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Meet Bryan Pippitt - one of 2024’s Farmer Conversations

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - April 23, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Our third season of talking to a pair of producers in different parts of the country kicks off this week as we get to know Bryan Pippett.

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E191: Farmer Entrepreneurs Find New Revenue Opportunities

Field Posts - April 17, 2024 20:00 - 37 minutes
Finding space on a farm for a family member to return can be a tough challenge. More and more, returnees are looking to build adjacent businesses to earn their keep, exploring everything from direct to market meats to u-pick operations. Growing these enterprises can be a great way to build confi...

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E190: Planting on the Horizon with the April WASDE

Field Posts - April 16, 2024 14:00 - 34 minutes
The April WASDE dropped Thursday April 11th, keeping the momentum of data releases going as USDA looks to the season ahead. Overall, many questions remain, though updates on planting intentions and the March 28th grain stocks report suggest that anemic prices might be here to stay a little while...

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You are the key to the entire organization - Josh Dallin #844

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - April 16, 2024 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
This second part of our discussion with Josh Dallin centers more on you. If your farming operation is going to succeed - you need to have a good base and that starts with a strong respect for the importance of mental health. But as with many - reluctance highlights the challenges and stressors ...

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Close encounters cement reason for strong attention to mental health - #843 Josh Dallin

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - April 09, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
A hand went up at the end of a Utah State Extension meeting in 2019 that changed the course for many in that room - including organizers.

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E189: New Ag Census Flashes Warning Light for US Ag

Field Posts - April 02, 2024 17:00 - 30 minutes
The Census of Agriculture is a long standing USDA tradition, stretching all the way back to the department’s founding. A few weeks ago, the department revealed its latest iteration, updating the 2017 numbers with the latest figures that captured the impacts of trade wars, the global pandemic, an...

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Undisciplined capital has potential to greatly impact U.S. soybean crush potential

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - April 02, 2024 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Tanner Ehmke, the lead economist on grain and oilseed, discusses how undisciplined capital has potential to bring a boom and the factors that could go the other way.

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E188: Planting Weather Outlook 2024

Field Posts - March 26, 2024 13:00 - 34 minutes
March 19th, the official first day of spring of this 2024 leap year, was followed shortly by some of the wettest and most wintery weather many have seen since harvest. The waning El Nino pattern deserves some of the credit or the blame, as farmers worrying about drought balance the need for more...

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9 questions that could change your life - Josie Rudolphi

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - March 26, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Josie shares her work in the field of farm safety and mental health, including her role in the North Central Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Center.

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Texas wildfires will take years to recover from in cattle numbers and ranchers - Bill Martin

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - March 19, 2024 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Bill Martin has spent most of his career around livestock. The last three are part of a leap of faith from Colorado back to his native Texas with college friends to operate Lonestar Stockyards outside of Amarillo, Texas.

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E187: Happy National Ag Day!

Field Posts - March 19, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes
2024’s National Ag Day is March 19th, with major events taking place in Washington DC and all around the country as farmers, their families, and ag industry members gather to celebrate their work. The day will kick off with a Presidential proclamation honoring the day, followed by words from the...

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E185: Bears Overtake USDA’s 2024 Commodity Outlook

Field Posts - March 15, 2024 15:00 - 32 minutes
The 100th annual USDA Ag Outlook Forum took place February 15th and 16th, and the Department’s keystone event didn’t disappoint. Given current conditions and forecasts, analysts are expecting a record crop of corn, soybeans and wheat in 2024, which will further flesh out a global stocks figure t...

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E186: Commodity Classic Redux

Field Posts - March 15, 2024 15:00 - 34 minutes
The 2024 Commodity Classic was held February 28th through March 2nd in balmy Houston, Texas, and participants flocked from around the country and the world to see the latest tech and hear news-making announcements from the Secretary of Agriculture, leaders in agribusiness, and national commodity...

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The land, the price and a 50 inch deficit - Ben Riensche

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - March 12, 2024 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Ben Riensche’s past life was in banking so his finance take now on the farm helps provide some insight on and off his Jesup, Iowa operation.

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E184: Battening Down the Hatches with the March WASDE

Field Posts - March 09, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes
The March WASDE dropped Friday March 8th, and despite maintaining its status as a quieter report, a key announcement offered some support for soybeans, as other news of the week depressed wheat.  DTN’s Lead Analyst Todd Hultman joins us today to dig into the latest numbers, in particular some g...

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Virtual farming continues as IRL farming expands - Grant Hilbert 

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - March 05, 2024 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Simulated farming has a life of its own for The Squad creator Grant Hilbert.

