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American Ag Today episodes

  • Doing It Wrong Dairy: One Wisconsin Farmer’s Unfiltered Take on Dairy Farming

    Tristan Swartz is the sixth-generation dairy farmer behind the social media platform Doing It Wrong Dairy, where he shares an unfiltered look at life on his Wisconsin farm.

    Based near Gilman, Wisconsin, Swartz milks about 50 cows and manages 500 acres. His posts highlight traditional, old-school farming practices and sometimes take an unconventional approach to dairy production, including keeping calves with their mothers.

    Through Doing It Wrong Dairy, Swartz also offers his perspective—and criticism—on some practices used in larger-scale commercial agriculture, sparking conversation about different ways to raise cattle and operate a dairy farm.

    14 min
  • Perfect Sundays Brings Hope and a New Conversation About Mental Health in Rural America

    Mental health can be a difficult subject to discuss in agriculture, where the pressures of farm life, family legacy and rural isolation are often deeply personal. But a new six-part scripted series is taking a different approach—using entertainment and storytelling to open the door to conversations that can sometimes be difficult to start.

    Perfect Sundays is a six-episode series created by Sam Goldberg, with actor Jim Parrack among those involved in bringing the story to life. The project grew out of their earlier work on Silo, a feature film about a grain entrapment accident.

    9 min

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