The Heartland's Harsh Realities: Why Diversification in Farming Matters w/IowANFarmer

Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

Business

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Welcome to Barn Talk! In this episode, IowANFarmer joins us for a second time to discuss farming life and industry challenges, family values and generational differences. We explore the complexities of agricultural business, including land ownership, market dynamics, and the impact of global events like the Russian-Ukraine war on local farming. We highlight diversification strategies for financial stability, such as expanding his pumpkin patch, venturing into alternative farming, and a direct-to-consumer meat business & much, much more. 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 Farming challenges led to an entrepreneurial pumpkin patch. 07:30 Considered growing pumpkins, sparked by local interest. 13:50 Step up, create change, give back to the community. 17:09 Raised $2,000 for high school, community projects. 22:36 Overcoming challenges in pursuit of success. 30:34 Increased planting capacity and equipment efficiency benefits. 32:37 New equipment increased productivity and relieved labor. 37:07 Sell grain now or risk low prices. 46:14 Bullish on markets due to the Ukraine-Russia conflict. 48:19 People don't consider impact, but it's crucial. 53:16 Economic impact leads to potential retirement auctions. 59:12 Government payments, farming, and community impact discussed. 01:08:22 Balancing work at the farm and pumpkin patch. 01:10:18 Prepare for bad things and focus on improvement. 01:17:40 Engaging children in picking the perfect pumpkin. 01:20:10 Balancing work and chores during good weather. 01:25:34 Prioritizing family and personal time as a parent. ------------------------------- ***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 bro... 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 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 guest episode.
0:31.1	You got a real special guest. This is the first time we've ever had,
0:34.6	actually second time we ever had a reoccurring guest. So this person you've seen
0:38.6	him before, farms in Southern Iowa, got a lot of stuff going on. He's into Thailand. He's into a grain
0:44.6	farming. He's into the hay business. He's got a new venture. Him and his wife have
0:49.2	been working on and they actually got it up and running. I miss anything Thailand business he's got
0:54.1	that too so he's kind of the jack of all trades young hustling trying to make a buck
0:59.6	trying to stay into farming trying to grow his operation best he can.
1:03.7	He's got a YouTube channel.
1:05.3	And so you guys know the drill.
1:09.2	Before we get into this, share it out with who you know. The more that you guys do that, the more the show grows,
1:16.0	the more we can get better guests on, the more episodes we can make.
1:20.8	Feel free to also leave a review on Spotify or Apple.
1:24.0	That gives our show more credibility and better guess we can get on
1:28.0	if we're more credible.
1:29.0	Last thing you could do to support the show if you love what we're doing
1:32.0	and you get value from it
1:33.7	is you can head over to farmergrade.com and you can buy some meat from us.
1:38.8	We launched a direct to consumer meat business last year and we're going strong and we'd love to provide your
1:45.3	family with some meat and you can use code barn talk to save 10% off your next
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