. The President of Fastline Marketing Group Dean Barke shares his insight into where we're headed this growing season.  With more than 40 years of experience, Fastline's...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak sits down with Ben Burr, Executive Director of BlueRibbon Coalition to talk about property rights issues popping up all around the country. These issues are not only affecting farms, but also people who own rural property in remote areas, and those who enjoy recreational activities in the great outdoors. Ben explains the issues and gi...

This week North American Ag Spotlight's Chrissy Wozniak speaks with American Farm Bureau Federation's Courtney Briggs. Courtney is American Farm Bureau’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, and she shares what's happening in Washington with the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) ruling and why it matters to every producer! Courtney stated that, "the Trump administration dre...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak talks to Case IH's Kendal Quandahl about The Case IH Trident 5550 applicator with Raven Autonomy, the industry’s first driverless spreader. Kendal is the Case IH Precision Technology marketing manager in North America, specializing in harvesting, hay & forage and specialty crops. In her seven years with Case IH, all has been...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak visits with third generation farmer Jake Leguee for a discussion about farm innovation and why top down government strategies are not as effective as producers collaborating & innovating to solve their own problems. Jake is from southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, where he farms with several family members, including his wife and 3 yo...

Listen to the podcast here - https://www.northamericanag.com/north-american-ag-spotlight - Dairy Barn Design with Cow Comfort in Mind. In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak talks to VES-Artex Midwest Sales Manager and Key Account Manager Joel Hornby about dairy barn design considerations, keeping cow comfort as the first priority.  Joel Hornby has been serving Dairy Produ...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Curt Blades, Senior Vice President of Agriculture Services & Forestry Curt Blades at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers presents AEM's recent equipment report: "COMBINE HARVESTERS, 4WD TRACTORS GROW DESPITE OVERALL LOSSES IN NOVEMBER" Combine harvester sales remain positive, joined by 4WD units for both the U.S. and Canadia...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight we feature the panel that North American Ag's Chrissy Wozniak moderated at the FIRA USA conference in October. The topic "Robotics business models and the maintenance of computer based equipment" is an important one for the future of agriculture. Without a profitable business model, ag tech is useless. Hear this group discuss the chall...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak speaks with Alon Ascher of Bluewhite, about the cutting edge company that is revolutionizing modern agriculture. Alon Ascher, serves as Bluewhite’s Chief Business Officer where he oversees innovation and business development of the company. As part of the leadership team at Bluewhite, Alon leverages his former autonomous and entrepren...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak talks to Roseanne Crave of the 2nd Generation at Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese. She holds the position of Sales & Marketing Manager, and has a hand in many departments at Crave Brothers. She graduated in 2020 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with degrees in Life Sciences Communication and Environmental Studies and is a...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak learns about the incredible advances that have taken place in the dairy industry over the last few decades. Austin Gellings director of Agricultural Services for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) & Fabian Bernal M.S., PAS, the Global Head of Sustainability, DeLaval Group, talk about their recent study of the industr...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak speaks with the impressive young ag entrepreneur who has co-founded Lasso, Nicole Rojas. Lasso is a software platform that helps cattle farmers decrease their emissions and receive the recognition and real dollars they deserve by doing so. Lasso eases data management, recommends on-farm carbon reduction practices, automates verificati...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak speaks with co-founder and president of Monarch Tractor, Mark Schwager. Mark shares more about the world’s first 100% electric, driver-optional, intelligent tractor, and about being Awarded California Energy Commission Grant for “Vehicle-to-Building Technologies for Resilient Backup Power". Mark has over a decade of experience le...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak opens with a personal account of the days after Hurricane Ian devastated her community, and how Midwest Foodbank showed up when the community needed hope more than ever! Her local church  @Cape Vineyard was stocked with food from Midwest Foodbank and other organizations, and was ready to serve the people fast! Joining her today to tal...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak hears from David Wallace about his new irrigation technology, the FarmHQ platform by CODA Farm Technologies. Founded by third-generation farmers from Washington State, CODA Farm Technologies is a growing agricultural technology company bringing remote monitoring and control to agricultural irrigation. Its first product, the FarmHQ pla...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak sits down with Alex Caldwell to talk about the new updates on the New Holland Guardian Front Boom Sprayer. Alex talks about what he's excited most for, and being a service rep for many years he appreciates advances that eliminate down time!   Alex Caldwell is the Guardian Sprayer Marketing Manager for New Holland North America. C...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak attends the FIRA USA Conference. The unique 3-day event focused on autonomous farming and agricultural robotics solutions. Chrissy takes us through the conference, and features the in-field demos, product highlights and interviews with attendees.    The future of agriculture is bright and this gathering of innovation, technology, soli...

This week Chrissy Wozniak speaks with Peter Golbitz, founder of Agromeris and advisor at Unconventional Ag. He joins us to share details about the upcoming Unconventional Ag Conference, an event that showcases regenerative, organic, and sustainable agriculture methods.   Peter Golbitz has over 30 years of direct experience in the food and agricultural industry covering the production and processin...

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak hands the reins over to the dynamic ladies of the Hog Wild n Steer Crazy 4H Club in Lee County, Florida. Whitney Taylor, president of the club & Hannah Guthoerl, vice president. These ladies conducted interviews at the North American Ag booth at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, asking ag professionals about their chosen...

This week's North American Ag Spotlight is a bit different than usual, Chrissy Wozniak shares her account of going through Hurricane Ian, with two local 4H kids (one being her daughter), as they make their way north to World Dairy Expo this week. Many may not know that North American Ag is based out of Cape Coral, Florida in Lee County, 10 miles from where the hurricane made landfall. The tol...

This week Chrissy Wozniak speaks with VP of Business Development of Farmmee Cindy Rockwell. Farmmee’s Uber-like matching service is revolutionary for farms, it connects farmers to farmers during their most critical times of need. This ensures that they get help from someone who understands their business and sense of urgency. Cindy grew up on a corn and soybean farm in southern Iowa where she lear...

This week Chrissy Wozniak discusses a new proposed rule by the SEC, with Mary-Thomas Hart, the Chief Counsel, Government Affairs at National Cattlemen's Beef Association. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) reiterated the need for a limited version of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) greenhouse gas disclosure rule following SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s testimony befo...