The Breakdown with INFB

A conversation on unique ways to grow food with Joe McGuire. Joe is a St. Joseph County Farm Bureau member and CEO of Pure Green Farms in South Bend, Indiana, where they grown hydroponic lettuce.

A conversation with Braxten Nielsen, keynote speaker for the upcoming Young Farmers & Ag Professionals Conference in Indianapolis (Feb. 21-23, 2025). Braxten talks about overcoming setbacks and challenges related to a rodeo accident that almost left him paralyzed.

Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron and Andy Tauer, INFB executive director of public policy, discuss INFB’s 2025 legislative priorities.

The organization’s top issues for the 2025 General Assembly are taxation and water rights. More information is available at www.infb.org/statepriorities. In addition to the priorities themselves, Kron and Tauer also talk about how members can get involved. 

Here's a sneak peek at two of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention!

Jack Uldrich, global futurist and author, speaks to the future of the ag industry, and Nina Teicholz, science journalist and Ph.D. in nutrition, discusses a cornerstone of her work - studies on saturated fats and fats in general as part of our diets.

An interview with Indiana’s top doctor. Among her many roles, Dr. Lindsay Weaver is the Indiana state health commissioner, adjunct assistant professor of emergency medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and an emergency medicine physician with IU Health. 

INFB talks to Dr. Weaver about the state of rural health, access to quality care and what solutions there are to improving public health in the state.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 19% of U.S. farmers and 9% of U.S. farmworkers had a disability at some point between 2008 and 2016.

INFB had a conversation with Paul Jones, an education and resource specialist working on the AgrAbility project at Purdue University, to learn more about the resources available to help farmers with disabilities. 

Interviews with two of Indiana's agritourism destination owners, Linda Baird with Cornucopia Farm in Scottsburg, and from the northern part of the state, Maureen Kercher and Mollie Kieffer from Kercher's Sunrise Orchards in Elkhart County. The conversation focuses on what it takes to run a successful agritourism operation, the ins and outs of specialty crop growing and why these businesses are so valuable to Indiana’s agricultural makeup.

A conversation with John Shoup, director of the Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation, and Clint Fischer, an attorney at Ribstein and Hogan Law Firm, a firm based in South Dakota that specializes in helping family farms navigate the often-daunting process of farm succession planning. As farmers continue to age, proper succession planning is crucial to help protect the farm and ensure a smooth transition to the next generation. This episode covers the basics that families need to consider in their planning.

A conversation with U.S. Rep. Rudy Yakym, who represents the second congressional district in northern Indiana, to help Indiana farmers and listeners better understand agricultural issues from the federal level. He touches on everything from the farm bill, trade, labor, inflation and handling relationships in Washington, D.C. 

One of Indiana Farm Bureau's priority issues is bolstering rural viability throughout the state. Among  the many ways to keep rural communities thriving is to support the need for quality child care. 

This episode features interviews with Adam Alson, Jasper County farmer and president of Appleseed Childhood Education, and Carlos Vasquez, vice president and COO of Franciscan Health Rensselaer, who talk about their successful partnership in filling that child care gap in northwest Indiana.