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Episode 304: From the 1980’s Farm Crisis to Autonomous Tractors, The Making of an Ag Journalist
Since the start of Dan Miller’s career in ag journalism, the pace and scale of news has only increased. His first gig in the biz, as the very first writer for the old Iowa Farmer Today paper, introduced him to current and future Pre...
Episode 303: Farm Bill Running Out of Runway
With election day 2026 just over three months away, lawmakers in Washington are facing the end of the runway for passing legislation they can take home to their districts before November. Farm state legislators in particular would l...
Episode 302: Cattle Posts with Jennifer Carrico
Today’s cattle market is a wild place, and there is so much to keep up on. To help us stay up on the latest, DTN Senior Livestock Editor Jennifer Carrico is taking over the show today — bringing in multiple experts from across the ...
Episode 301: Acreage Updates Unsettle the July WASDE
The July WASDE dropped Friday, July 10th, pulling in the June 30th acreage numbers to give farmers and traders the clearest look yet at the 2026 crop in the field.With some expectations that the report would lean into bullish estimates, ...
Episode 300: The Rise of the American-Made Drone
Though it took some time for aerial drones to find the right application on American farms, today, drones are commonplace across much of the countryside, used for everything from scouting to spraying to helping tracking down missing cows. ...