It's the day after the 4th of July celebration and we are back at it bringing you the latest agriculture news. Today we have an interview with Kyle Wasson and we learn more about what Montana agriculture is all about.
Learn how this west coast company is combating labor shortages through an app! Ganaz is the leading world in supplying employers with a reliable work force through technology!
We head south to our friend Ashley Arrington in Georgia where we get the #MarketMonday talk from the cotton and peanut industry perspective.
News is all over the board. The Senate passed their version of the Farm Bill and will begin to work next week with the House. We have an update report from our friends at Zaner and an interview with Kevin Ross the new VP at the National Corn Growers Association.
Hannah recaps her experience at the I am FarmHer Conference. We have an interview from a Chinese citizen, and an interview from Julie Anna Potts with the American Farm Bureau Federation on trade and policy.
Lots of news on the docket today! Monte James from YourAgNetwork sent us an update from Ambassador Brandstad in China on the importation of US beef and possibly sweet corn in to that country; plus today was amendment day in the Senate on their version of the farm bill, with Mike and Delaney looking at two proposals that probably will be adopted - one from John Thune on CRP and the other from Charles Grassley on farm payment limits. And some cool news about a worthwhile group working to keep farmers farming!And, Hannah Pagel is still down in Kansas City, Missouri at the I Am FarmHer Conference, and today she spoke with one of the few sheep dairy proprietors in the U.S., Sarah Hoffman of Green Dirt Farm in Weston, MO. The Hoffman family has been milking sheep and producing artisanal cheese for almost 20 years, and you can find it on the menu of many resturants in the KC area. Be sure to listen in to learn more about the diverse industry of Ag!
Lukas Fricke, CEO of ChorCheck, is today's featured #TechTuesday. ChorCheck is utilizing the power of BlockChain on the farm- find out how on today's episode!
It's another Monday, so it's another sell off in the commodities world as trade threats reverberated throughout the weekend. Weather is also driving events, as wildfires in California spread and flooding impacts parts of the cornbelt. Plus, the French are trying to get their beef back in to the Chinese market as US beef might be assessed a tariff, and truckers in Brazil are not quite satisfied with the recent hike in freight rates, so they are still being slow to move products to the ports.To help us make some sense of everything that's going on, Brian Hoops from Midwest Market Solutions joins Mike and Delaney today to look at trade and demand in detail! Be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher!
Steve Bohr discusses why its important to start having the conversation of a succession plan. We also discuss what's going on in the Senate and in House with the next steps of the Farm Bill and Immigration Bill.
A lot is going on for agriculture news. Learn about the recent trade and tariff talk along with RINs and ethanol production and end the podcast with an interview on Massachusetts agriculture.