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3 days ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
Mike Downey is a farm transition advisor and one of the owners of Next Gen Ag Advocates, which focuses on non-family transitions, connecting producers to retiring farmers without a successor. He also leads succession planning efforts for UnCommon Farms, which also provides business, risk management, and financial planning services to farmers. In a recent webinar, Downey pointed to data showing the increasing age of farmers.
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3 days ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
When Jaclyn Wilson was a little girl growing up on the Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch in the Sandhills of northwest Nebraska, her grandparents gave her a subscription to National Geographic magazine every year for Christmas. Each issue transported young Jaclyn to exotic locations around the globe. “I’d unfold the maps and hang them all over my bedroom,” she said.
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6 days ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
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. Subscribe to 15 Minutes With a Farmer on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please rate and review us!When Balala was a teenager, he went to work on the Maui Gold pineapple farm working in the fields.
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1 week ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
Dana and Lauren Cavalea once led a fast-paced life in New York City, where he was the head strength training coach for the New York Yankees and she interviewed celebrities for ABC News. Today, they raise cattle and market beef from their upstate New York farm. Subscribe to 15 Minutes With a Farmer on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please rate and review us!In 2020, the Cavaleas purchased a farm near Greene, NY, around 3 hours northwest of Manhattan.
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2 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
We’ve all seen images of a field full of farmers in combines working to bring in the crop of a neighbor dealing with a catastrophe. Volunteer programs like Farm Rescue come to the aid of farmers and ranchers dealing with a serious injury or illness, death, or natural disaster. But what about things like a broken arm?
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2 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
Dan Nerud is a fourth-generation farmer from southeast Nebraska. He serves as a director for the Nebraska Corn Board and Board member for the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA). Nerud joined me at Commodity Classic to talk about producer groups, farming with family, and mental health. Subscribe to 15 Minutes With a Farmer on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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3 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
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. Subscribe to 15 Minutes With a Farmer on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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1 month ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
Amanda Freund is a Connecticut dairy farmer and entrepreneur. She recently appeared on the TV show Shark Tank, pitching her product, CowPots, biodegradable plant pots made from composted manure produced by the farm’s Holstein herd. Subscribe to 15 Minutes With a Farmer on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please rate and review us!In April, third-generation New Canaan, Connecticut, dairy farmer Amanda Freund took the Shark Tank stage to pitch her family’s product.
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1 month ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
"Sugar is poison and Americans need to know that it is poisoning us."Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., made that statement during a press conference on April 22. It's a point he has made multiple times at other events and in X posts. That same day, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins was visiting an American Crystal Sugar facility in North Dakota. The cooperative is owned by some 3,000 sugar beet growers in that state and neighboring Minnesota.
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1 month ago | 
agriculture.com | Lisa Prater
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 joined us at Commodity Classic in Denver to talk about bridging the gap between farmers and the general public, working with family, and serving on the United Soybean Board. Subscribe to 15 Minutes With a Farmer on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
