Talk Dirt to Me

We discuss our thoughts on the upcoming year and share what we're facing going into a new season.  Historically high input costs, wildly volatile markets, and logistical difficulties across the board are just a few of the obstacles staring at farmers for 2022. We share our plans for the year and goals we have in order to ride out this wild year approaching.   Thank you for tuning in, please leave...

It's Christmas time!  We give a quick update on some exciting things happening on the farm, and then we dive into the Christmas episode.  First we discuss some of our traditions at this holiday and maybe future traditions.  We then each share our top 5 Christmas movie list and rank them.  We name a few honorable mentions, and we discuss is Die Hard really a Christmas movie.   Thank y'all for tunin...

Most people may not realize the level of danger and possibility of injury/death in farming so Bobby Lee and I discuss that in this episode.  We share the statistics of the top ten most dangerous jobs and if farming made it into that category.  We give a few personal experiences of injury or near misses.  We also share a few of our tips and what actual farm safety looks like.  Give it a listen, I t...

We go further into the nuts and bolts of becoming a row crop farmer in this episode.  We touch on the different buying options you have of retailers and why the cheapest option isn't always the best. Also some of the basic ways to set up your marketing strategy, and the volatility of the markets.  "You will never go broke selling at a profit."  That sounds simple but a lot of people overlook it.  ...

We wrapped up becoming a cattleman and now we dive into becoming a row crop farmer.  There's a lot to this, and a whole bunch to consider.  We cover a couple different ways to initially begin, and options to consider.  We give a real time breakdown of profit made from a farm, and a look at some of the expenses.  We also discuss a couple of the things not often considered by first time farmers or t...

We wrap up the Become a Cattleman series with this deep dive into the finances and more in depth look at the operations.  Bobby Lee gives real time breakdowns of the money spent per cow, and money made per cow.  We discuss why you may would want to consider a cow/calf operation vs backgrounding.  As well as how long it takes a cow to pay for herself on average.  Lastly towards the end we hit a few...

This was a topic we were asked to cover.  We talked about how we got started and financed in other episodes, but this one is specifically for someone with no ties in on how to start a cattle operation.  We discuss a cow/calf operation vs. backgrounding stockers.  We discuss which has the better potential for return and what would be easier to start with.  Bobby Lee covers if it's better to buy the...

We don't hold back on our breakdown about the realities surrounding GMO and Non-GMO crops.  We discuss the safety of GMO crops, as well as the yield differences.  Are Non-GMO healthier to eat?  Which one is the greener option?  What crops are even GMO?  What is GMO??  We cover all this in this one!  Please leave us a rating and a review, and we ask that you share this episode!  Reach out to us at...

We dive into the realm of US Beef in this episode.  What is stopping your local ranchers from selling directly to you, who is controlling most of the prices, and some of the deception you may not know about going on with the meat you buy.  We hope you enjoy this episode and as always ask that you please leave us a rating and a review!  Please share this episode with someone you know that may be in...

This episode we explore the world of farm payments.  Everyone wants to know about the money farmers get and are they on welfare?? Well we go into this in this episode as well as reveal how some guys exploit it for their gain and how it hurts/helps American farming.  We hope y'all enjoy this episode and ask that you leave us a rating!  Also go to our website Talkdirtpodcast.com and submit any quest...

We bust open the can of worms that is Bill Gates buying up all this land, and share our thoughts on it.  This leads to what we see as somewhat the boogeyman of farming.  We go all into the statistics on who owns the land, and benefits of the farmer being the one who has ownership of the land.  We also hit a little on the ultra commercialization of farming.  Please leave us a rating and a review if...

We begin with an extra barrier to entry we didn't get to talk about in episode two then we dive into the main topic.  Renting ground, specifically row crop land.  What's in entail, how to do it the right way and the wrong way.  We touch on a lot in this episode and hope that it will help ignite some ideas for you to rent some of your own ground.  As always we please ask that you rate this podcast...

Why is the average age of farmers 60+ years old and steadily rising?  We dive into this topic and discuss a few of the barriers to becoming a farmer today.  No land available? Rent prices too high?  Overhead too extreme?  We dive into it this episode.  Please leave us a rating and let us know what you thought of the episode.  Share it with your friends!  

This is the introductory episode letting people know who we are, and why we feel we can talk dirt to you!  Bobby Lee and I both share our background and how we each started our own operations.  Bobby Lee is a cattleman, and Logan is a row crop farmer.  We hope you enjoy this episode and ask that you please leave us a rating and let us know what you think of it.  Please share this with your friends...