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Agweek Podcast

May 28, 2020

This week's discussion includes a government food box filling program where food processors are getting contracts to help out food banks, angry ranchers and their unique signage and another upper-Midwest planting progress update for you. Our guest this week is Noah Fish, our Agweek reporter based out of...


May 21, 2020

This week's discussion features an update on planting progress across the upper Midwest, especially how varied each region's planted acres are. We also revisit the meat supply chain issues we've been covering and talk about a story involving a Minnesota woman who raises sheep in addition to working in healthcare....


May 14, 2020

Topics discussed include issues in the egg market during the COVID-19 pandemic, a conservation award that a South Dakota ranch family earned and other upper-Midwest ag news. Our guest this week is Lacey Block from Rancher's Rebellion Beef Company, a direct-to-consumer meat company who's pushing back against the...


May 7, 2020

We discuss a South African travel ban's impact on immigrant farm labor, update listeners on spring planting progress across the upper Midwest and continue our coverage of regional and national meat issues, from the producers to packing plants to consumers at the grocery store. Our guest this week is Dave Wehlander...