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Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

Business

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Welcome to Barn Talk! In this Hot Topics episode, Sawyer and Tork cover everything from what’s happening on the farm to the bigger picture in AG, economics, and world events. You’ll get the latest market updates on corn, beans, and livestock, plus hear firsthand stories from rural life and how changing weather is impacting the Christmas season in Iowa. The guys break down the financial headwinds facing farmers—including interest rates, operating loans, equipment values, and the squeeze on small towns—and ask some big questions about the future of land and food production. They also dig into hot-button issues like solar panels replacing farmland, oil market drama, and even give their take on the latest headlines, from boxing matches to the Epstein files. With plenty of laughs, honesty, and encouragement for anyone having a tough year, Sawyer and Tork are keeping it real and letting you know you’re not alone. Get ready for an episode packed with barn talk, real talk, and a little bit of everything in between! 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 "What's Barn Talk?" 09:02 Doubling Pig Plant Operations Challenges 12:19 Cooling Real Estate Market Trends 16:10 Rising Costs and Farming Challenges 21:05 Forced Land Sales Explained 30:19 "Overbuilding and Farmland Loss" 37:03 "Challenges of Solar in Midwest" 39:45 "Europe's Energy Crisis Hypocrisy" 44:51 Chevron, Venezuela, and Oil Politics 51:47 "Mutual Political Destruction" 58:03 "GM's Leadership and Future Direction" 59:54 Mary Barra, Biden, and EV Propaganda 01:07:40 "Reflecting on a Tough Year" 01:10:11 "Trusting God's Plan and Optimism" 01:15:39 "Shoutout to Jay and Bourbon" ------------------------------- ⚠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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0:14.7	All of the food we eat and much of the clothing we wear comes from plants and animals that are raised on farms.
0:20.8	Farms are different in type, in size, and even in name.
0:36.9	Welcome to Barn Talk. What happens at the barn stays in the barn, but not today. We're going to let it. We're going to let it all out for you guys. Today is going to be a Barn Talk hot topics episode. So we're going to talk about everything going on in the world. A little bit about ag, a little bit about economics, a little bit about
0:55.0	everything we want to talk about. But before we get into it, you guys know the drill. If you get any
1:00.1	value from the show, please share it out with the people that you know. The more that you guys do
1:05.5	that, the more that this show grows, the more episodes we can make, the more guests we can have on.
1:10.7	It's kind of the ticket
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1:17.5	does help us out a lot. Another thing you can do to help us out here at Barn Talk is leave a review
1:22.6	on Spotify or Apple. You know, there's a hell of a lot of you that follow the show,
1:29.7	that subscribe to the channel on YouTube,
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