15 Minutes With a Farmer

Former CEO Vane Clayton Finds Purpose Volunteering With Farm Rescue

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Indiana farmer Vane Clayton had a successful career at John Deere before becoming CEO of four different software companies. Now he's back in the tractor on his own farm and is helping others in their time of need by volunteering with Farm Rescue.

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New Rural Minds Program Helps Farmers Build Mental Health Resilience

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

The new Farmer Mental Health Resilience Program from Rural Minds helps farmers recognize the warning signs of a mental health crisis, start conversations, and build resilience.

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Ohio Farmer Zoe Kent Grows Corn, Soybeans, and Content

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Ohio farmer Zoe Kent grows corn and soybeans while sharing the real work of farming with hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.

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Soybean Leader Says New Markets Offer Hope in Tight Farm Economy

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Indiana farmer and member of the United Soybean Board Executive Committee Don Wyss explains how export diversification, premium markets, and new uses can build demand and help farmers survive tight margins.

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Illinois Farm Kids Win Food Network Baking Show

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Siblings Abigail and Kenneth Wolf share how growing up on a farm helped them win Baking Championship: Next Gen. a competition show on the Food Network.

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Kansas Sorghum Producer Amy France Finds Her Voice on Capitol Hill

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Amy France explains how her path into farming shaped her role at chair of the National Sorghum Producers Board, translating agriculture to lawmakers and opening new markets.

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Farm Policy and E15 Take Center Stage at Commodity Classic 2026

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Chris Cherry is an Indiana farmer who recently finished his second year as president of the Indiana Corn Growers Association and is a member of NCGA’s Biofuels Action Team. We met up at Commodity Classic to talk E-15, cover crops, and basketball.

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Former Vegan Raises Sheep and Poultry on Washington Farm

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Aubrey Gallegos is a former vegan who’s now raising sheep, chickens, and turkeys on a small farm in eastern Washington, marketing meat and hides directly to consumers.

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Conventional and Organic Iowa Farmer Puts Profit Ahead of Pride

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Rusty Olson shares how balancing organic and conventional acres and knowing his numbers transformed his farm and mindset.

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Ag Education Isn’t Just for Farm Kids, Says Iowa Teacher of the Year

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Melanie Bloom explains why ag education matters for all students and how farmers can support local programs and classrooms.

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Glamping and CSAs Help a Seven-Acre Delaware Farm Stay Profitable

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Andrea Haritos shares how agritourism helps offset her farm's expenses while creating space for learning, connection, and healing.

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Washington Farmer Boosts ROI With Cover Crops and Co-Op Beef Marketing

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Washington rancher Will Bowdish explains how multi-species cover crops, rotational grazing, and cooperative beef marketing improve soil health, water management, and farm profitability.

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Farmer-Led Mental Health Outreach Takes Root in Wisconsin

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Wisconsin beef producer Dorothy Harms shares how the Farmer Angel Network connects farmers with mental health support, community, and trusted resources.

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Kansas Farm’s Growth Fueled by Mentor and Landowner Relationships

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Matt and Jenna Splitter run a sustainable, data-driven grain operation on the High Plains of Kansas. Their story also includes special relationship with a mentor that led to a farm transition.

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This Michigan Farmer and Author Is Inspiring Ag-Literate Kids

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

Kathryn Christie is a Michigan farmer, children's book author, and founder of a platform to promote, educate, and advocate for agriculture through library, school, and community programs.

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Myron Friesen Shares How Smart Transition Planning Protects Farm and Family

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

As we look ahead to 2026, the 'Can Their Problem Be Solved?' columnist shares steps every farm should take, the mistakes he sees over and over, and how families can make decisions that preserve the farm and keep everyone on speaking terms.

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Which 15 Minutes With a Farmer Stories Resonated With Listeners in 2025?

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Instead of 15 minutes with one farmer, today's episode features one-minute highlights from 15 of our most popular farmer interviews from 2025.

