North American Ag Spotlight: Agriculture & Farming News and Views

For this Ag Spotlight episode, Chrissy Wozniak is joined by Kuubix Energy Vice President Geoff Howard and CEO Josh Butt. Kuubix is a solar installation company that provides solar panels and energy storage throughout the state of California and beyond. Whether you’re looking to save some money on your energy bills or you are wanting to completely get off the grid, the experts at Kuubix will help y...

Chrissy Wozniak is joined today by Ben Schapelhouman, founder of TECC Agriculture. Ben dives into crop scouting technology and what the economic impact is when you take control of the small details. TECC Agriculture is an agricultural services and technology company based in (Northeastern) Ontario. Our mission is to help farmers manage uncertainty and stress by remotely monitoring their field crop...

This week Chrissy Wozniak sits down with Buck Wheeler, founder of EZ Animal Products, to discuss the importance of proper colostrum collection on your farm. After many years of coming up on the short end of the stick handling horses, entrepreneur, trainer, horseman, inventor, Buck Wheeler decided to do something about it. Together with his wife Karen they invented the two products that are now bei...

This week Chrissy Wozniak is joined by Karen Taylor, Director of Corporate Finance at BMO Financial Group and Professor in the Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE) program at The University of British Columbia. The MFRE is a 1-year masters program that combines features of an MBA program and a MA degree in Economics. It incorporates Economics, Policy and Business aspects within the Food, A...

Megan & Terry Buttnor moved to remote Northern Ontario in 2020, to start their new life on a farm that used to serve as the town’s abattoir. Almost two years in they have stories to tell, and share their opinions on how the supply chain, input prices and meatpacker issues effect the family farm. Learn more at https://greatnorthacres.com . Send us Fan Mail Schedule a demo today at  ecorobotix.c...

This week Chrissy Wozniak is sitting down with AMS Galaxy USA President Brad Biehl and Suzanne Meck, Director of Sales and Marketing, to discuss the leading edge technology available for dairy producers. AMS Galaxy is the new leader in reliable cow-friendly precision dairy technology, including the state-of-the-art, cost-effective 2-box, 1-arm milking robot. Increase production. Increase profits....

Chrissy Wozniak is joined today by New York Farm Show manager Scott Grigor. Scott fills us in on plans for the upcoming show,  shares his advice for farm show leaders and what makes the New York Farm Show stand out from the rest. The New York Farm Show takes place February 24-26, 2022 at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY. The New York Farm Show is the leading farm show in the Northeas...

Today Chrissy Wozniak is sitting down with Ag-Bag by RCI owner Randy Clark and National Sales & Marketing Manager Taylor Weisensel to discuss the new Ag-Bag T7170. Ag-Bagging is taking a performance leap forward through the new T-Series models introduction. Since acquiring the product line from New Holland in late 2019, RCI Engineering has focused on transforming the product design with extens...

Today Chrissy Wozniak sits down with Joseph Liefer from John Deere to discuss their recently released fully automated tractor. John Deere revealed a fully autonomous tractor that’s ready for large-scale production. The machine combines Deere’s 8R tractor, TruSet-enabled chisel plow, GPS guidance system, and new advanced technologies. The autonomous tractor will be available to farmers later this y...

From his beginnings on a small dairy farm, to a career in ag sales, to a day on a beach on the west coast of Mexico - Mike Muldoon shares his story of busting through fear in a world where tomorrow is not guaranteed. Living life to the fullest is the mindset he's embraced. After suffering a serious stroke, and being told that he should play it safe and stay home, he got back on his motorcycle...

Today, Chrissy Wozniak sits down with Kelsey Banks to learn about her deep roots in agriculture and to hear her incredible story. Kelsey is an inspirational young woman who has had a deep passion for agriculture her entire life. Hailing from Eastern Ontario, you may recognize Kelsey’s friendly face from the many farm shows she used to frequent. While she is a pumpkin farmer at her roots, Kelsey is...

For the final episode of 2021, we took a look back over Chrissy Wozniak's favorite question that she asks her guests at the end of each episode of the North American Ag Spotlight - Why do you do what you do? This industry is filled with inspirational people, willing to serve in many ways, helping farmers keep farming. North American Ag is devoted to highlighting the incredible people & co...

