Episodes – Page 11 – Hoosier Ag Today

The Hoosier Ag This Week Podcast for 1/25/25

January 25, 2025 1:14 am|

On this edition of Hoosier Ag This Week: The issue over water rights is a hot topic since the LEAP Project was started in Boone County. Eric Pfeiffer chats with State Senator Susan Glick about her bill that would protect local water rights for Indiana’s farmers.

You’ll also hear about a Grain Bin Rescue that took place a week-and-a-half ago in Shelby County. You’ll hear from the Fountaintown Fire Chief and one of the volunteers on the scene who not only saved the farmer’s life—but the firefighters just had Grain Bin rescue training in Seymour days before the incident.

And our Gary Truitt is the host of a brand-new podcast on the Hoosier Ag Today Podcast Network. It’s called “WTF? (What’s Threatening Farmers?)” Gary chats with Emily Ellis with the American Ag Alliance about the sophisticated new scams that animal activists are using to try and destroy the livestock industry.

We’ll feature these stories—plus, Brian Basting with Advance Trading joins us to review Friday’s grain markets. It's all part of the Hoosier Ag This Week Podcast!

The Hoosier Ag Today Podcast for 1/24/25

January 24, 2025 4:35 am|

On the HAT Podcast C.J. Miller and Andy Eubank have the news including President Trump's ag secretary pick has her Senate confirmation hearing and two major economic challenges farmers will continue to face in the next decade. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin says mostly dry conditions for up to two weeks, and the ag markets reversed again Thursday to post gains. Andy has the settlements and is joined by analyst Mike Silver. It's all part of the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - proudly serving local farms, families, and agribusiness for 140 years. Visit them online at FFBT.com to learn more.

The Hoosier Ag Today Podcast for 1/23/25

January 23, 2025 4:45 am|

On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer has the news including more avian influenza here in the Hoosier state, this time in Allen County, and the benefit to you of selecting the right soybean seed treatment. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin says it will be cloudy but not as cold as recent days, and the ag markets reversed course to selloff Wednesday. Andy Eubank has final numbers and is joined by analyst Tom Fritz. It's all part of the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - proudly serving local farms, families, and agribusiness for 140 years. Visit them online at FFBT.com to learn more.

The Hoosier Ag Today Podcast for 1/22/25

January 22, 2025 4:39 am|

On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer and C.J. Miller have the news including water rights around Indiana and a new bill to protect those for agriculture and tips for livestock care during the extreme cold. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin calls for no significant precipitation the next two weeks and not as cold the rest of the week, and the ag markets worked higher Tuesday. Andy Eubank has final numbers and is joined by analyst Arlan Suderman. It's all part of the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - proudly serving local farms, families, and agribusiness for 140 years. Visit them online at FFBT.com to learn more.

New Techniques From Animal Activists

January 21, 2025 2:43 pm|

Animal activist attacks on the livestock industry are not new. What is new are the tactics and messaging they are using. The days of PETA protesters taking off their clothes to protest fur and leather and undercover videos of livestock operations are in the past. Today, their attacks and far more sophisticated and well-funded.

On the first episode of WTF? (What's Threatening Farmers?), Gary Truitt talks with Emily Ellis of the Animal Ag Alliance about how these groups and their new techniques that are threatening the farm.

The Hoosier Ag Today Podcast for 1/21/25

January 21, 2025 4:46 am|

On the HAT Podcast C.J. Miller and Sabrina Halvorson have the news including the value of grain bin safety training in a real world situation, and a USDA undersecretary with experience who will return in the new administration. It's bitter cold across the Hoosier state and HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin says we will come off of the lows soon, and the markets were closed for the holiday yesterday. Andy Eubank is joined by analyst John Zanker with an inside look at recent movement of corn and bean futures. It's all part of the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - proudly serving local farms, families, and agribusiness for 140 years. Visit them online at FFBT.com to learn more.

Forage Genetics International, Alfalfa Breeding, & Dogs vs Cats

January 20, 2025 6:00 pm|

Why would a grower consider adding alfalfa as a rotation crop? We are joined by two special guests, Glenda Gehl and Emily Meccage, for this episode of The High Ground powered by Premier Companies. Both Glenda and Emily are joining us from FGI, Forage Genetics International, which is a subsidiary of Land O’Lakes and has been an industry leader within the forage industry for over 30 years. Glenda serves as the President of FGI and leads the R&D efforts for the crop inputs business, and Emily is the Director of R&D and Innovation.

Both Glenda and Emily will share about their career paths and how they ended up working for FGI. You’ll learn more about FGI and how they work to bring the best technology and genetics to the market and the improvements that have been seen specifically in alfalfa over the last few decades. You’ll learn about the benefits of having alfalfa added as a rotational crop and how it can benefit the health of your soil and even decrease certain pests. “We make sure that when we’re releasing a variety, it’s the best of the best and it’s gonna perform the way we say it will.”

The Hoosier Ag Today Podcast for 1/20/25

January 20, 2025 4:43 am|

On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer and C.J. Miller have the news including the need for agriculture property tax bills to get relief this year from the Indiana legislature and what EPA might do with WOTUS under the new administration's pick for the agency chief. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin says the cold is here for more than just today, and Friday the grains and oilseeds rebounded. Andy Eubank has the closing numbers and Brian Basting has market analysis. It's all part of the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - proudly serving local farms, families, and agribusiness for 140 years. Visit them online at FFBT.com to learn more.

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342. The Pantheon’s Nichole Like on growing a rural economy, creating an agtech hub in Vincennes + leaving things better than you found them

January 20, 2025 4:00 am|

Keeping the heart of the heartland requires two key things when we think about growing small towns, cities and rural economies: big vision and lots of hard work. Today’s guest is no stranger to either and shares a great perspective on how one small community in the Midwest is reimagining itself into an epicenter of innovation. Nichole Like, CEO of The Pantheon, an innovation engine in Vincennes, Indiana joins us to talk:

Investing in small communities while also honoring their heritage to make them a destination for newcomers to move to and hometown kids to return to for their careers.
The steady decline of entrepreneurial activity in rural America and The Pantheon’s vision to create the economy they want – not the way they’re given.
Vincennes as Indiana’s first city has big stats to tout – including Knox County leading in ag receipts, being the #1 producer of fruit and vegetable production in Indiana and #2 in the United States for melon production.
The simple, but effective, equation to building an agtech ecosystem: bring really smart, progressive farmers to the table with innovators to solve critical problems facing their operations.
Creating community buy-in and the importance of local support to drive local economies.
What’s ahead for The Pantheon and Indiana’s first city.

The Hoosier Ag This Week Podcast for 1/18/25

January 17, 2025 6:40 pm|

On this edition of Hoosier Ag This Week: We explore several new bills in the Indiana General Assembly—including a bill from State Rep. Kendell Culp that would lower property taxes for farmland owners by changing the formula used assess the value.

Two new cases of bird flu have been identified at commercial poultry farms in Jay County bringing the total number of cases in that county to three in the past two weeks.

AND Andy Eubank reports from the Purdue Top Farmer Conference, as Purdue Ag Economics professor Michael Langemeier offers advice for farmers on navigating through a challenging ag economy in 2025.

We’ll feature these stories—plus, Brian Basting with Advance Trading joins us to review Friday’s grain markets. It's all part of the Hoosier Ag This Week Podcast!