The Little Red Barn

This week, Ryan and Charlie discuss the start of harvest, great weather, bad prices, and not much potential for improvement. Then we talk about technology, specifically autonomous tractors. It's pretty cool stuff, but it's nowhere near what's been promoted to be up to this point. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

Holy cow! Squirrels are on the loose, and info comes Fast 'n Fuirous style in this week's Episode of the Little Red Barn Podcast. Jill Houin of Homestead Dairy stops by to talk about the Indy 500 Milk, robots, expansion/succession of the family farm, immigration, the restaurant biz, and much more. GEEZ!  There's barely any time for Ryan and Charlie to discuss absolutely stupid inven...

It seems like we can't go more than a few days to few weeks without new AI headlines and soundbytes. We're getting tired of it. Dr. Scott Strong says "tough cookies, it's here to stay", and brings us up to speed on AI's role in immigration issues, education, transportation/automation and AI learning to lie, cheat and deceive.  Yippie. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

Ryan and Charlie are joined by Dave Schrock of Top Acre. USDA does USDA things (not a compliment), and Ryan has a few choice things to say about it regarding the most recent WASDE.  They guys talk crop tours and State Fair while hearing for the first time about the Top Acre program and what its all about. Something for everyone in this episode. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

Ryan and Charlie are joined by Isabella Chism, former 2nd Vice President of Indiana Farm Bureau and now with American Farm Bureau Federation, along with Chism Farms. We take a run at Women in Agriculture...what the designation means, why it's important, and its place in the industry. We also dive a bit into trade, tractors, and play "bulls v. bears". Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

Our resident AI guru,  Dr Scott Strong is back with concerns on the speed of AI development. We talk impact on the US dollar, trade agreements and the current administrations desire to have world domination in machine learning and AI. It comes at a high cost...and apparently that cost comes at the expense of agriculture. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

The Red Barn Road Show hits Goshen, Indiana this week for the Tractor Pull!  Ryan and Charlie visit with Kevin Smith of Smith Family Farms, driver of the "Buckshot Reloaded" IPL Hot Farm Class pulling tractor, in Rochester. We get schooled on the sport while sweltering in the heat. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

The Little Red Barn Podcast starts off a series of 'on location' episodes, traveling this week to Argos, IN for the Marshall County Fair.  We talk dairy beef and the new (?) agronomy buzzwords "overly-tight tassel wrap", over-zealous tree trimmers, and the role of REMC in agriculture today as well as in the future. All of this while being forced into shelters for severe weather.  Fun tim...

Mr. Houin brings all sorts of stories with him this week as the guys try and figure out: "how could someone manage to get a sprayer stuck during a drought?" Ryan and Charlie travel through the topics of irrigation maintenance, screw worm, tariffs, and "Muck for Dummies," among other random squirrel chases, but you'll probably learn something anyway.  This episode is presented by Mac America A...

Coyote returns for one more "in studio" appearance with Ryan and Charlie before he hits the road to a state with no income tax. Moonshine, state budgets, trade, and the Big Beautiful Bill are all part of this week's discussion. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

It's been hot. Yeah, welcome to summer. But "corn sweat" makes Ryan see red. The guys talk weather, crop growth, revisit acres, and hit a few other 'coffee shop' topics in this week's episode. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

Ryan and Charlie hit weather, the ever cycling Israel-Iran headlines, planted acres and then explore a controversial discussion on a Gen X gap in Agribusiness leadership. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

Ryan and Charlie bring a packed agenda this week: talking RVOs, crop health, Israel/Iran, backyard chickens, farming inside metropolitan limits, and more. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

Charlie is back in the studio as we chat about last week's rains, the menace of groundhogs, emergence issues, replant, and just how many acres are out there. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!

Most folks have a relationship with law enforcement that is similar to in-laws: you aren't really keen on having them around unless you really need them. But folks in rural America need to have a better view than that. This week, Captain Brian Holloman of the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department joins us to discuss the relationship agriculture has to law enforcement and what that relation...