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Farms Thrive When Women’s Voices Are Heard

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Jessica Fleming wears a lot of hats: ag credit analyst, farmer, and Illinois Agri-Women vice president leading a nationwide search for female farming dynasties.

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How Can Families Stay Close While Farms Expand?

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

As farms expand and diversify, family ties can face new pressures. Iowa farmer Dwight Mogler shares how communication and shared values help his multi-generational farm family stay united through growth.

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Annie’s Project Helped This Texas Rancher Rebuild After Loss

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

After her husband passed away suddenly, Jeri Tulley left her corporate job to be home with her kids and ranch with her dad. Annie's Project helped her find her footing in agriculture, and now she's serving on its advisory committee.

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Is Social Media the New Ag Classroom?

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

From Idaho alfalfa fields to TikTok feeds, Saydee Longhurst blends ag education and storytelling to make farm life relatable.

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Forest Farming: Hidden Income Beneath the Trees

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Extension forester Jacob Williams explains how farmers can grow ginseng, goldenseal, mushrooms, and other high-value crops under existing timber.

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What Makes Farm Succession Plans Successful?

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Farm coach Mike Downey shares how communication, teamwork, and proactive planning help families pass the farm to the next generation without losing relationships or momentum.

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Navy Veteran Nurtures Soil, Community, and Fellow Veterans

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Justin Butts is putting lessons learned in the Navy and as a chef to work at Black Wind Farm in upstate New York. See how he’s practicing regenerative farming, building community, and supporting fellow veterans.

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The $15 Million Lesson That Inspired Jace D. Young’s Legacy Mission

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000

After his family’s multimillion-dollar operation went bankrupt, Jace Young redefined what legacy means. Now he helps farmers build lasting opportunities through financial clarity and mindset shifts.

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3 Things Farmers Can Do Right Now to Weather Tough Times

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Krista Swanson compares the current financial climate to the 1980s: costs are high, margins are tight, and the pressure is real. Still, she says, farmers have reason to be hopeful about the future.

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Conservation Boosts ROI on Missouri Farm

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Missouri farmer Ryan Britt shares how no-till, cover crops, and smart grazing are building soil health and boosting ROI. His conservation-first approach is shaping a stronger, more resilient farm for the next generation.

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How Kristjan Hebert Grew His Farm from 300 to 41,000 Acres

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0000

This CPA-turned-farmer shares practical tips every farmer can start using today. He explains why scale matters for farm succession, how his business system helps manage growth, and the surprising ROI of technology and logistics.

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From Small-Town FFA to Global Ag Research

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Iowa State University agronomy student Isabell Olsasky is turning her FFA journey and an elite global agriculture internship into the foundation for a future in ag research and leadership

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15 Minutes with Jesse Jarvis

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Inspired by her Idaho ranching roots, Jessie Jarvis is on a mission to share authentic ag stories and connect people with careers in agriculture.

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15 Minutes with Drew Cox

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Drew Cox is both a Missouri farmer and a commercial crop lender, and says each role makes him stronger in the other. In this episode of 15 Minutes with a Farmer, he discusses family legacy, generational transitions, and the lessons he’s learned from working on both sides of agriculture.

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15 Minutes with Emma from 'Ag with Emma'

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Today my guest is Emma from 'Ag with Emma'. On her social media platform, Emma shares the real everyday stories of agriculture, bridging the gap between farmers and the public in a way that's relatable and true.

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15 Minutes with Alex and Paul Mitchek

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0000

My guests today are Alex and Paul Mitchek, 20 year old twin brothers from Eastern Colorado. After losing both their parents during their senior year of high school, the brothers took over the farm and they're working together to find new ways to carry on their family's legacy.

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15 Minutes with Blake Miller

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Blake Miller is a financial advisor who grew up in Atlanta, but has started his own cattle operation from scratch. He shares his story of learning the cattle business from a neighbor and offers financial tips for farmers.

