Regional Updates from the farm by:

Ann Miller (Fredericksburg, OH)

Jolynn McClelland (Petaluma, CA)

Abbie Corse (Whitingham, VT)

Melissa Weyland (Neenah)

We will feature these four women in organic ag every other month to give updates from their farm.

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John Kempf, Founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, expert in the biological systems of farming and a strong voice of regenerative agriculture, joins us to talk about carbon, photosynthesis being the engine that drives the whole system and being stewards of the land.

More on John at:

https://www.advancingecoag.com/john

His Podcast is:

http://regenerativeagriculturepodcast.com/

This is episode is brought to you by Byron Seeds

Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.

Topics Discussed:

Organic livestock markets

India equivalency agreement ending

Organic corn pricing and outlook

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Regional updates from the farm by:

Marlin Eash (Shipshewana, IN)

Eric Beiler (Croghan, NY)

Chris Hoffner (Mt Ulla, NC)

Corby Groen (Lynden, WA)

These four farmers will be joining us every other month to give on-farm updates from their areas.

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Nathan and Jessica Williams are Organic Dairy Farmers in Kentucky. They join us to tell their story about making career changes from being professionals living in Louisville to deciding to move back home to farm and raise their family.

Today it's just Mike and Bryan talking about starting Back to the Roots Podcast and what the plans for 2021 are.

This is available in video on YouTube as well: https://youtu.be/B55ZTjcYZ54

Back to our regular schedule next week!

Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.

Topics Discussed:

Slow Markets to end year

Organic vs Conventional Corn Prices

Items to Watch in 2021

Sam Dobson (North Carolina), Thomas Heckman (Ohio), John Ihm (Wisconsin) and Jon Bansen (Oregon) join us to discuss their farming year of 2020. They give us an overview of their year, tell us about some positives and negatives and ask questions of each other.

Thanks to Sam, Thomas, John and Jon for their time in 2020!

Elmwood Stock Farm is a certified organic farm in Georgetown, KY. They have a CSA, beef, poultry, pigs, turkeys and lambs. Mac Stone of Elmwood sits down with us to discuss their operation and what they have learned and implemented over their years being organic.

https://elmwoodstockfarm.com/

Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.

Topics Discussed

2020 Harvest Update

Organic Fluid Dairy Sales

Levelling off of Imports

Organic Grain Pricing