Plowtalk

On this episode Julie Ohmen, who works with the Indiana Soybean Alliance, speaks with Matthew Bane and guest-cohost, Karl Locascio, who is the Director of Marketing for Bane-Welker Equipment. They talk uses for soybeans, how mere concepts become marketable products, the annual new uses competition put on by Purdue University, and much much more.

This episode, Tyler Wilson and Matthew Bane discuss farmers coming to the aid of one of their own, Trump's announcement for a 13 billion dollar package for farmers, and the social media platform, TikTok, facing a ban in the U.S.

We spoke with Jordan Goodwin from Tennessee about his traditional blacksmithing business called "Axe and Anvil" in which he hand crafts both standard and special-request orders for folks all over the world. We discussed how he got into the craft, as well as what makes traditional blacksmithing different from modernized approaches. We also talked about the work ethic of the average man in the early days of U.S. history, and how to get back to that "traditional" standard today, and much much more.

An number of articles are discussed on this Saturday edition of Friday on the Fly. From remembering the tragic events of 911 to agriculture news in the U.S. and internationally to ending with a strange discovery in a Belgian city fountain. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Tyler Wilson and Matthew Bane speak with Bob Smathers of the Idaho Farm Bureau. Bob worked for 20 years in the ag department at the University of Idaho before being a Farm Bureau representative in the northern Idaho region. We talked about Farm Bureau history and policy as well as what makes Idaho and western agriculture unique.

This episode, Tyler Wilson and Matthew Bane discuss a few current events including the recent episode of "What the Farm" featuring a Marketing rep from Burger King, the updated Raven Nozzle system, and saying good by to one of baseball's all-time greats.

This episode, Phil and Matthew Bane talk with return guest, Darren Doane (see Ep. 45). Darren has directed over 500 music videos for some of the world's greatest musicians such as the Zac Brown Band, Kid Rock, Shinedown, and Jimmy Buffet. He now utilizes his 30 years of experience to help businesses tell their story on social media. We asked Darren how young folks in ag should be utilizing social media as they face the challenges of building a resume during COVID-19. Hear his answer and much more in ep. 79!

This go round, Matthew discusses some current news in the ag world, along with a note of "FarmTubers" and stock splits from Apple and Tesla. Thanks for listening!

This episode, we dive into some current event articles as well as hear from Bane-Welker President, Jason Bane, about this upcoming harvest season.

The 2020 interns have completed their 13 week journey with Bane-Welker, so we sat down to hear about their experiences.