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

Topics Discussed:

2020 Harvest Outlook

Organic Grain Imports

Organic Livestock Market

Organic Grain Pricing

Regional updates from the farm by:

Jon Bansen (Oregon)

Thomas Heckman (Ohio)

John Ihm (Wisconsin)

Sam Dobson (North Carolina)

Joel Mecklenburg of Noble Organic Grains grows seed corn, hemp, soybeans, wheat, hay and cover crops on 1200 acres in Noble County, Indiana. He joins us to discuss his growing practices, observations and ideas.

Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, gives the latest updates from the organic marketplace.

Topics Discussed:

Impact of Iowa Storms on Organic Corn Crop

Organic Livestock Trends

Organic Grain Imports

Organic Grain Pricing

Regional updates from the farm by:

Jon Bansen (Oregon)

Sam Dobson (North Carolina)

John Ihm (Wisconsin)

Thomas Heckman (Ohio)

Christine DeJesus is the  Director of Cultivation at Galenas Cannabis. She joins us to discuss growing cannabis using soil and all organic practices, transferring knowledge from market vegetable farming to cannabis growing and the "food, medicine, food" cycle.

https://galenas.com/

Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, gives the latest updates from the organic marketplace.

Topics Discussed:

Weather Conditions Effect on Crops

Organic Broiler Numbers

Import Update

Organic Grain Pricing

Regional updates from the farm by:

John Ihm (Wisconsin)

Jon Banson (Oregon)

Sam Dobson (North Carolina)

Thomas Heckman (Ohio)

David Kline, author and farmer from Holmes County, OH, joins us to talk about the joys of working with nature through farming.

Books by David Kline:

Great Possessions: An Amish Farmers Journal

Scratching the Woodchuck: Nature on an Amish Farm

Letters From Larksong: An Amish Naturalist Explores His Organic Farm

The Round of a Country Year: A Farmer's Day Book

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

Topics Discussed:

Planting Progress

Livestock Updates

Imports

Organic Grain Pricing

Organic Trade Association Report