Off-Farm Income

OFI 940: Splitting up the farm, but not the family | Farm Succession Planning | Elaine Froese | Farm Family Coach 11.12.2020 50:43 ↓

SHOW NOTES As you all know from listening to the show, I have a very positive outlook on the world of farming and rural living.  I believe that those of us who value this way of life has a lot going for us, and we are very fortunate that our values lie in living this way.  With this in mind, I tend to look at this lifestyle through rose-colored glasses. Alas, the episodes I produce about rural cri...

Making Custom Hats From Idaho To Australia 10.12.2020 1:03:43 ↓

SHOW NOTES KEY IDEAS:  Roy Jackson has the title "Master Hatter", but I would call him an artist.  About three years ago my brother-in-law returned from a work trip to Salmon, Idaho.  He told me that I needed to look into "this guy up there that makes hats".  That is how I got introduced to Roy Jackson. About a year after that I was watching "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".  At the very beginni...

OFI 939: ELK a sustainable and renewable source of a rich mineral | FFA Edition | Andrew Mehus | Cochrane-Fountain City High School FFA 09.12.2020 39:38 ↓

SHOW NOTES Today's episode features one of the most unique and interesting, and possibly most dangerous, supervised agricultural experiences we have ever profiled on the Off-Farm Income Podcast. Andrew Mehus is the former chapter president of the Cochrane-Fountain City FFA Chapter .  He is now studying wildlife ecology at the University Of Wisconsin , Stevens Point.  He is also the 2020 National P...

OFI 937: Embryo transfer technology with Goats| FFA Edition | Luke Falkenstien | Lebette County Highschool FFA 07.12.2020 30:08 ↓

SHOW NOTES One of things I love about hosting the Off-Farm Income Podcast is being up to date on the latest in technology and what people are doing to advance their businesses.   Never has that been more true than today's Episode. My guest today, Luke Falkenstien, just won the National Proficiency Award for Goat Production.   It is easy to see what made his application and interview stand out.   H...

OFI 935: From Buying To Raising Market Livestock 04.12.2020 22:41 ↓

INTRODUCING BECCA LEHMAN!  It is always very interesting to interview students in the early part of the FFA journey.  So many students start out small on their projects or in their competitions, and then they grow into more sophisticated projects and supervised agricultural experiences. Each of these students go through a transitional period as they progress in their FFA experience.  In today's ep...

OFI 930: Where Is Fort Peck? 24.11.2020 26:53 ↓

On this day in 1936 Life Magazine released its first ever magazine.  The photo on the cover was of the spillway of the Fort Peck Dam in Fort Peck, Montana.  Some 58 years later I would find myself spending Thanksgiving on a ranch just 48 miles down the Missouri River from that historic spot, and I would find myself learning a lot about the realities of ranching and how agricultural binds communiti...

OFI - 929: Generational Farming and Leasing Land From Family 23.11.2020 24:19 ↓

INTRODUCING CONNER GRANT ! One of the greatest things about interview FFA students is hearing the "unbridled" enthusiasm that the students have for their projects, farming and agriculture.   In today's interview I am interviewing an student who is the third generation of farmer on his families farm. Conner Grant's grandfather started their farm from scratch in the 1970's.   Today this farming lega...