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15 Minutes with Clayton Lind

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Clayton Lind grew up in California and didn't know anything about agriculture before moving to Iowa and going to work for a farmer. These days, he's sharing ag stories with the world through his own media company.

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15 Minutes with Steve Hopkins

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Steve Hopkins, a seventh generation producer and 30 year extension agent who was recently named Virginia farmer of the year joins us to discuss his farm's history and conservation efforts.

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15 Minutes with Roger Wenning

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Roger Wenning is an Indiana farmer who has been focused on soil health since the 1980s, boosting his topsoil and his yields.

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15 Minutes with Ross Chastain

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Ross Chastain is best known for being a race car driver, but he's also an eighth generation watermelon farmer who strives to promote agriculture on and off the track.

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15 Minutes with Jeff Corle

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Jeff Corle is a farmer who, after making the difficult decision to get out of the dairy business and sell his beloved cows, found himself struggling. He picked up his guitar and wrote a song called empty barn, which went viral and became an anthem for farmers grieving the loss of their own farms. Today, Jeff performs, shares his story and offers hope to other farmers across the country.

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15 Minutes with Todd Hanten

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Todd Hanton is a 4th generation farmer from Goodwin, South Dakota. We met up at commodity classic to talk about the value of quality employees, how diversification and efficiency play a role in Hanton's bottom line and the former president who signed his homesteading great grandfather's deed.

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15 Minutes with Ron & Lilli Kreider

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, we're joined by Ron and Lilli Kreider of Kreider Farms—a family operation with 90 years of history and a future-focused mindset. They open up about their journey toward American Humane Certification, how they prioritize sustainability, and why employee culture is just as important as crop yields. The Kreiders also share how they use social media and farm tours to foster transparency in agriculture, and what it takes to transition a multi-generational farm to the next era.

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15 Minutes with Scott Kuegel

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Scott Keugel, a third-generation farmer from Kentucky, shares his journey through farming, family dynamics, and the challenges of modern agriculture. He discusses the importance of family in farming, the thrill of achieving high yields, and the complexities of financial management in the agricultural sector. Scott emphasizes the need for farmers to understand their numbers and manage their finances effectively to ensure sustainability and success in farming.

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15 Minutes with Mark Crave

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Mark Crave is general manager and operating partner for Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese. With the help of 11 family members across three generations and 85 full-time employees, the Craves milked 2,200 cows and farmed 3,300 acres in southern Wisconsin. Thanks to sustainability efforts, including an anaerobic digestion system, the farm produces enough power for its entire operation plus 300 area homes.

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15 Minutes with Mike Koehne

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Mike Koehne is a first generation corn, soybean and specialty crop grower from Greensburg, Indiana. He shares the challenges of breaking into farming without a family legacy, the joys of bringing his son into the operation and the importance of representing agriculture on industry boards.

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15 Minutes with Mark Watne

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Mark Watney is a North Dakota farmer and 12-time president of the North Dakota Farmers Union. He joined me for a discussion about technology on the farm, his decision not to seek a 13th term, and the Washington, DC, restaurant franchise started by the North Dakota Farmers Union.

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15 Minutes with Tim Deal

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Tim Deal is a Minnesota sugar beat grower who joined me for a conversation at Commodity Classic. Earlier this year, Tim testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture on behalf of the American Sugar Beet Growers Association, educating farmers about the challenges facing fellow farmers.

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15 Minutes with Rudy Balala

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Rudy Balala from Maui, Hawaii, became a seasonal worker on a pineapple plantation at age 14. Today, he is the general manager of Maui Gold Pineapple. Rudy explains the process of growing pineapple and discusses the differences and similarities to traditional row crop farming.

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15 Minutes with Dana & Lauren Cavalea

Mon, 26 May 2025 10:00:00 -0000

My guests today are Dana and Lauren Cavalea. They raise cattle and direct market beef from Freedom Farms in upstate New York, but they are newcomers to agriculture. Before moving to their farm, they lived in New York city where Lauren worked for ABC News and Dana was a coach for the New York Yankees.