Today Chrissy Wozniak is sitting down with the Principal of BioMass Solution, Jacek Chmielewski to discuss carbon reduction strategies in agriculture. BioMass Solution's mission is to bring financially and environmentally restorative and regenerative solutions to undervalued and problematic waste. Through this, we are solving an environmental problem, lowering (or in fact restoring carbon via...

Last week, the U.S. House voted to pass two NCBA-supported pieces of legislation that are critical to providing producers with greater transparency in the cattle markets. Chrissy Wozniak sits down with NCBA's Tanner Beymer to learn more about what the passing of these bills means for the industry. The House voted 418-9 to advance H.R. 5290, introduced by House Agriculture Committee Chairman D...

Welcome to the launch of the much-anticipated podcast, 'What Color Is Your Tractor?'. Hosted by North American Ag's Chrissy Wozniak, this show is here to give you insight on the stories behind the ag brands you love, and the ag brands you love to hate. Today, Chrissy is diving into the story behind Landoll with founder, owner and president Don Landoll.  Chrissy Wozniak has always be...

This week, Chrissy Wozniak is sitting down with Stacy Anthony of AgRevolution to discuss this newly established and extremely innovative new dealership for AGCO. In early 2021, AGCO formed AgRevolution™, an agricultural equipment dealership providing industry-leading products and support services to the farming community throughout Kentucky and southern Indiana. AGCO supports a strong independent...

This week Chrissy Wozniak sits down with Gary Steuart, founder of Steuart Laboratories. For over 35 years, Steuart's has helped animals (and people!) with natural & herbal creams and ointments. Steuart Laboratories' products promote healthier skin, tissue repair and healing and relief from joint, muscle, and nerve pain. Our products are formulated with organic and natural ingredients...

This week, Chrissy Wozniak sits down with Tyler Bramble, Portfolio Growth Lead at Cainthus. Cainthus is a leading Computer Vision and AI company offering technology that is transformational for animals, farmers and the production of food. The Cainthus technology - used for both ALUS Nutrition and ALUS Behavior - relies on a smart camera system that monitors animal behavior as well as operations on...

Today Chrissy Wozniak sits down with Sam Guererri, the South East Sales Manager of revolutionary agtech company PlantTape. Based in California’s Salinas Valley, PlantTape brings precision agriculture to growers of vegetables, tomatoes, and hemp. We believe in empowering farmers around the world to increase crop yield and lower costs. The entire PlantTape process is built around our namesake innova...

New partnership will offer on-demand feed testing and in-field decision-making capabilities. Si-Ware Systems Inc., creator of NeoSpectra material analysis solutions built on single-chip FT-NIR spectrometers, today announced a partnership with Dairyland Laboratories, Inc., a leading agricultural feed and forage testing laboratory with customers across the U.S. and in over 20 countries. The partners...

Last week the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) welcomed the introduction of the Cattle Contract Library Act, led by Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX). Tanner Beymer of the NCBA sat down to talk to Chrissy Wozniak about the bill.  This bipartisan bill would establish a cattle contract library within USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS), equipp...

Today Roger Olson brings his experience to the table as we focus on the health and wellbeing of dairy cows. Roger is the dairy account manager at Zinpro, and is former owner and manager of a 1,200-cow dairy and inventor of Shredlage – a corn silage processing technology that he sold to CLAAS. His experience with Dr. Don Hoglund’s training methods have also helped develop his well-rounded philosoph...

North American Ag has partnered with METOS USA to bring industry leaders together once a month to discuss a topic at the forefront of North American Agriculture. This month, we are focusing on the future of farm shows, what needs to change and what needs to be preserved. Continue reading to learn more about this month's guest speakers. To learn more about METOS USA, visit their website here:...

This week Chrissy Wozniak is sitting down with Kordel France, CEO of Seekar Technologies. Seekar is solving today's problems with tomorrow's technology.  Seekar utilizes artificial intelligence and computer vision to provide smarter crop diagnostics and field management. Seekar packs the agriscience lab into a high-tech mobile solution so that farmers can have on-demand crop health analy...

This week Chrissy Wozniak sits down to talk with Eddy Badrina, CEO of Eden Green Technology. Eden Green Technology is a vertical farming company that is changing the way we farm our produce, and feed our communities. Eden Green Technology offers vertical farming technology and turnkey greenhouse systems that can grow 50+ varieties of greens, fruits and vegetables sustainably and efficiently to sup...