• The Spokesman Speaks: Ag Insights for Your Farm and Family

  • By: Iowa Farm Bureau
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The Spokesman Speaks: Ag Insights for Your Farm and Family

By: Iowa Farm Bureau
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  • Since 1934, The Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman has been Iowa’s leading agriculture news source, and today it has the largest readership of any ag newspaper in Iowa. While The Spokesman newspaper is available exclusively to Iowa Farm Bureau members, The Spokesman Speaks podcast is available publicly, providing the ag news and farmer education that matter most.
    All rights reserved. You are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works, or using any content available on or through the podcast for commercial or public purposes.
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Episodes
  • VP of ISU Extension dissects Iowa’s ag economy, shares keys for future economic success

    VP of ISU Extension dissects Iowa’s ag economy, shares keys for future economic success
    Jun 17 2024

    Welcome to Episode 163 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Vice President of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dr. Jason Henderson analyzes Iowa’s current ag economy and explores keys he sees for future economic success. And young Iowa farmer Hans Riensche shares what he hopes to learn about transitioning farms to future generations sustainably, through an international study program.

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Learn more about the Nuffield Scholar program and Hans Riensche.
    • Register for Iowa Farm Bureau’s “Take Root” farm succession seminar, July 25 in Johnston.
    • Register for Iowa Farm Bureau’s 2024 Young Farmer Ag Insights Tour.
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    41 mins
  • Meet ISU Extension's new ag climatologist

    Meet ISU Extension's new ag climatologist
    Jun 3 2024

    Welcome to Episode 162 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Madelynn Wuestenberg, an Iowa native and recent master's graduate in Agricultural Meteorology from Iowa State University, speaks with us about her new role as the Agricultural Climatology Specialist for ISU Extension. Then Iowa Farm Bureau’s Farmer Education Program Manager offers a sneak peek of our upcoming Young Farmer Ag Insights Tour, which will include stops at unique ag sites across western Iowa & Nebraska. If you’re a young Iowa farmer, ages 21-40, register by June 30 to secure your spot.

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Learn more about Iowa Farm Bureau's Young Farmer Ag Insights Tour.
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    25 mins
  • Greenhouse gases: Agriculture’s untold story

    Greenhouse gases: Agriculture’s untold story
    May 20 2024

    Welcome to Episode 161 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. By now, we're all pretty familiar with the inaccurate greenhouse gas (GHG) accusations against agriculture. In this episode, American Farm Bureau economist Danny Munch shares the other (less publicized) side of the story, using recently released GHG data from EPA. Also in this episode, Iowa Farm Bureau national policy advisor Daniel Heady updates us on negotiations for a new Farm Bill.

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Read economist Danny Munch's analysis of agriculture's GHG emissions.
    • Top 10 Iowa farm facts , including environmental progress
    • Register now for Iowa Farm Bureau's Young Farmer Ag Insights Tour.
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    26 mins
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