Straight Talk with NDFB

In this episode of Harvesting with NDFB, host Alisha Nord travels to Steele, N.D., to visit with Tim Schoenhard. Tim visits with Alisha about his operation where he ranches and raises Quarter Horses. Tim shares what it takes to raise horses and how this year’s horse sale went. 

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If you have questions or suggestions for the hosts, please contact [email protected].

In this episode, host Alisha Nord visits with Perry Moser, Baldwin, N.D. to talk about a different kind of “harvesting,” custom feeding calves!

Perry Moser and his wife own Moser Simmental Ranch. Perry visits with Alisha about how he and his wife began their purebred herd of Simmentals from two cows and used custom feeding to grow their operation. 

Perry shares the challenges and his tools for success in custom feeding cattle. 

Join us as we harvest across North Dakota.

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In this episode, Alisha checks in on corn harvest with Toby Olin from Morton County, N.D. 

Toby shares more about his diversified operation and his strategies for soil health and passing the farm to the next generation. 

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In today's episode, host Alisha Nord travels solo to Pembina County, North Dakota. Alisha rides along with Nathan Green in the sugar beet harvester. Nathan visits about how sugarbeet production works, where it gets harvested, and whether this year's harvest is a boom or a bust. 

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In this episode, our hosts Emmery and Alisha head to the field to visit with Emmery's family about soybean harvest. Dwight Grotberg (Emmery's dad) talks about how the soybean crop looks, market challenges, and why their family hired custom harvesters. Billy Kelly, Demeray Custom Harvesting, also joins the show. He shares about combining his way from Arizona to North Dakota and how the soybeans look from his combine seat.

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To see more about harvesting in North Dakota, visit us at ndfb.org/straight-talk

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Join hosts Emmery Mehlhoff and Alisha Nord as they begin a new season of Straight Talk with NDFB, “Harvesting with NDFB.” We are visiting with farmers across North Dakota as they bring in the harvest. 

In the first episode, our hosts visit with Kristie Sundeen from Brocket, N.D. Kristie and her husband harvest canola on their farm. Kristie visits with us about raising canola, the challenges that come with harvesting, and changes to canola farming over the years.

Join us as we find out whether the 2024 canola harvest was a boom or a bust!

And if you'd rather watch the podcast in video format, check it out here.

In today’s episode, cohosts Emmery Mehlhoff and Alisha Nord round out season 7 of Straight Talk with NDFB, reflecting on the season, and discussing plans they have for summer 2024.

 We discuss:

• How to prioritize the important things in life 
• Letting things go that no longer serve 
• The importance of showing up 
• How discipline can set you free 

Our hosts will be taking a break from podcasting for the spring and summer to chase calves and plant fields. To contact our hosts about anything, email [email protected]. 

To find all the NDFB happenings, visit ndfb.org.

NDFB Straight Talk hosts Emmery Mehlhoff and Alisha Nord travel to Wimbledon, N.D., to visit with Matt and Bethany Peterson, owners of Aligned Ag. Aligned Ag offers precision ag services, crop protection, soil sampling services and sells Pioneer seed to the Wimbledon and surrounding areas. 

Matt and Bethany are active in NDFB and serve on NDFB’s Young Farmers and Ranchers committee. The Peterson’s began growing their business in 2021 and Bethany recently left her job at BASF to work full time in the business. 

In today’s episode, we talk about: 

• How precision ag and profitability go hand in hand 
• Working together as husband and wife 
• How to start a business from the ground up 

Join us for this episode! 

To contact Matt and Bethany at Aligned Ag, call 701-425-2100 or visit them at their new location west of Wimbledon. 

Contact Emmery and Alisha, email [email protected]

Learn more about NDFB's YF&R program.

NDFB Straight Talk hosts Emmery and Alisha visit with Jeff Schafer, a farmer and rancher near New Rockford, N.D. Jeff is a 5th generation farmer who currently works with his children (6th generation) and grandchildren (7th generation!) on the family farm.

Three county Farm Bureaus teamed up to bring Jolene Brown, a farmer and award-winning speaker, to Fessenden, N.D. to talk about succession planning and bridging the gap between the generations.

Jeff was part of the group that brought Jolene to North Dakota. Following her presentation, Jeff sat down to talk about his takeaways and the lessons he's learned as he continues to keep his business thriving through the generations.

We talk with Jeff about:

• What it's like to be a 5th generation farmer working with the 6th and 7th generations
• How to begin the conversation with kids and parents
• Expectations between the generations (ie: "What do you expect from me?", "Here's what I expect from you.")
• How to find the "expert" you can trust to help you take the next step
• Why your farm is worthy of the respect of being treated like a business.

To hear Emmery and Alisha's conversation with Jeff's daughter, Chelsey click here.

To learn more about Jolene Brown, visit here.

Keep an eye out for other events hosted by NDFB at ndfb.org/events

Contact Emmery and Alisha at [email protected]

Calving, planting, and harvesting are the lifeblood of the farm and ranch. The new beginnings of spring calves and seeds and the completion of harvest in the fall are the things we as farmers and ranchers live for. But what happens when these busy seasons start to pile up and you go from excited to a little bit more… stressed?

In today’s episode, hosts Emmery Mehlhoff and Alisha Nord visit with Dr. Amy Missling about stress on the farm and how it can turn from something seasonal to more permanent: chronic stress.

Dr. Amy Missling is a licensed clinical psychologist and practices in rural Minnesota.  She specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders as well as trauma and stressor-related conditions.  She provides behavioral health services to adults with a variety of life circumstances and occupations, including local farmers and ranchers.  Outside of her work as a psychologist, she and her husband, Jeff Missling, feed cattle and hogs and co-own a meat locker in Devils Lake, N.D.

Dr. Missling shares her experience as a psychologist and agriculturalist. Marrying into agriculture has given her a unique experience about the kinds of stress farmers and ranchers are facing.

We talk about: 

• The kinds of stressors farmers and ranchers face 
• Warning signs to look out for that stress is becoming chronic
• Is stress always bad? 
• What you can do to manage stress on your farm and ranch  

Check out your level of stress here

For more information about how to find a behavioral health specialist, visit with your primary care doctor.

Farm Bureau Member? Visit KonnectMD on NDFB’s member benefit page  https://www.ndfb.org/benefits/ 

Contact Emmery and Alisha at @[email protected]