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15 Minutes with Dan Nerud

Mon, 19 May 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Dan Nerud, of Dorchester, Nebraska, serves as a member of the Corn Board of the National Corn Growers Association, a farmer-led trade association with offices in St. Louis and Washington.

Nerud farms with his two sons on a dryland and irrigated farm consisting of corn, soybeans, alfalfa, grass hay and runs a cow-calf operation. Additionally, he also does construction work (dozer, excavator, scraper, track loader) as time permits.Nerud serves as NCGA liaison to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and to the National Coalition for Food and Agriculture Research. He is the past chair of the Members and Consumer Engagement Action Team and is the past president of the Nebraska Corn Growers Association. He currently serves as director of District One for the Nebraska Corn Board.

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15 Minutes with Emma Coffman

Mon, 12 May 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Emma Coffman is a first-generation cattle rancher from Temple, Texas. She has worked in several roles in the cattle industry and is now a full-time advocate for agriculture. Emma was named the 2024 Advocate of the Year by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association for her creative use of storytelling across social media platforms.

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15 Minutes with Amanda Freund

Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 -0000

My guest today is Amanda Freund, a Connecticut dairy farmer and entrepreneur. She recently appeared on the TV show shark tank, pitching her product, Cow Pots, biodegradable plant pots made from composted manure produced by the farm’s holstein herd.

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15 Minutes with Carla Schultz

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Carla Schultz wants consumers to know food produced by American farmers is safe, whether it’s GMO, organic, or anything in between. The Michigan farmer, direct marketer, and grain merchandiser builds trust with consumers at Detroit markets and beyond by having honest conversations about GMOs, animal care, and regenerative farming.

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15 Minutes with Logan Lyon

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Meet Logan Lyon: an eastern Iowa farmer, ag risk manager, and crop insurance agent who also serves as a district director for the Iowa Corn Growers Association. Tune to hear about grounded insights from the field, ag policy perspectives, and Logan's personal story.

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15 Minutes with Trey Braswell

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Trey Braswell is a fourth generation feed and egg producer from Nashville, North Carolina. His family was a founding member of Egglands Best and they have been honored to supply eggs for the White House Easter egg roll multiple times.

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15 Minutes with Asia Kalcevic

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Asia Kalcevic is a fifth generation farmer from Eastern Colorado. Asia shares her experience as a young woman in agriculture and how her family's farm uses regenerative farming practices and the latest technology to care for their soil and reduce the cost of inputs.

She also highlights the evolving role of social media in promoting sustainable agriculture and the farm's brand.

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15 Minutes with Nate Eggena

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Guest host Sophie Winkelpleck, a senior at Iowa State University serving an apprenticeship with us at Successful Farming, has a chat with Nate Eggena, who splits his time between Montana and running a hay business and farming with his family in Northeast Iowa.

Nate has a passion for filming ag related content with the drone or GoPro and sharing on social media where he has more than 82,000 followers. While in college at Montana State, Nate joined the rodeo team as a steer wrestler, despite having no previous rodeo experience. Not surprisingly, his advice to other young farmers is to get out of their comfort zone.

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15 Minutes with Dennis Bulani

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Dennis Bulani is a fourth generation Saskatchewan farmer and CEO of Rack Petroleum. He joined me in the Successful Farming booth at Commodity Classic to talk about farming, business and his new book, What a Farmer Wants You to Know About Food.

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15 Minutes with Susan Watkins

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Susan Watkins is the secretary and a six-year director for the United Soybean Board and grows soybeans, corn, and wheat on her family farm in Virginia.

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15 Minutes with Danyelle Chinn

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Danyelle Chinn is a cattle producer from Northeast Missouri. She is Also, a livestock economist working for the rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center, where she interprets statistics and market reports into shareable stories that resonate with farmers and ranchers.