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E183: Latest Dicamba Updates for 2024

Field Posts - March 04, 2024 19:00 - 27 minutes
On February 7th, 2024, a federal judge ruled that the EPA had unlawfully approved dicamba for over the top use in cotton and soybeans, leading to a ban for three dicamba-based weed killers for 2024. What exactly that would mean for growers who had already bought and paid for seeds and chemistry ...

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Farm Rescue comes in a time of need - Ben Smith

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - February 27, 2024 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Crisis doesn’t happen on schedule - usually a heart attack, farm accident or cancer diagnosis can come when a crop is ready for planting or harvest.

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E182: No February Lull for the Cattle Markets

Field Posts - February 20, 2024 20:00 - 26 minutes
The smallest cattle herd in the history of USDA reporting is currently standing in the US as we speak, and the reduced stock extends from feeder and grass calves all the way to heifers and bred cattle. On top of that, tough winter weather at the start of the year has curbed slaughter weights, ma...

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Feral hogs run wild - growing like compound interest

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - February 20, 2024 12:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Wild hogs have been found in several U.S. states and the damage can be severe.

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E181: Latin America Worries in February WASDE

Field Posts - February 15, 2024 19:00 - 34 minutes
 The February WASDE dropped Thursday, February 8th, and despite being a relatively quiet report, still sent waves through commodity markets as USDA diverges from Brazilian officials in its estimate of Brazilian crops. The result– some confusion about the global corn stocks and some hope that Lat...

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Still a waiting in line to get that steak will impact cattle market - Derrell Peel

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - February 13, 2024 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
The cattle inventory report gives confirms the smallest herd since the 1950's. Derrell Peel is Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist for Oklahoma State University and sees similarities to this cycle with others tied to drier conditions. He gives us insight on the pipeline and the layered and...

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Still waiting in line to get that steak will impact cattle market - Derrell Peel

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - February 13, 2024 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
The cattle inventory report gives confirms the smallest herd since the 1950's. Derrell Peel is Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist for Oklahoma State University and sees similarities to this cycle with others tied to drier conditions. He gives us insight on the pipeline and the layered and...

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Hanging onto the cliff of optimism with our fingernails for a Farm Bill in 2024 - Jonathan Coppess

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - February 06, 2024 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
As politics go, the Farm Bill resorted to a broader coalition of food, fiber and commodity support. That action was decades ago but this environment - on top of an election year - is making the waters even tougher to navigate for leadership. Jonathan Coppess is an Ag Policy professor at the Uni...

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Farmer Derek plays on with the trombone and eagle cam

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - January 30, 2024 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
He’s famous for his trombone skills and performance locations, eagle cams and other adventures on his Kansas Farm. Derek Klingenberg is ready for another season of eagle watch from his live stream of an eagle nest. We also catch up about new places he’s brought out the trombone and new players ...

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E180: Get Paid for Cover Cropping with Farmers for Soil Health

Field Posts - January 26, 2024 16:00 - 25 minutes
Farmers for Soil Health is both a collaboration amongst farmer groups and a program hoping to motivate a big change in the US ag landscape.  The group’s mission– to advance the use of soil health practices like cover crops to help improve farmer profitability, as born out of an agreement between...

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Peers, neighbors and relatives all have a part in transition planning - Clint Fischer

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - January 23, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Making the transition from one generation to the next can be a touchy subject. Like anything communication goes a long way and it could have started in a mentoring relationship or other exchange of ideas. Clint Fischer started Braintrust Ag as a way to help facilitate the idea sharing and trans...

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E179: Ag Technology Takes Las Vegas

Field Posts - January 20, 2024 15:00 - 27 minutes
Tech aficionados and leading brands from around the globe descended on Las Vegas January 9th through 12th to see and show off their latest tools and toys at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show. Artificial intelligence and autonomous machines were just the beginning, as more than 25 categories wer...

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Clock ticking on stakeholders to decide water policy – Kathryn Sorensen #831

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - January 16, 2024 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 28 ratings
Seven states are up against the clock to get a water deal reached over the Colorado River and who gets what allotment. As the 2026 deadline approaches, the food versus cities debate simmers over the precious resource. Kathryn Sorensen is the director of the Kyle Center for Water Policy at Arizo...

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E178: Rags to Riches for the 2023 Crop in January WASDE

Field Posts - January 13, 2024 01:00 - 35 minutes
The January WASDE dropped Friday, January 12th, offering further confirmation of 2023’s record corn crop and adding bearish pressure to the commodity markets overall as the US stock picture across the board looks healthier than many expected.  DTN’s Lead Markets Analyst Todd Hultman joins us to...