Farming hits the digital airwaves

Dec 15, 2014

Podcasts for farmers always on the go

By Diego Flammini, Farms.com

Know someone who is so engrained with farming and agriculture that it needs to be part of their lives 24/7? Is that same farmer always ignoring what’s around them because they’ve got headphones in their ears?

If that’s the case, point them to these podcasts that focus on the latest news, trends, and market news in farming and agriculture.

Growing Farms Podcast
Hosted by John Suscovich, Farm Manager at Camps Road Farm in Kent, Connecticut, Growing Farms is John’s way of bringing his knowledge and experiences to the public in the hopes more people will consider taking up farming.

The Farming Podcast
Josiah Garber’s podcast talks about natural farming, gardening, permaculture (“develop a site until it meets all the needs of its inhabitants, including food, shelter, fuel, and entertainment.”), homesteading and other topics. The main focus of the podcast is natural farming procedures.

Agricultural Innovations
Bringing his Masters in Forestry with him, Frank Aragona’s podcast is designed to inform and educate about organic agriculture and the technology and strategies used to advance regenerative ecosystem management.

FCC Edge
A bi-monthly podcast produced by Farm Credit Canada and hosted by Kevin Stewart, FCC Edge discusses all things agriculture from business and technology, to farm safety measures and sources of inspiration.

Agriculture and Food: Call of the Land
This podcast, produced by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, gives listeners the latest in agricultural research, production methods, marketing, and government policies.

Video: Is China Buying US Soybeans + USDA Nov 14th Crop Report could be “Game Changing”

After a week of a U.S./China trade truce, markets/trade is skeptical that we have not seen a signed agreement nor heard much from China or seen any details. There are rumors that China is buying soybean futures & not the physical. Trust in Trump?
12 MMT of U.S. soybean purchases by China by year-end is better than 0 but we all need to give it more time and give it a chance to unfold. China did lower the tariffs on Ag and is buying U.S. wheat and sorghum.
U.S. supreme court could rule against Trumps tariffs, but the Trump administration does have a plan B.
U.S. government shutdown is now the longest in history at 38 days.
But despite a U.S. government shutdown we will be getting a USDA November crop report next Friday and it could be “game changing.” If the USDA provides a bullish surprise with lower U.S. corn and soybean yields and ending stocks that are lower than expected both corn and soybean futures will break out above their ceilings at $4.35/bu and $11.35/bu respectively.
The funds continued their selling in live and feeder cattle futures on continued fears that the Trump administration want to lower U.S. beef prices. The fundamentals have not changed, only market psychology has.
Stocks markets continue to worry about a weak U.S. job market, but you can blame ChatGPT for that. In the future, we will have a more efficient, productive and growing economy with a higher unemployment rate until we have more skilled AI workers.
After 34 new record highs in the S & P 500 and 124 new records in the NASDAQ in 2025 we are back to a correction and investor profit taking as AI valuations may have gotten too stretched near-term ahead of NVDA’s 3rd quarter earnings announcement on Nov. 19th. But this is not an AI bubble.
75% of Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk!
It has rained in South America in the last 7 days, but both the American and European models agree that Central Brazil remains dry in the next 14-days!

Governments invest in Manitoba milk

More cases of avian flu detected in B.C.