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15 Minutes with Lucas Hoge

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Lucas Hoge is a Nashville recording artist who grew up on a farm near Hubbell, Nebraska. He released his first album in 2002 and has a new autobiographical album coming this summer. A single from that album, Farmhand, was just released.

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15 Minutes with Patrick Montgomery

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Patrick Montgomery is a former U S army ranger turned rancher and entrepreneur. He's raising and direct marketing Wagyu beef through his ranch, Kansas city cattle company, and bringing producers together through his direct to consumer marketplace, Valor provisions.

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15 Minutes with Tanner & Lakaya Tenley

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Tanner and Lakaya Tenley are winners of Iowa Farm Bureau Federation's Grow Your Future award. They plan to use their $10,000 prize to expand their direct-to-consumer beef, pork, and milk business.

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15 Minutes with Nathan Faleide

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Nathan Faleide grew up in a North Dakota farm family and followed in his dad's footsteps in the ag satellite imagery business. Today he's a thought leader in the ag tech sector.

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15 Minutes with Scott Davin

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Scott Davin is a veteran member of the pit crew for world champion Indycar driver Alex Palou of Ganassi Racing. Off the track, Davin is a new farmer, putting down roots on his Indiana property and finding mentorship from neighbors and farmers on YouTube.

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15 Minutes with Todd Western

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Todd Western III splits his time between Minnesota and the family farm in Iowa, and also actively volunteers with many non-profits, including serving on several boards of directors. Western is the co-founder of Iowa Farmers of Color, which just held its second annual conference.

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15 Minutes with Jason Haglund

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0000

Jason Haglund is a fifth generation Iowa farmer and founding member of rural policy partners, which helps rural communities with behavioral health policy.

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15 Minutes with Quentin Connealy

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater talks to Quentin Connealy, a 5th generation corn and soybean grower from Tacama, Nebraska, right along the Missouri river. He is better known as the Wakeboarding Farmer after a video of him wakeboarding across a flooded field went viral in 2017. Now he uses that platform to share the story of agriculture on his family farm.

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15 Minutes With Elaine Froese

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0000

As an expert on family farm succession and conflict resolution, Elaine Froese has worked with farm families across North America for more than 30 years. In this episode of the 15 Minutes With a Farmer podcast, Elaine and host Lisa Foust Prater discuss communication goals for farm families in the new year.

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15 Minutes with Patrick Brown

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0000

Patrick Brown is a fourth-generation farmer from Warren County, North Carolina, and a winner of the 2024 Small Farmer of the Year Award from North Carolina A&T. He is actively involved in caring for his family's farm, the environment, and his community.

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15 Minutes with Arlene Hunter and Caite Palmer

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0000

Arlene Hunter and Caite Palmer are hosts of the Barnyard Language podcast which focuses on running farms and raising families. Arlene is a Canadian dairy farmer with four kids, and Caite is an American beef and sheep producer with two children.

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15 Minutes with Jodie Nay

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0000

Jodie Nay is a farmer and rancher from Hereford, Colorado with a photographer’s eye. Even though she describes her home as, “in the middle of nowhere,” she sees the beauty in everything from ordinary chores to spectacular sunsets, and shares her stunning images on social media.

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15 Minutes with John Wyckoff

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0000

John Wyckoff is a New Jersey Christmas tree grower and president of the National Christmas Tree Association, and has supplied Christmas trees to the White House and to the vice president's home. He shares the challenges Christmas tree growers face and offers advice to new growers.

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15 Minutes with Hannah Klitz

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0000

Hannah Klitz has gotten marketing and shipping her farm’s beef directly to consumers down to a science. Now, she is monetizing her knowledge of the process through an online course she has developed.

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Episode 44: 15 Minutes with John Zimmerman

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0000

In this special Thanksgiving episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with John Zimmerman, a second-generation corn, soybean, and turkey producer from Northfield, Minnesota. He is also the 2024 chairman of the National Turkey Federation. This week, he is escorting two turkeys from his farm to Washington, D.C., to present to the president.

