George McClelland of McClelland Dairy and Jolynn McClelland of Robert McClelland Dairy, both in Petaluma, CA, join us to talk about how they got started in the dairy business, the opportunity to go organic, how they graze 1000 cows and the hardships of farming in California.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics.

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

Topics discussed:

-2022 Early Planting Trends

-Organic Soybean and Corn markets

-Organic Grain Imports

Sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics

Zweber Farms is located in Elko, MN where they (and their farm goat) have a 100% grassfed dairy herd as well as direct market beef, pork, chicken and eggs. Tim and Emily join us to talk about their operation, how they've built up the direct marketing side and taking time for hobbies away from the farm.

How to order meat as well as their blog with recipes is at https://zweberfarms.com/

Back to the Roots is sponsored by Byron Seeds, SoilBiotics and Elite Equine and Farm Supply.

Kirk Webster of Middlebury, VT, is a beekeeper who has developed his own system to raise bees without any treatments of pesticides. He joins us to talk about what he does and how an overhaul in all agriculture towards organic management practices can and should be done.

He can be contacted at https://kirkwebster.com/contact-info/

Back to the Roots is sponsored by Byron Seeds, SoilBiotics and Elite Equine and Farm Supply.

Klaas Martens is an organic Farmer from Penn Yan, NY. He and his wife, Mary farm 2000 acres as well as run Lakeview Organic Grains. Klaas sits down with us to share his journey into organics and how he learned to start asking the right questions.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by Byron Seeds, SoilBiotics and Elite Equine and Farm Supply

Tai Lopez is best known as an investor and entrepreneur as well as for his social media presence. What might be less known, but of great interest to us, is that he has also put some of his money where his mouth is and operates several farms using regenerative farming principles. He joins us to talk about his learning journey in agriculture and how it has applied to the rest of his life.

Tai can be found on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Back to the Roots is sponsored by Byron Seeds, SoilBiotics and Elite Equine and Farm Supply

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

Topics discussed:

Fertilizer shortages

2022 Crop Planning Outlook

Organic grain supply and pricing

Sponsored by Byron Seeds and Mercaris

Abbie Corse (Whitingham, VT), Ann Miller (Fredericksburg, OH), Melissa Weyland (Neenah, WI) and Jolynn McClelland (Petaluma, CA) join to give an overview of their farming year. They share some highlights and lowlights of the year and share advice for each other.

Thanks to Abbie, Ann, Melissa and Jolynn for their time!

Sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics

Ivan Troyer is an organic dairy farmer in Fredericksburg, OH. He sits down with us to talk about how he got into dairy, learning from his peers and how the next generation of dairy farmers can survive.

Here is a link to the video referenced, Weekend with an Amish Farmer: https://youtu.be/Ex4d9LwmpvM

Sponsored by Byron Seeds

Rob Wallbridge, Agronomist with SureSource Commodities and Ryan Koory, Vice President of Economics, join to give the latest updates from the field and organic marketplace.

Topics discussed:

2021 Harvest update

Fall crop progress

India tariff and certification decisions

Organic grain pricing

Sponsored by Byron Seeds and Mercaris