Barn Talk Q&A: Farming Challenges, Airbnb Insights and Hog Barns

Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

Business

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Welcome to Barn Talk! In this one, we tackle a multitude of topics, from the intricacies of hog farming and the impact of legislation like Prop Twelve, to our thoughts on exercise routines, music preferences, and the challenges of running an Airbnb. We also touch on market updates, the importance of moderation in dietary habits, and the ever-evolving dynamics of direct-to-consumer meat businesses like Farmer Grade. Whether you're a seasoned farmer or just curious about rural life, there's something here for everyone. Use code BARNTALK for 10% OFF your next order https://farmergrade.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ➱ https://bit.ly/3a7r3nR SUBSCRIBE TO THIS’LL DO FARM ➱ https://bit.ly/2X8g45c SUBSCRIBE TO BARN TALK CLIPS ➱ https://bit.ly/3BlZnqq LISTEN ON: SPOTIFY ➱ https://open.spotify.com/show/3icVr4KWq4eUDl7Oy60YMY ITUNES ➱ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barn-talk/id1574395049 Follow Behind The Scenes👇🏻 ● This’ll Do Farm Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/30KPBNk ● Barn Talk TikTok ➱ https://bit.ly/3qciekS ● Sawyer’s Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/3BtX0n4 ● Tork’s Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/3LGZJxS 00:00 Support the show, leave reviews, visit farmergrade.com. 10:36 Started business quietly in the bedroom, then expanded. 16:16 Consolidation in equipment dealers; less inventory. 21:34 Limited travel, hated job from a young age. 26:21 Limited demand for large farming equipment, new preference. 32:00 Farmers optimistic about grain prices despite challenges. 33:38 Ag economy struggling, hope diminishing, situation worsening. 39:01 Diversified retail dealer with focus on livestock. 47:39 Sales success from prospecting and networking. 50:38 Struggling with business growth and leadership development. 58:47 Motivated by family, balancing work and compassion. 01:03:33 Middle America built on farm kids know-how. 01:06:56 Story about rebuilding a car engine summary. 01:11:44 Encouraging audience engagement and promises future content. ------------------------------- ***PLEASE NOTE*** Barn Talk is a significant break from the typical content viewers have come to expect from This’ll Do Farm. Please be advised that we will be exploring a wide variety of topics (some adult-themed) and our younger viewers (and their parents) should be advised that some topics will be for mature audiences only. ⚠NO FINANCIAL ADVICE / DISCLAIMER⚠ The Information discussed and shared on Barn Talk is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, or success for any particular purpose. The Information contained in or provided from or through this podcast is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other advice. The Information on this podcast and provided from or through our content is general in nature and is not specific to you, the user or anyone else. You should not make any decision, financial, investment, trading or otherwise, based on any of the information presented on this podcast without undertaking independent due diligence and consultation with a professional, professional broker or financial advisory. Understand that you are using any and all Information available on or through this website at your own risk. RISK STATEMENT– The trading of Bitcoins, alternative cr... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All of the food we eat in much of the clothing we wear comes from plants and animals that are raised on farms.
0:05.4	Farms are different in type, in size, and even in name. Welcome to Barn Talk, what happens at the barn stays in the barn, but not today. We're
0:26.7	going to let it all out for you guys. Today is going to be a Barn Talk Q&A episode.
0:32.9	So you guys submitted these questions
0:35.4	through email at barn talk show at gmail.com
0:38.4	and we're going to get them answered on the show here today.
0:41.0	If you want to submit a question,
0:42.4	you can email them to barn talk show at gmail
0:44.9	dot com and we'll get them answered on the show. If you guys are new here all that we ask is if you
0:51.4	get any value from the show you share it out with the people that you know.
0:55.2	The more that you guys do that, the more this show can grow, the better, the more guests we can get on,
1:00.9	the more episodes we can make.
1:03.0	And it's just a win-win for everybody.
1:05.0	We find that the best way to grow a podcast is word of mouth.
1:08.9	And you can get value from relating to us on something, laughing about something, learning something.
1:15.4	There's a lot of ways to get value.
1:16.6	We just ask if you do get any of those kinds of value that you share it.
1:21.0	Another thing you can do to help support Barn Talk in this podcast is
1:25.2	leave a review on Spotify or Apple. That gives our show a lot of credibility.
1:29.9	It's probably the number one metric to the outside world outside of
1:33.5	podcasting that people look at to measure how successful your
1:37.7	podcast is. So we're almost a 3,000 five-star reviews on Spotify and we're getting close to 2,000 five-star
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