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Episode 43: 15 Minutes with Sarah Morton

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0000

Sarah Morton, a third-generation farmer from Virginia, is this week’s guest. Through her nonprofit and community efforts, she works to promote equity, access, local food sovereignty, and sustainability.

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Episode 42: 15 Minutes with Brent Rendel

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0000

In this special Veterans Day episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Brent Rendel. His family has been farming in Oklahoma since before it was a state. We talk about what led him to join the military, how his farm background helped his Navy career, and what made him decide to return to the farm.

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Episode 41: 15 Minutes with Kris Klokkenga

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0000

In this episode, guest host Adrienne Held has a chat with Kris Klokkenga, an organic producer in Illinois who has also farmed in the African country of Ghana.

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Episode 40: 15 Minutes with Margie Weiss

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Margie Weiss, a dairy and crop farmer from Frankenmuth, Michigan. She and her family welcome visitors to their centennial farm with tours, baking classes, and a fun harvest experience that includes a corn maze.

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Episode 39: 15 Minutes with Bill Gross

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0000

My guest today is recent Daily Point of Light Award recipient Bill Gross. He grew up on a North Dakota farm and went on to found the non-profit organization Farm Rescue, which provides planting, harvesting, haying, and livestock feeding services at no cost to farm and ranch families who have been affected by a major illness, injury, or natural disaster.

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Episode 38: 15 Minutes with Kathy Fahy

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Kathy Fahy. She is a farmer from northeast Iowa and a crusader for mental health. Thanks to her efforts, hundreds of farmers in her county have received information on local resources, and she's just getting started.

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Episode 37: 15 Minutes with Jeremy and Kiley Heim

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with father and daughter Jeremy and Kiley Heim. They are third- and fourth-generation dairy farmers from Algoma, in eastern Wisconsin, near Lake Michigan. The Heim family works together to focus on cow health and sustainability.

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Episode 36: 15 Minutes with Billi J Miller

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Billi J Miller. She is a farm wife, mom, photographer, and author living on a century cattle and grain farm on the prairies of Alberta, Canada. Her photos and books tell the story of agriculture from unique perspectives, documenting voices that have often gone unrecorded.

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Episode 35: 15 Minutes with Blake Kerns

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Blake Kerns. He grew up on a corn and soybean farm in northeast Iowa, and started his own sweet corn business on two acres when he was a teenager. Today he is growing row crops plus sweet corn and green beans, which he supplies to local farm stands and grocery stores across the Midwest and beyond.

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Episode 34: 15 Minutes with Wendy Johnson

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Wendy Johnson. She grew up on her family's farm near Charles City in northeast Iowa, and after 18 years away, came back to farm with her dad. Wendy is reviving the farm through conservation and diversification, and best of all, she describes herself as a happy farmer.

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Episode 33: 15 Minutes with Jaclyn Wilson

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Jaclyn Wilson, a rancher in the Sandhills of northwest Nebraska. She is invested in conservation, active in producer groups, and involved as an ambassador for American beef production around the world.

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Episode 32: 15 Minutes with Alex Rodgers

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Alex Rodgers. He is an ag educator, coach, and FFA advisor at Southeast Warren Community School District in South-Central Iowa. At a recent FFA banquet, his students introduced him in the most fitting way: a single dad of 152 kids.

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Episode 31: 15 Minutes with Brian Reisinger

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Brian Reisinger. He grew up on his family’s fourth-generation Wisconsin dairy farm and is the author of a new book, Land Rich, Cash Poor: My family's hope and the untold history of the disappearing American farmer.

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Episode 30: 15 Minutes with Jean Gottenborg and Erin Michalski

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Jean Gottenborg and Erin Michalski. This mother-daughter duo is part of the family team at Eagle Rock Ranch near Jefferson, Colorado. They discuss getting into the ranching business later in life, direct-marketing beef, instituting environmentally sound practices, and ranching at 9,000 feet above sea level.

