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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.
April 9-10: Minnesota’s Agricultural Utilization Research Institute is hosting two web sessions on the potential for alfalfa. The first (in March) featured a discussion including Beth
Nelson, president of the National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance, as well as Minnesota farmer Lynn Brakke, who grows organic alfalfa. At the time of this posting (4/5/2026), a recording of
the webinar was not yet available. Part 2, however, is scheduled for April 16. You can register (free) for it here.
April 8: Finola Colgan, a law lecturer and mental health training specialist with the Technological University of the Shannon in Ireland, was part of a panel discussing stress management
during farm operations. The panel was hosted by the Northeast Center for Occupational Safety and Health, and there’s a recording of it here.
April 7: Kansas State University Weed Scientist Keith Harmoney laid out the case for the benefits of burning for pasture management in a recent episode of the K-State radio program,
Agriculture Today. He says it’s a potential tool for managing invasive species, such as Eastern red cedar.
April 6: The Agri-Pulse news service hosted a recent webinar on How Phosphate CVDs Squeeze U.S. Farmers and Threaten Food Security. There’s a recording of it here.
April 1-3: Some highlights from the Agri-Pulse Ag and Food Policy Summit.
March 30-31: The National Ag Day event in Washington, D.C., included a slate of ag and political dignitaries. You can view a video recording here.
March 27: Indiana strawberry farmer Ed Bell tells the story of how he suffered a disabling shooting as a young man but was able to adapt to the setback and eventually operate a
strawberry farm.
March 26: Minnesota hosted a Partners in Ag Innovation conference recently (video recordings of the sessions are here) that concluded with a talk by Minnesota’s ag commissioner,
Thom Petersen.
March 25: March is National Nutrition Month and Kansas State University Extension’s Chelsea King shares some tips for better nutrition and health.
March 24: Some personal reflections of mine on National Ag Day!
March 23: The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust heard testimony from several individuals on the subject of Regulation
and Competition in Maritime Shipping. Here’s a link to the video recording of the hearing, as well as printed versions of the witnesses’ testimony.
