Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.
Topics Discussed:
Spring weather update
Organic soybean market impacted by imports
Organic corn market rising
Sponsored by Mercaris and Byron Seeds
Regional updates from the farm by:
Marlin Eash (Shipshewana, IN)
Chris Hoffner (Mount Ulla, NC)
Eric Beiler (Croghan, NY)
Corby Groen (Lynden, WA)
These four farmers will be joining us every other month to give on-farm updates from their areas.
Sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics
It's sugaring season! Steve Sommers of Millersburg, OH joins us to talk us through the process of tapping trees, gathering sap and making maple syrup.
Video of the process can be found on our YouTube page
This episode is brought to you by Byron Seeds
Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.
Topics Discussed:
Weather impacting crops
India equivalency agreement update
Cargill/Rodale/Bill & Evans transitioning acres to organic
Sponsored by Mercaris and Byron Seeds
Regional Updates from the farm by:
Ann Miller (Fredericksburg, OH)
Jolynn McClelland (Petaluma, CA)
Abbie Corse (Whitingham, VT)
Melissa Weyland (Neenah)
We will feature these four women in organic ag every other month to give updates from their farm.
Sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics
John Kempf, Founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, expert in the biological systems of farming and a strong voice of regenerative agriculture, joins us to talk about carbon, photosynthesis being the engine that drives the whole system and being stewards of the land.
More on John at:
https://www.advancingecoag.com/john
His Podcast is:
http://regenerativeagriculturepodcast.com/
This is episode is brought to you by Byron Seeds
Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.
Topics Discussed:
Organic livestock markets
India equivalency agreement ending
Organic corn pricing and outlook
Sponsored by Mercaris and Byron Seeds
Regional updates from the farm by:
Marlin Eash (Shipshewana, IN)
Eric Beiler (Croghan, NY)
Chris Hoffner (Mt Ulla, NC)
Corby Groen (Lynden, WA)
These four farmers will be joining us every other month to give on-farm updates from their areas.
Sponsored by SoilBiotics and Byron Seeds
Nathan and Jessica Williams are Organic Dairy Farmers in Kentucky. They join us to tell their story about making career changes from being professionals living in Louisville to deciding to move back home to farm and raise their family.
Today it's just Mike and Bryan talking about starting Back to the Roots Podcast and what the plans for 2021 are.
This is available in video on YouTube as well: https://youtu.be/B55ZTjcYZ54
Back to our regular schedule next week!
Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.
Topics Discussed:
Slow Markets to end year
Organic vs Conventional Corn Prices
Items to Watch in 2021
Sam Dobson (North Carolina), Thomas Heckman (Ohio), John Ihm (Wisconsin) and Jon Bansen (Oregon) join us to discuss their farming year of 2020. They give us an overview of their year, tell us about some positives and negatives and ask questions of each other.
Thanks to Sam, Thomas, John and Jon for their time in 2020!
Elmwood Stock Farm is a certified organic farm in Georgetown, KY. They have a CSA, beef, poultry, pigs, turkeys and lambs. Mac Stone of Elmwood sits down with us to discuss their operation and what they have learned and implemented over their years being organic.
https://elmwoodstockfarm.com/
Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.
Topics Discussed
2020 Harvest Update
Organic Fluid Dairy Sales
Levelling off of Imports
Organic Grain Pricing
Regional updates from the farm by:
Thomas Heckman (Ohio)
Jon Bansen (Oregon)
Sam Dobson (North Carolina)
John Ihm (Wisconsin)
Mary Berry is the Executive Director and Founder of the Berry Center and daughter of Wendell Berry. She joins us to discuss the mission of the Berry Center, history of agriculture in Kentucky and what we can learn from that history to support rural communities into the future.
https://berrycenter.org/
Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.
Topics Discussed:
2020 Harvest Status
Organic Broiler and Turkey Production
Organic Trade Update
Organic Grain Price Outlook
Regional updates from the farm by:
Sam Dobson (North Carolina)
Jon Bansen (Oregon)
Thomas Heckman (Ohio)
John Ihm (Wisconsin)
Charlie Eselgroth, organic dairy farmer from Greenfield, OH, joins us to talk about his introduction to organic cropping, starting to dairy at 50 years old and the learning curve of managing dairy cows versus beef cows.
Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.
Topics Discussed:
2020 Harvest Outlook
Organic Grain Imports
Organic Livestock Market
Organic Grain Pricing
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