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Episode 29: 15 Minutes with Brian Lundell

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Brian Lundell, a farmer and hog producer in northwest Iowa. He and his wife, Lisa, restored the former pharmacy in the town of Ida Grove and turned it into a soda fountain and coffee shop.

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Episode 28: 15 Minutes with Leah Peterson

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Leah Peterson. She is a 5th generation farmer and rancher from Custer County, Nebraska, but is better known to her social media following as Clear Creek Ranch Mom.

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Episode 27: 15 Minutes with Gabrielle Roesch-McNally

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater sits down with Gabrielle Roesch-McNally. She is the director of American Farmland Trust’s Women for the Land Initiative, working to ensure women landowners have access to the resources they need to become leaders in conservation and building resilient agrifood systems.

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Episode 26: 15 Minutes with Paige Tuggle

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Paige Tuggle, who farms and raises cattle near Ithaca, Michigan. She has two off-farm jobs, both in agriculture: Paige is a regional sales agronomist with Stine Seed Company and also has her own part-time crop insurance business.

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Episode 25: 15 Minutes with Jason and Mandy Dittmer

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater sits down with Jason and Mandy Dittmer, who farm near Lacona, Iowa. Last year, Mandy was placed on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Against all odds, Jason was a match.

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Episode 24: 15 Minutes with Kyle Metzger

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Kyle Metzger, who farms in Alberta, Canada, with her husband, Marty, mother-in-law, and adult children. Kyle wears many hats on the farm, but she has become well known for the tricked-out school bus she uses to serve meals to a hungry crew during planting and harvest.

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Episode 23: 15 Minutes with Mark McLaughlin

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater sits down with Mark McLaughlin, an associate with Farm Financial Strategies, co-owner of Farm Estate GPS in Ankeny, Iowa, and one of the fifth generation to own his family's farm near Defiance, Iowa. He has been helping farm families across the Midwest develop their farm succession strategies for nearly 20 years, and is a regular contributor to the feature, "Can Their Problem Be Solved?" in each issue of Successful Farming magazine.

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Episode 22: 15 Minutes with Travis Malloy

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater sits down with Travis Malloy and his family at their farm near Brainerd, Minnesota, to talk about raising Wagyu beef and working together with extended family.

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Episode 21: 15 Minutes with Lacey Singleton of Sober Cowboy

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Lacey Singleton. As the founder of the non-profit Sober Cowboy, she combines her love of rodeo and ranching with her passion for helping others overcome and avoid addiction.

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Episode 20: 15 Minutes with Keisha Thompson

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Keisha Thompson, an Iowa farmer, ag educator, and entrepreneur. They discuss how FFA helped bring Thompson back to agriculture, teaching kids about farming, and selling beef directly to consumers.

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Episode 19: 15 Minutes with Deanne Frieders

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Deanne Frieders, an Illinois farmer better known as a cookbook author and the woman behind the blog and podcast This Farm Girl Cooks. They discuss how Frieders found her role on her husband's family farm, the importance of friendship, and the art of making the perfect field meal.

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Episode 18: 15 Minutes with Beth Marcoot

Mon, 27 May 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Beth Marcoot of Marcoot Creamery. She and her sister, Amy, are seventh-generation dairy farmers in Greenville, Illinois, and have added to the family business by becoming cheesemakers.

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Episode 17: 15 Minutes with Gil Tinsey and Fred Hasen

Mon, 20 May 2024 12:02:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Gil Tinsey and Fred Hasen, two Michigan farmers in their eighties who have been farming together since 1966.

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Episode 16: 15 Minutes with with Dr. Melinda McCall

Mon, 13 May 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Dr. Melinda McCall, a large-animal veterinarian and author of a new memoir called Driving Home Naked and Other Misadventures of a Country Veterinarian. They discuss the challenges of being a female farm vet, mental health concerns for veterinarians, and the importance of mentors.

