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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 24: Doris Mold moderated a recent webinar from Annie’s Project titled Winding Roads: The Leadership Journeys of Women Farmers. It was aimed at woman who are ag leaders now,
or aspire to be. You can view a recording here.
April 21-23: Williamsport, Indiana, organic farmer Rick Clark was part of a Heritage Foundation web event, Feeding America Safely: A Practical Path Forward on Pesticides. You can view
a recording here.
April 20: Ian Welsh, co-founder and chair of Innovation Forum, promoted the upcoming Future of Food and Beverage Forum USA on May 27-28 in Minneapolis. Early-bird pricing on
tickets is available through May 1. Welsh appeared in a recent episode of the Farm+Food+Facts podcast from U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action.
April 17: Audrey Comerford of Oregon State University Extension talks about the agritourism industry in a clip put out by the news service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
April 14-16: I interviewed Tom Ferree, CEO of Connected Nation, a nonprofit dedicated to the goal of full broadband connectivity nationwide. The organization is observing its 25th
anniversary this year. He also discussed a joint venture involving Connected Nation and network interconnection pioneer Hunter Newby to build and operate 125 Internet Exchange
Points across the country.
April 13: Purdue University’s Ag Economy Barometer for March showed an uptick in farmer optimism, even though fertilizer and energy prices were increasing rapidly, because crop
prices were also rising. The war with Iran factored in. Purdue ag economist Joana Colussi and the head of Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture, Michael Langemeier, discussed the
findings here.
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.
