Latest Farmers Podcast Episodes

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Frontrunner - 2nd May 2024

Frontrunner - May 02, 2024 10:41 - 10 minutes
Last week, speculative fund short covering took UK wheat futures to their highest levels in 2024 so far. Prolonged dryness and temperatures in the high 20s across much of southern Russia and east Ukraine were the primary price drivers. However, cooler temperatures and rain over the weekend mean...

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Clean Air Act, could eliminate air pollution disparities

AGRI NEWS NET - May 02, 2024 06:45 - 4 minutes
While air quality has improved dramatically over the past 50 years thanks in part to the Clean Air Act, people of color at every income level in the United States are still exposed to higher-than-average levels of air pollution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Choosing the best genetics for your herd | Ep. 75

Talking Dairy - April 30, 2024 20:00 - 27 minutes
When it comes to breeding more efficient cows, why is genetic gain so important and how can NZAEL’s online tools help? Join us as we talk to Rhiannon Handcock DairyNZ’s NZAEL scientist and dairy farmer Michelle Burgess, about the latest in dairy genetics and animal evaluation. Notes NZAEL is t...

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298 Dan Kittredge – Local, regenerative and organic have no connection to nutrient density, soil health does

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food - April 30, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
A long-overdue check-in interview with Dan Kittredge, founder of the Bionutrient Food Association. We discuss their involvement in the revolutionary beef study, all the research they have been doing and where they have been showing absolutely no connection between the labels, local, organic, reg...

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Meet Donald Oesterle - one of 2024's Farmer Conversations

Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast - April 30, 2024 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 27 ratings
Donald Oesterle is a third generation farmer in Mason, Michigan. He’s our other farmer we will check in with this growing season to see how his corn, wheat, canola, soybeans and cattle are doing.

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Ep #192 Routines for a Successful Season

Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - April 30, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes
Our brain loves a great routine and it's important that as things shift in our lives that we take some time as CEOs of our business to re-evaluate them and make decisions ahead of time to set ourselves up for success. Often we just let the seasons run us and run us over instead of setting up sys...

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Researchers show that the shape of flowers has the biggest effect on how parasites are transmitted to bees

AGRI NEWS NET - April 30, 2024 09:39 - 2 minutes
Parasite spread has been implicated as a major driver of bee population decline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Should I grow OSR this Autumn?

Tramlines - April 30, 2024 06:00 - 20 minutes
Today we are going to be talking to Agrii’s David Leaper, seed technical specialist and Tim Horton, technical manager for combinable crops. With ongoing concerns about the reliability of OSR, the question we ask today is should I be growing OSR this autumn? Where does the crop fit and how can it...

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Investing in regenerative ag

Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast - April 29, 2024 19:14 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 80 ratings
Dirt Capital Partners takes a "slow money" perspective on investing, helping farmers get land access and regenerate not only the soil but also their communities.  Their goal is to not only transform how agriculture is done in the US, but how investing itself is done, by focusing on the real impa...

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Ep 291: Encore Episode: Pirate Vendors

Tent Talk - April 29, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
Pirate vendors, aargh! No, we’re not talking about buccaneers that sail the seven seas, we’re talking about sellers and solicitors that set up in or around a farmers market as unofficial vendors. Though usually well-intentioned, hawkers, buskers, petitioners, and street vendors can confuse shopp...

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Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation method.

AGRI NEWS NET - April 29, 2024 06:58 - 4 minutes
Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting bio-sequestration, increasing resilience to climate change, and stre...

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Back to the Ranch - with Avery Wrigglesworth

Meet the Farmers - April 29, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Image credit: Avery Wrigglesworth Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder ...

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AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines Weekend 27th April 2024

AGRI NEWS NET - April 27, 2024 09:48 - 6 minutes
AGRI NEWS - WEEKEND RUSH Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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297 Chris Henggeler - Standing on the shoulders of giants (Savory, Ingham, Provenza) and managing over 77000 hectares in remote Australia

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food - April 26, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
A conversation with Chris Henggeler, a second-generation high-density, low-duration herder using herds for land management. From one of the most remote places in Australia, we explore big myths like many animals damage the land, to a huge question: can we actually put the new megafauna to work? ...

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Frontrunner - 25th April 2024

Frontrunner - April 25, 2024 12:01 - 10 minutes
In an eventful week for the wheat markets, speculative fund short-covering spurred a sharp ascent, propelling London November 2024 wheat futures past £200/t - their highest level since 10th January. Geopolitical tensions and weather fluctuations initially fuelled the surge, although values retra...