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Episode 15: 15 Minutes with Senator Charles Grassley

Mon, 06 May 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Senator Charles Grassley.

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Episode 14: 15 Minutes with Annaliese Wegner

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Annaliese Wegner, a mom, wife, dairy farmer, and social media influencer from Wisconsin. They discuss working with family, managing multiple roles, and how farmers can share their stories.

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Episode 13: 15 Minutes with Cheryl Walsh

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Cheryl Walsh, a fourth-generation farmer and livestock producer from Peoria County, Illinois. She is also the 2024 president of the Illinois Pork Producers Association.

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Episode 12: 15 Minutes with Daryl Haack

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with farmer Daryl Haack, one of the founding board members of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association and Little Sioux Corn Processors, an ethanol plant in northwest Iowa. He has watched the biofuels industry grow from the ground up.

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Episode 11: 15 Minutes with Tom Bradley

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Tom Bradley, an Iowa farmer, dad, land broker, and agricultural auctioneer with Dream Dirt. They discuss raising kids on the farm, the behind-the-scenes work involved with auctions, and how the Farm Crisis of the 1980s helped Tom be a better auctioneer.

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Episode 10: 15 Minutes with Rosemary Anderson

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Rosemary Anderson, a Nebraska rancher and AI technician who has served on the Executive Committee for the US Meat Export Federation and as director for the Nebraska Cattlemen. She is currently a director for the Nebraska Beef Council.

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Episode 9: 15 Minutes with John Schwarz

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with John Schwarz, a farmer who grows food-grade soybeans in Indiana. He is also an attorney specializing in ag law, helping farmers with estate planning and other legal issues.

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Episode 8: 15 Minutes with Marshal Sewell

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a quick conversation with Marshal Sewell, who grew up on his family’s Florida produce farm. After losing his father to suicide, Marshal founded Mind Your Melon, a mental health resource for farmers.

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Episode 7: 15 Minutes with Rod Pierce

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:00:00 -0000

On this episode, David Ekstrom has quick conversation with Rod Pierce, who farms with his family in central Iowa. Rod explains how networking helped kickstart his life-long farming legacy.

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Episode 6: 15 Minutes with Brett Kenzy

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0000

On this episode, David Ekstrom has a quick conversation with Brett Kenzy, who is a cattle rancher, Army veteran, and president of R-CALF. Brett runs a permitted feedlot and farms for feed with his brother near Gregory, South Dakota.

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Episode 5: 15 Minutes with Stuart and Autumn Mager

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0000

On this episode, David Ekstrom has a quick conversation with Stuart and Autumn Mager. Stuart has worked to make things better than he found it by implementing sustainability-minded management practices.

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Episode 4: 15 Minutes with Austin Carlson

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0000

On this episode, David Ekstrom has a quick conversation with Austin Carlson, who is a young farmer and soil health technician. Austin takes the skills he learns and applies them to his family’s farm operation while helping other farmers take advantage of the soil.

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Episode 3: 15 Minutes with Brent Rendel

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0000

On this episode, David Ekstrom has a quick conversation with Brent Rendel, from Miami, Oklahoma. As a former Navy submarine officer and nuclear engineer, Brent takes a science-minded approach to agriculture.

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Episode 2: 15 Minutes with Kimberly Ratcliff

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0000

On this episode, David Ekstrom has a quick conversation with Kimberly Ratcliff, who is a cattle rancher near Oakwood, Texas, and owner of Ratcliff Premium Meats.

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Episode 1: 15 Minutes with Mary Pat Sass

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:17:00 -0000

Welcome to the premiere of 15 Minutes with a Farmer. On this episode, David Ekstrom has a quick conversation with Marty Pat Sass who is a farm wife, mother, farmer, and social media creator from Northern Illinois.

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