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Barn Talk

Why I Shut Down My Small Business

Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

Business

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Barn Talk! In this Hot Topics episode, Sawyer and Tork are back in the barn to tackle everything from the ups and downs of farm life to big-picture issues shaking the world right now. Sawyer opens up about the tough decision to close his direct-to-consumer meat business, Farmer Grade, sharing an inside look at the challenges of doing it all, why health comes first, and how focusing on less can lead to greater impact. The guys jump into headline-making topics like the latest bombshells from the Epstein files, debates around voter ID laws and the SAVE Act, global military strategy in Greenland, and the fast-moving world of AI—touching on both its business impacts and its wild new capabilities. They wrap with a fresh take on social media trends, entrepreneurship, and the importance of pruning your digital life for real value. If you’re looking for honest, straight-shooting conversation about farming, business, and the world at large, you won’t want to miss this episode! 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 Equipment Trouble and Field Mishaps 10:00 Markets Linked to US Treasuries 14:48 "Closing Farmer Grade for Health" 16:59 "Finding Focus Over Hustle" 24:27 February Meat Finale Sale 30:49 "Time, Value, and Priorities" 37:57 "COVID Deception and Government Intent" 43:15 Voter ID Reform Debate 47:31 Greenland: Future U.S. Military Base? 53:59 "ClaudeBot: AI Risks & Potential" 56:55 Time Spent on Ideas vs Admin 01:05:33 "Social Media's TikTokification Trend" 01:08:03 Spotify Expands Into Video Content ------------------------------- ⚠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 types, in size, and even in names.

0:55.1

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 Barn Talk hot topics episode. We're going to get into the nitty gritty of what's going on in the world. But before we do, you guys know the drill. If you've been listening or watching for any amount of time. If you get any value from the show, share it out with the people that you know. The more that you guys do that, the more that this show grows, the more guests we can have on, the more episodes we can make. We're really just trying to grow our impact, do more in-person stuff and just grow the community. So thank you to all that have been sharing the show. We really do appreciate it. Another thing you can do to help us

0:59.9

out here at Barn Talk is leave a review on Spotify or Apple. The more that you guys do that,

1:06.1

the more credible you make our show so we can have more episodes and have more guests come on the show. We also

1:12.3

love hearing your guys' opinions, your thoughts about the show, how we can improve it, what you like,

1:18.0

what you don't like, and we just appreciate every single one of you that does that as well.

1:23.7

There's a lot of ways to get value. So if you laughed, if you're related to us on something,

1:44.8

you learn something, if you felt less lonely about what you're thinking after a listener or watching the show, just share it. Or if you felt way smarter because you're like, man, those guys. Or way dumber. I mean, that's still value too. That'll give you hope that you're smarter than we are. So how are you doing? I'm good.

1:46.2

Warm and trend.

1:44.1

We're back than we are. So how are you doing? I'm good.

1:45.4

Warm and trend.

1:46.8

We're back in the barn.

1:48.3

We're back in the barn.

1:49.8

If you didn't catch last week's episode, we did our first speaking engagement.

1:55.0

And we just turned, we just figured we'd take the show on the road and keep it as real and raw as we do here in the barn.

2:01.7

And it seemed like the feedback we got from doing that was great.

2:05.3

All the people there seemed to really enjoy it.

2:07.6

We posted it online for you guys to watch and listen to.

2:12.6

And the feedback's been great.

2:14.1

So we want to do more of that kind of stuff in the future where we can get out there

2:18.3

and meet you guys and put faces to names and really just try to grow the impact that we have

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