Jul 30, 2020
This week's topics include a farm that looks a little different than the "traditional" Red River Valley of ND/MN farm, a story about how a centennial farm has evolved to stay profitable and a very large sugar beet statue and Jenny and Al discuss Al's desire for having chickens in his backyard. This week's episode's...
Jul 23, 2020
This week's topics include a story about manure hauling and spreading and how recent trends have affected companies that custom haul/spread and the farmers who use this fertilizer. We'll also discuss Minnesota's Hmong farmer's market growers and talk about the cattle market. Our guest this week is Jamie Schurhamer...
Jul 17, 2020
This week's topics include a female rancher who is the main operator - but the USDA keeps sending correspondence to her husband, who is the secondary operator with an off-the-farm job. Also discussed are a large July 3rd part in south-central North Dakota and the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program from the USDA Farm...
Jul 9, 2020
This week's discussion includes recent farm accidents, beer (and the barley used to make it), mental health in Minnesota and plenty of tax tips in time for this year's pushed-back Tax Day in July. Justin Frye returns as our guest this week. Justin is a CPA based in Fargo, ND specializing in farm, ranch and agribusiness...
Jul 2, 2020
This week's topics are stories about a North Dakota sunflower seed company's rollercoaster year with a lack of road trips and baseball games, the regions drought conditions (while some areas are way too wet) and a few meat stories including more lenient restrictions and a new family-run meat market in Minnesota. We...