What It Really Takes to Break Into Farming When You Don't Inherit Land

Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

Business

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Welcome to Barn Talk! In today's episode, we're joined by Brandon from NBC Precision Spraying LLC a farmer and ag entrepreneur who's been making waves on TikTok with his authentic, no-BS takes on agriculture. Brandon shares his journey from growing up on a small Iowa farm, building a custom spraying business from the ground up, and landing the opportunity to massively expand his operation through the power of relationships and hard work. We dive deep into the realities of farm expansion, balancing family and business, finding reliable labor, and the fast-changing world of ag technology from the first sprayers to cutting-edge "see and spray" machines. Brandon opens up about the challenges and rewards of telling ag’s story on social media, how sales skills translate to success on and off the farm, and why building a legacy for the next generation matters more than ever. Whether you’re a farmer, entrepreneur, or just curious about rural life and ag innovation, this episode is packed with honest conversation, laughs, and hard-earned wisdom. So, kick back, hit that subscribe button, and let’s get into another great Barn Talk episode! JOIN THE BARN TALK NEWSLETTER & GET LIVE EVENT ACCESS: We're on a mission to get 10,000 subscribers, and once we do, we're hosting a live event at the barn! Sign up to get exclusive access to tickets and details.👇🏻 Help us get there: https://www.joinbarntalk.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👇🏻 ● Barn Talk Instagram ➱ https://www.instagram.com/barntalkshow ● Barn Talk TikTok ➱ https://bit.ly/3qciekS ● Sawyer’s Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/3BtX0n4 ● Tork’s Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/3LGZJxS ●Sawyer’s X ➱ https://x.com/SawyerWhisler ● Tork’s X ➱ https://x.com/TorkTalk 00:00 Supporting Barn Talk & newsletter 09:24 Getting a beginning farmer loan 13:43 Meeting the farm owner 18:52 Struggles with planting equipment 24:05 Challenges with sprayer ownership 26:53 Challenges of owning a crop sprayer 34:51 The risks of farming 39:04 Farmers competing for land 42:17 Evolving farm equipment technology 51:20 Hiring struggles and CDL challenges 56:46 Farmers sharing their own stories 01:00:30 Starting live videos in the field 01:08:01 Reflections on farming challenges 01:08:51 Challenges of competing with big farms 01:13:56 Upcoming Iowa election and agriculture 01:19:35 Unique crop rotation strategy 01:25:58 Reflecting on farming life pressures 01:30:32 Reflecting on future farming challenges ------------------------------- ⚠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 cryptocurrencies, NFTs, individual stocks, etc. has potential rewards, and it also has potential risks involved. Trading may not be suitable for all people. Anyone wishing to invest should seek his or her own independent financial or professional advice. 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.
0:05.7	Farms are different in type, in size, and even in names.
0:26.6	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 another guest episode. We've had a heck of
0:32.2	a lot of good guests coming to the barn. I guess spring and the warm weather is bringing more
0:37.2	people to the barn, which is great. So we're looking forward to this one barn. I guess spring and the warm weather is bringing more people to the barn,
0:38.0	which is great. So we're looking forward to this one today. I think you're going to get some
0:42.4	value from it. If you do get any value from it, all that we ask is you share the show with the
0:47.1	people that you know. The more that you guys do that, the more that this show grows, the more
0:51.7	impact we can have and we can grow the impact of barn Talk. It's kind of the ticket to admission to watch or listen to the show. And a lot of ways to get value. If you laughed, if you're related to us on something, if you learn something, just share it. That's all that we ask. Another thing you can do to help us out here at Barn Talk is leave a review on Spotify or Apple.
1:11.4	The more that you guys do that, the more credible you make our show, which allows us to have more credible guests come to want to come on Barn Talk.
1:19.2	So we appreciate all of you that do that.
1:21.5	We love hearing your feedback on what we can do to improve the show or what you love about the show.
1:26.4	And reviews only take five
1:27.5	seconds and it goes a long ways, guys. So thank you so much for the people that have done that.
1:31.7	The last thing you can do to help us out here at Barn Talk is we are launching a Barn Talk newsletter.
1:37.5	You can go to join BarnTalk.com and sign up for our newsletter. We're going to be putting
1:42.0	out a weekly newsletter full of value, full of some entertaining ag, thoughts and opinions from us, both that and I.
1:51.1	And our goal with that is if we get to 10,000 subscribers on that email list,
1:56.4	we're going to throw a live event here at the barn. And if you want exclusive deals or exclusive tickets
2:02.1	or exclusive content, sign up for that email list. Join barn talk.com. Isn't that going to be
2:07.4	kind of like a Tom Sawyer event where we get all these people here and then we hand them like
2:11.8	paint brushes, hammers, and we just knock out a whole bunch of stuff we've been wanting to get done?
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