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What Are the Environmental Impacts of Food Production

AGRI NEWS NET - April 25, 2024 09:48 - 3 minutes
The combustion of fossil fuels is often (rightly) regarded as the chief source of many negative environmental consequences, such as the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and climate change. However, recent computer models have suggested that even if all combustion of oil, coal and gas was to ce...

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Lobato Farms & Mesa Conservation District: Innovations and Inventions to Improve Farmland

Fresh Growth - April 24, 2024 23:00 - 27 minutes
Join us as we talk with Michael Lobato, Lobato Farms, and Holly Stanley, Mesa Conservation District on Colorado’s Western slope about their innovations with applying biochar in a no-till system.  Michael has worked to transform what was once part of a large sheep ranch into a thriving 5-acre fa...

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296 Jojo Mehta - Making ecocide a crime in less than 5 years and for less than 6 million dollars

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food - April 23, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
A conversation with Jojo Mehta, executive director of Stop Ecocide International, about making ecocide a crime, something you can get arrested for and end up in prison. How do we get it from a discussion in lawyer circles and academic circles into international criminal law? And why is it going ...

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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 ★★★★ - 27 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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Ep #191 Your Permission Slip to Do Business Your Way

Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - April 23, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes
There's a lot of ways to do business and a lot of people telling you how you "should" do it "right". The truth is that there is no ONE way and there is no RIGHT timeframe for success. The whole reason you got into business is probably to have more time and money freedom and to chart your own cou...

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Electronic tongue can detect white wine spoilage before humans can

AGRI NEWS NET - April 23, 2024 08:17 - 3 minutes
While the electronic tongue bears little physical resemblance to its namesake, the strand-like sensory probes of the "e-tongue" still outperformed human senses when detecting contaminated wine in a recent study. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep 290: Encore Episode: Make Your Farmers Market Opening Grand

Tent Talk - April 22, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
Opening a new farmers market or starting a new season at an existing one is exciting. A lot goes into getting ready to launch, and building up to a truly grand opening. Building awareness and anticipation for both the community and your family of farmers and vendors means a busy opening day. Pla...

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What Consumers Should Ask About Precision Fermentation

AGRI NEWS NET - April 22, 2024 06:09 - 5 minutes
Precision fermentation is a relatively new food technology that is rapidly entering the mainstream. Products such as milk protein, animal fats, collagen, honey, lobster, egg whites and more are receiving hundreds of millions of investor dollars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

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La FAO en Bref - 22 Avril 2024

FAO Podcasts - April 22, 2024 05:42 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Dans cet épisode, la FAO appelle à un financement accru pour les agriculteurs du Soudan afin de prévenir l’aggravation de la crise alimentaire, le Directeur général de la FAO a souligné le potentiel de développement de l'Afrique lors de la Conférence régionale au Maroc, et la Commission de la Co...

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La FAO en minutos - 22 de Abril de 2024

FAO Podcasts - April 22, 2024 05:42 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
En este episodio, la FAO pide más recursos para los agricultores de Sudán con el fin de evitar el agravamiento de la crisis del hambre; el Director General de la FAO destaca el potencial de desarrollo de África en la Conferencia Regional celebrada en Marruecos, y el órgano rector de la Convenci...

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FAO Brief - 22 April 2024

FAO Podcasts - April 22, 2024 05:41 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, FAO calls for more funding and resources for farmers in Sudan to prevent the escalation of the hunger crisis; FAO’s Director-General emphasized Africa’s potential for development at the FAO’s Regional Conference that took place in Morocco; and the governing body of the Interna...

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Curlews and Farming in the Dales - with Leigh Weston

Meet the Farmers - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Ben speaks to Leigh Weston who farms in the Yorkshire Dales. Leigh is an ambassador for Curlew Action.  Image credit: Leigh Weston Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Ou...

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AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines Weekend 3 of April 2024

AGRI NEWS NET - April 20, 2024 08:55 - 5 minutes
News headlines of the week. This was a Audiocast from the NEWSDESK of (CRA) Media International in Los Angeles in the USA.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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An economic update: a year in review and new season forecasts | Ep. 74

Talking Dairy - April 18, 2024 22:00 - 19 minutes
When it comes to budgeting on farm and forecasting spend, how do others do this? Join us as we talk to Mark Storey DairyNZ’s Head of Economics and Louise Collingwood – a South Waikato farmer, about the latest economic insights and newly updated DairyNZ Econ Tracker tool.

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Frontrunner - 18th April 2024

Frontrunner - April 18, 2024 09:37 - 9 minutes
Last week's United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) report brought minimal shifts in the global wheat landscape. While world wheat production saw a slight increase to 787.36 million tonnes and consumption rose marginally to 800.1 million tonnes, end stocks dipped to 258.27 million tonnes....