I Help Farmers & Truckers Move Millions in Freight—Here’s How

Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

Business

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Welcome to Barn Talk! In today’s episode we welcome a special guest, Jared Flynn, who takes us on an incredible journey from his rural beginnings to becoming a trailblazer in the logistics world. Jared shares captivating tales from his childhood on a small farm, witnessing the sights and sounds of sawmill life, and how those early experiences shaped his work ethic and ambitions. He recounts his path through college, discovering opportunities in agriculture, and eventually stepping into the corporate world of logistics at Bartlett Grain Company. With an unwavering drive to solve problems and empower small trucking businesses, Jared co-founded BulkLoads, a marketplace for connecting trucking and shipping companies. As we dive into this episode, expect to hear inspiring stories of grit, innovation, and the quest to uplift small-town America through entrepreneurship. It's a conversation filled with laughter, wisdom, and the occasional unexpected twist that you won't want to miss. Join us as we explore Jared’s remarkable journey and the impact he’s making in the transport and agriculture industries. 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 LISTEN ON: SPOTIFY ➱ https://open.spotify.com/show/3icVr4KWq4eUDl7Oy60YMY APPLE ➱ 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 Barn Talk's Growth" 05:15 Parenting Challenges with Kids Tasks 11:08 "Working Summers at the Mill" 18:21 Mentor's Advice Sparks College Path 22:07 Journey to Sheep Farm Job 29:24 From Novice to Sales Insider 36:05 Optimizing Commodity Management Efficiency 37:14 "Exciting Project with Supportive Team" 44:19 Moving for Family and New Beginnings 51:53 Defying Marriage Preferences 57:23 Trucking Compliance Services Overview 58:28 Transitioning to Management 01:06:22 Small Town Decline in Agriculture 01:11:14 Impact of Market Forces on Rates 01:15:48 Successful Entrepreneur's Busy Lifestyle Reflections 01:22:07 Coaching for Business Growth Success 01:26:17 Unexpectedly Accurate Evaluation Tale 01:34:20 Streamlining Freight and Cash Flow Automation 01:39:47 Grandfather's Influence on My Faith 01:42:41 Unexpected Life Lesson on Rafting Trip ------------------------------- ⚠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... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All of the food we eat and much of the clothing we wear comes from plants and animals that are raised on farms.
0:05.6	Farms are different in type, in size, and even in name.
0:26.5	Welcome to Barn Talk. What happens at the barn stays in the barn, but not today. We're going to let it all out for you guys. Today is going to be a guest episode. Got a real good
0:30.6	guest coming to Southeast Iowa just lay it on us here in the barn. Before we get into it,
0:35.3	you guys know the drill. share the show with the people
0:37.5	that you know the more that you guys do that the more that this show grows the more guests we can get on
0:42.3	the more episodes we can make another way you can help out barn talk is you can leave a review on
0:47.9	spotify or apple the more that you guys do that the more it gives our show credibility and that
0:53.9	credibility leads to more guests and the more that the more it gives our show credibility and that credibility leads to more guests
0:55.6	and the more guests the more the show grows so it's just a vicious cycle that we just we really
1:02.2	appreciate all you guys leaving reviews letting us know your thoughts about the show love hearing from you
1:07.5	guys um and last thing you can do to help out here on Barn Talk and also help out and support our family farm is support our direct-to-consumer meat business, Farmergrade.
1:18.9	Farmergrade.com started in about a year and a half ago.
1:21.9	Got all kinds of cuts available from Wagyu, beef, pork, chicken.
1:26.8	Might have a little lamb coming soon, all from
1:29.7	American Family Farms that are transparent and showing what they do. You can always use code
1:34.0	Barn Talk to save 10% off your next order, and that's all I got. Don't use Torque Talk because
1:41.3	it'll charge you 10% extra. Yeah. Give you the family. Treat you like family.
1:44.9	That's right. You'll get you'll get 10 more dollars added to your total. That's kind of what I've
1:49.3	done to help stop dad from coming and using that code so much. He was abusing it. So we had to, we had to have a Patreon on this show. We got what's called a Metrion.
2:03.1	Farmer grade, treat that like a Metrion.
2:09.5	So we're not going to send you some gimmick t-shirt or some bumper sticker that's going to fall off after two months.
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