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The Spokesman Speaks: Ag Insights for Your Farm and Family

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 availa... Read more

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Greenhouse Gases: The Truth about Cows and Ethanol

Greenhouse Gases: The Truth about Cows and Ethanol

Welcome to Episode 15 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, USDA senior economist Dr. Jan Lewandrowski share... Read more

17 Jun 2019

31mins

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Talking sustainability with Nestle and "fake meat" with the North American Meat Institute

Talking sustainability with Nestle and "fake meat" with the North American Meat Institute

Welcome to Episode 5 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, we recap Iowa's achievements at the 100th America... Read more

28 Jan 2019

36mins

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Urban opportunity? Iowa FFA's Executive Director discusses how FFA is growing by appealing to both rural and urban students

Urban opportunity? Iowa FFA's Executive Director discusses how FFA is growing by appealing to both rural and urban students

Welcome to Episode 25 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Iowa FFA Executive Director Scott Johnson discus... Read more

4 Nov 2019

33mins

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Join us in Brazil, studying agricultural production and infrastructure

Join us in Brazil, studying agricultural production and infrastructure

Welcome to Episode 27 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Iowa Farm Bureau Senior Economist Dr. Sam Funk i... Read more

2 Dec 2019

24mins

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Iowa State researcher reveals the environmental benefits of updating Iowa's drainage system

Iowa State researcher reveals the environmental benefits of updating Iowa's drainage system

Welcome to Episode 26 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Iowa State University researcher Dr. Mike Castel... Read more

18 Nov 2019

9mins

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Choosing your best risk management options through the new Farm Bill

Choosing your best risk management options through the new Farm Bill

Welcome to Episode 7 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, we learn about a series of meetings Iowa farmers ... Read more

25 Feb 2019

16mins

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Gov. Reynolds discusses farm priorities + Tips for maximizing corn yields and cutting costs + Steps to diversify your farm and prepare for the next generation

Gov. Reynolds discusses farm priorities + Tips for maximizing corn yields and cutting costs + Steps to diversify your farm and prepare for the next generation

Welcome to Episode 28 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. This episode features Governor Kim Reynolds’ speech at Iowa Farm ... Read more

16 Dec 2019

40mins

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Why America Needs Farmers (ANF), the economic impact of ag, and a new health plan that’s saving Iowans thousands of dollars

Why America Needs Farmers (ANF), the economic impact of ag, and a new health plan that’s saving Iowans thousands of dollars

Welcome to Episode 23 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, we discuss the Farm Bureau Health Plan (a one-ye... Read more

7 Oct 2019

29mins

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Blockchain, hemp, crop insurance, and more | Previewing Iowa Farm Bureau's Economic Summit

Blockchain, hemp, crop insurance, and more | Previewing Iowa Farm Bureau's Economic Summit

Welcome to Episode 14 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Iowa Farm Bureau's senior economist previews the... Read more

3 Jun 2019

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How you can protect your farm operation: debt reduction, food transparency, and more in our Economic Summit recap

How you can protect your farm operation: debt reduction, food transparency, and more in our Economic Summit recap

Welcome to Episode 17 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, we chat with some of our speakers from the 2019 ... Read more

15 Jul 2019

36mins

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Forecasting the grain markets and discussing GMO misconceptions

Forecasting the grain markets and discussing GMO misconceptions

Welcome to Episode 6 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, we hear a grain market forecast from Iowa State U... Read more

11 Feb 2019

24mins

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Meatless diets and livestock – facts and fiction about the environmental impact

Meatless diets and livestock – facts and fiction about the environmental impact

Welcome to Episode 9 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, nationally-recognized air quality expert Dr. Fran... Read more

25 Mar 2019

16mins

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Legislative priorities and consumer meat trends

Legislative priorities and consumer meat trends

Welcome to Episode 4 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Spokesman editor Dirck Steimel sits down with Iow... Read more

14 Jan 2019

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Iowa Farm Bureau members

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Iowa Farm Bureau members

Welcome to Episode 8 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, you'll hear U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo s... Read more

11 Mar 2019

40mins

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Proof of agriculture's shrinking environmental footprint + the case for USMCA

Proof of agriculture's shrinking environmental footprint + the case for USMCA

Welcome to Episode 22 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, American Farm Bureau chief economist Dr. John Ne... Read more

23 Sep 2019

30mins

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Measuring Iowa's water quality progress

Measuring Iowa's water quality progress

Welcome to Episode 11 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this Earth Day episode, we reveal the most extensive survey of... Read more

22 Apr 2019

25mins

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Tips for managing farm stress from farmer/psychologist Dr. Mike Rosmann

Tips for managing farm stress from farmer/psychologist Dr. Mike Rosmann

Welcome to episode 3 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. Depression, anxiety, suicide - these are tough topics, but it's im... Read more

31 Dec 2018

15mins

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African Swine Fever, water quality progress, and partnering with Fareway to celebrate meat

African Swine Fever, water quality progress, and partnering with Fareway to celebrate meat

Welcome to Episode 21 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Dr. Andrew Hennenfent of the Iowa Department of ... Read more

9 Sep 2019

24mins

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Planting conditions and safety tips

Planting conditions and safety tips

Welcome to Episode 12 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Iowa Farm Bureau's Dr. Sam Funk provides an upda... Read more

6 May 2019

26mins

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Helping food companies reach their sustainability goals

Helping food companies reach their sustainability goals

Welcome to Episode 10 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa... Read more

8 Apr 2019

28mins

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