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Barn Talk

Why Corporate Giants Own Farming

Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

Business

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to Barn Talk! In this episode, Sawyer and Tork bring you a rundown of the week’s hottest topics—from farming market updates and surviving winter storms, to Trump’s bold moves at Davos and eye-opening government fraud in Minnesota. The guys also break down the new food pyramid and share their own experiences with nutrition and whole foods. You’ll get honest opinions, relatable insights, and plenty of laughs as they explore college football’s latest underdog story, and wrap up with a discussion on faith and being a better man, inspired by Pastor Joby Martin. Tune in for straight talk, practical advice, and a dose of barn wisdom on everything happening in ag, politics, and everyday life! 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 "Help Barn Talk Grow" 09:38 Trump, Hype, and Staying On-Track 12:28 Greenland, NATO, and U.S. Defense 18:39 "China, Venezuela, and Monroe Doctrine" 23:09 Minnesota Programs Shut Amid Fraud 27:36 ICE Controversy and Fraud Claims 37:20 "Red Meat and Weight Goals" 41:55 Farmer Frustration Over USDA Report 44:06 "Challenges in American Agriculture" 49:24 Corporate Control Over Farming 55:21 "Sports, Gambling, and Underdogs" 01:00:08 "Pastor Joby Martin's Impact" 01:06:42 "Grateful Perspective on Life" ------------------------------- ⚠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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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.

0:38.7

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 hot topics episode. Barn Talk, hot topics. A lot to talk about going on in the country, in the world. And we're going to give you guys our thoughts and opinions on all of it. But before we get into it, you guys know the drill. If you get any

0:44.1

value from the show, share it out with the people that you know. The more that you guys do that,

0:49.6

the more that this show grows, the more we can have more guests come to the barn and have great conversations

0:55.4

with us, the more impact we can have on people. We really want to do some awesome things in the

1:02.0

year of 2026 here at Barn Talk. And with you guys getting the word out, it really does help us out a lot.

1:07.8

And it's kind of the ticket to admission to watch or listen to the show.

1:11.7

You can get value in a number of different ways. If you laughed, if you're related to us on

1:15.7

something, if you learn something, even if you cry. Even if you cry, that's some, hey, yeah,

1:20.7

we strike a nerve with you that good. That's value. So all we ask is you just share it.

1:26.7

Another thing you can do to help us out here at Barn Talk is leave a review on Spotify or Apple.

1:32.5

The more that you guys do that, the more credible you make our show,

1:36.4

which in turn helps us get more guests to come to the barn and make some great episodes.

1:42.0

And we also just love hearing your guys' overall thoughts about the show. So, uh, leave those reviews. It takes you five seconds. And we really do appreciate it. And it does help us out a lot. So, um, yeah, thanks for, thanks for everything that you guys have done. Uh, this is going to be a great year for barn talk. And, uh, I'm excited to get into the topics today but uh how are you doing

2:02.3

king doing good uh if you hear this if you're listening to this it means you made it through uh the

2:08.2

huge winter storm that everybody is predicting and uh we're kind of on the last we're kind of on the last

2:13.9

nice day the wind changed picking up out of the west, out of the northwest.

2:18.4

It's going to be cold. Damn, is it going to be cold? And I don't like the wind. And one of my

2:23.6

barns is just about empty. We're supposed to ship out the last couple loads of pigs on Sunday night.

2:29.5

Not looking forward to that. And me and the LP guy are going to get to be best friends because I'm

2:34.9

going to be heating that sucker during this cold snap but that's all part of it and I wanted to say

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