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If you’d like more information about the subjects covered in the show, check the list below for details about recent
programs.
February 5-6: Food Tank, a nonprofit advocate for safe, healthy, nourishing food availability globally, hosted a session at the Sundance Film Festival that featured multiple “voices” for
food and agriculture. Thursday’s show had Elle Gadient, a farmer advocate for Niman Ranch (and a farmer, herself, with her husband), and Friday’s show was with David Moscow,
author, actor, and creator/host of the television show, “From Scratch.” The show streams on Peacock (subscription required to view). You can see the Food Tank session here.
February 4: Corteva head of Research and Development, Sam Eathington, was interviewed by Reuters to discuss Corteva’s use of artificial intelligence in the development of crop
protection products and seed breeding. You can view a video recording here. (Requires personal information in order to access.)
February 3: The Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund annually awards grants of $1,000 to $5,000 to veterans who are starting a farming enterprise. The application deadline is February 17.
February 2: A group called the National Young Farmers Coalition is calling out the U.S. Department of Agriculture for not releasing a survey that was supposed to be made public last
October 31. It’s called 2024 Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land Survey and the NYFC says its needed to inform policy on farmland access.
January 30: Dr. Julia Interrante with the University of Minnesota Health Research Center was interviewed by the news service, SciLine, about the rapid decline in the availability of
obstetric (relating to childbirth) services in rural America. A video recording is available here.
January 29: Jim Ladlie is the founder and president of Profit Pro Ag in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
January 28: Mike Parkinson is a key account manager with Legend Seeds in DeSmet, South Dakota.
January 26-27: University of Illinois ag economics professors Gary Schnitkey and Nicholas Paulson presented three webinars hosted by the Illinois Soybean Association on various
economic topics for farmers. At the time this update is being posted, only one was available for public viewing. Watch this space for updates.
January 23: Karl Hoppe is with North Dakota State University Extension and shared tips for protecting livestock--cattle, in particular--from bitter cold temperatures with the radio staff
at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
January 22: Trey Malone, the Boehlje Endowed Chair in Managerial Economics for Agribusiness at Purdue University, presented a talk titled “Using Option Thinking to Explore
Opportunities” at Purdue’s Top Farmer Conference.
January 21: Russell Hillberry, an ag economics professor at Purdue University, discussed “The Effects of Tariffs on Export-Oriented Agriculture” at Purdue’s Top Farmer Conference.
