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June 09, 2025 Episode 91: An Earth Shattering Kaboom
Charlie is back in the studio as we chat about last week's rains, the menace of groundhogs, emergence issues, replant, and just how many acres are out there. Don't forget to Like and subscribe!
42 min
June 02, 2025 Episode 90: A Chat with the Po-Po.
Most folks have a relationship with law enforcement that is similar to in-laws: you aren't really keen on having them around unless you really need them. But folks in rural America need to have a better view than that. This week, Captain Brian Holloman of the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department joins us to discuss the relationship agriculture has to law enforcement and what that relationship could, or should, look like in the future.Don't forget to Like and subscribe!
51 min
May 26, 2025 Episode 89: The Dog Ate My Corn Contract
Rain has finally come to the region, giving an opportunity to work on repairs, delivering grain (and podcasts). Ryan and Charlie discuss planting progress, soil conditions, and wildlife stories. Charlie wins "the new excuse for being late" award.
WARNING: Minimum tillage appliances included.
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39 min
May 19, 2025 Episode 88: What's In a Name Anyway?
Dave Weisflog is back, and Ryan continues to butcher his name. But the guys dive back into atypical ag topics like hemp, land grant university extension, regen ag, and soil health.
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47 min
May 12, 2025 Episode 87: An Expert is Just Someone From More Than 2 Counties Away
Ryan and Charlie chat this week with someone who has seen more than most in the biz. Dave Weisflog might not wear as many hats as Ryan, but he comes very close. Rice, hemp, regen ag, extension and soil health~ today we take the time to scroll through many different aspects of our agriculture with a new face and new perspective.
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41 min
May 05, 2025 Episode 86: Great Start to Plant '25
Charlie brings guests along to the studio this week as we dive into planting progress, agronomics of corn and beans, equipment breakdowns, and the new EV company putting down roots in Warsaw.
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51 min
April 28, 2025 Episode 85: AI Revisited
Dr. Scott Strong is back and we discuss AI, music, creativity, opportunities, pitfalls and cash cows. Plenty of other topics too, like bitcoin and tariffs. Spoiler Alert: apparently we are not going to get a Viking Death Metal opening jingle...it costs too much. But clearly AI services are making bank on this kind of stuff.
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56 min
April 21, 2025 Episode 84: Shades of the Carter Administration?
Wait, ...what? Was that a reference to the Jimmy Carter presidency? Ryan and Charlie discuss this past week in agriculture regarding planting progress and markets... BUT Ryan is caught off guard when Charlie compares the current tariffs to the grain embargo of the late 70s. Plus, this is the week that local county commissions make public whether they are truly pro-agriculture or just looking at a cash grab when they vote on rezoning ag acreage to heavy industrial for a data "farm".

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42 min
April 14, 2025 Episode 83: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Charlie Houin makes it back to the studio in the co-host chair as we talk through tariffs, marketing, planting progress and the unspoken rules around property rights.
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43 min
April 01, 2025 Episode 82: When County Government Fails Agriculture
Land use is fast becoming the biggest threat to the ag industry. But what happens when the place you call home turns on you and does not have your best interests at heart? Kosciusko County may find out this week as it deals with a data farm invasion.
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43 min

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Ag for the people. Ryan Martin's radio personality joins the podcast world in a series of comedic and entertaining dialogues about agriculture. With weekly weather reports, and in-depth explanations…