Fifth-generation farmer Jamie Walter was looking to diversify his northern Illinois farm. One night he was sitting at his desk, sipping on a bourbon, and a lightbulb went off. Bourbon has to contain at least 51% corn, and DeKalb, Illinois, is the Napa Valley of corn. After carefully assessing the farm’s strengths and weaknesses, Walter knew growing the grain wasn’t going to be the problem.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SF Podcast 160: Distilling tradition with Whiskey Acres | Hometown Heroes

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In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with world soybean yield record holder Alex Harrell about his Georgia farm operation, the disease and pest pressures he commonly experiences, and the systems approach he uses to reach high yields.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SF Podcast 175: High-yield soybeans | Yield Quest

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Dan Schaefer, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and owner of Shaefer Beef Consulting, about the feed supply situation in the U.S., alternative feed considerations, how to address feeding and storage shrink, and more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SF Podcast 174: Finding feed solutions when supplies are tight

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Bryan Doherty, senior market advisor and vice president of brokerage solutions with Total Farm Marketing, about the things farmers and ranchers need to know – and do – to develop a sound marketing approach.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SF Podcast 173: A balanced approach to marketing

In this episode, Moving Iron's Casey Seymour tracks the used combine marketplace and the trends he's observing as farmers purchase harvest equipment before fall.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SF Podcast 172: Used combine market trends

In this episode, Lorrie Boyer talks with Tamara Jackson-Ziems, a plant pathologist and professor at the University of Nebraska, about common bacterial diseases in corn (such as Goss's bacterial wilt and blight, bacterial leaf streak and Stewart's wilt), the impact they have on crop yield, and how to identify and manage them.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SF Podcast 160: Distilling tradition with Whiskey Acres | Hometown Heroes

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