The Little Red Barn

Corn and bean prices reach multi year lows, and don't give high hopes of recovery. Arial application of fungicide continues nonstop. Field days galore. Weather always matters and Corn pollination may have been the best in years. The topics may seem redundant, even cyclical, but it's what is on the minds of producers this week.

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This week's episode is brought to you by Fractal! Ryan flies solo, recapping the end of the county fair season, state fair, school starting, and a Wyandot County, Ohio field day last week. We're hearing more about Tar Spot in corn, while seeing very active arial applications.

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Ryan heads to the Elkhart County Fair to sit down with Dwight Moudy of Cowboy Ethics Indiana Inc, who talks about critical education efforts to reach kids in Indiana classrooms with a different approach to agricultural (and life) thinking.

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Jeff Smith stops by Red Barn Studios to chat about some new, exciting, and cutting edge products that may be able to level the playing field for some producers when it comes to land acquisition and mitigating risk. 

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Ryan and Coyote work through the past weeks headlines and corn tassels while folks come and go at the Crazy Egg Cafe.

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This one is for those actively engaged in farming. We're bombarded with talk of carbon. Ryan cuts through misinformation, explains credits and offsets, and answers 3 questions on CI Scoring: 1) what is it? 2) why should I care? And 3) what's in it for me. All row crop farmers need to tune in. 

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The guys are talking weather and markets again...but that's because it's being talked about at the farmer coffee shops as well. This week they mix in 50 Shades of White, deerfly gang violence, ferry boats for golf carts, cooking a chicken,  and oh yeah...there is a big USDA report this week too.

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We're cooking this week under the blazing sun. Kris loves it. With little to no rain in the picture it makes him feel like he's down south, amid the threat of failing septic systems. Here at home, Ryan's farming plans have taken an unexpected turn... but the main story is how crops may fare in this week's heat and flash drought.

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Summer means the County Fair, and a large portion of the ag community participates in the event somehow. Fairs are known for 4-H, the Carnival rides, and the somewhat lesser known Open Class or "Home and Family" exhibits. The director of the open class building at the Kosciusko County Fair stops by the studio this week to chat about fairs, open class, why people involve themselves and why more people should. 

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Roger Grossman is a legend in Indiana Sports Broadcasting. His Dad was a legend in Ag Mechanics. It takes the right person to carve out a career in Agriculture. We dive into the story of Roger and his dad, and how Ag still binds plenty of families together, even if not all/any members call the farm home. A lot has changed in this business over the last 70 years, but some things have not. 

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