Welcome back to Beyond the Crops, where farm life meets real life! Join your hosts, Jena Ochsner and Mary Pat Sass, as they celebrate a huge milestone – the 100th episode of the podcast! It's also (nearly) their two-year anniversary, and they're taking a trip down memory lane, reflecting on the journey, thanking their amazing listeners, and looking ahead.

📌 What We Cover in This Episode:

•  Celebrating 100 Episodes! Jena and Mary Pat can hardly believe they've reached this milestone and express their immense gratitude to their listeners.
• The Origin Story: How Mary Pat, after years of thinking about it, finally asked Jena (just days after she had baby Walker!) to start a podcast.
• Favorite Memories & Most Impactful Episodes:

1. The incredible listener response to Jena's health journey (Episode 50).
2. Connecting with listeners at farm shows and in-person events.
3. Heartwarming interviews, including Jena's 96-year-old grandma (Episode 15) and the inspiring Marilyn Bachman (Episode 66).
4. Deep dives into farm safety (Episodes 22 & 81), succession planning, and parenting in a tech world (Episode 65).
5. The "Beef: It's What's for Dinner" episode (Episode 42) and Mary Pat's recent dry-aging saga.
6. Noah Young's "open hand" analogy (Episode 63) that profoundly impacted Jena.

• Funny Behind-the-Scenes Moments: Spilled coffee, accidental mutes, and mispronunciations (Oregon, anyone?).
• Hard Moments & Finding Their Voice: Navigating overwhelm and the evolution of the podcast beyond a strict niche to embrace all aspects "Beyond the Crops."
• Faith in Farming: Discussing episodes where they boldly shared their testimonies and faith (Harrison Butker response & Christmas testimonies).
• Dream Guests & Future Topics: Who they'd love to interview (Joe Rogan, Alex Clark, Sadie Robertson Huff!) and a desire to explore more family farm dynamics and structures.
• A Special 100th Episode GIVEAWAY! Listen for details on how to enter to win an etched water bottle and other goodies.

🙌 Join the Celebration & Enter the Giveaway!
We’re so grateful for 100 episodes with you! To celebrate:

Share this 100th episode to your Instagram Stories.
Tell us what you love about Beyond the Crops or your favorite episode.
Tag us @beyondthecrops_
You'll be entered to win a fun etched Beyond the Crops water bottle and some other surprise goodies!

And, if you haven't already, please leave us a review! We'd love to hear your feedback.

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Thank you to the sponsor of this episode, Fieldview. Both Jena and MP have used Fieldview on their farms for the past several years and it's been an integral data and decision making tool for their operations. 

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