Why Iowa Has the Fastest Growing Cancer Rate in America

Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

Business

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 146 minutes

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Welcome to Barn Talk, where what happens in the barn doesn’t always stay in the barn. In this episode, Tork and Sawyer sit down with Zach Lahn, a sixth-generation Iowa farmer, entrepreneur, community advocate, and current candidate for governor. Zach shares his perspective on the challenges facing rural America, including the struggles of modern family farming, rising input costs, consolidation across agriculture, and the need for more opportunities for young and beginning farmers. You'll hear Zach discuss his journey from rebuilding his family's homestead, to creating innovative schools, and now taking his passion for local communities and agriculture to the campaign trail. The conversation covers the importance of food sovereignty, local supply chains, land stewardship, and practical solutions to improve water quality and public health in Iowa. Zach also weighs in on hot-button issues like regenerative agriculture, corporate influence, and why investing in homegrown businesses and education is vital for the state's future. Get ready for a wide-ranging, honest, and personal discussion about what it will take to keep Iowa’s rural communities strong and thriving for generations to come. If you enjoy the show, share it, leave a review, and join the Barn Talk newsletter for more updates and conversations from rural America. 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/TorkWhisler 00:00 Challenges of Simplifying Political Ideas 11:32 Discussing America's biggest issue 30:51 Challenges in crop diversification 37:37 Discussion on states' rights and policies 46:32 Expanding small dairy operations 01:01:29 Discussing farming tax credits 01:07:28 Discussing water quality upgrades 01:21:08 Attracting young people to Iowa 01:31:01 Discussing plant-based medicine benefits 01:43:06 Discussing legal battles with Bayer 01:44:50 Discussing glyphosate and health concerns 02:00:48 Setting goals for young students 02:09:26 Encouraging servant leadership in schools 02:21:29 Learning from past relationships ------------------------------- ⚠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 name.
0:26.1	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 another great guest episode. We have just
0:31.2	had back to back to back great episodes with some awesome people. And today is going to be no different but before we get
0:39.0	into it you guys know the drill if you get any value from the show all that we ask is you share it out
0:43.6	with the people that you know the more that you guys do that the more you help our show grow we
0:48.3	don't run ads to promote the show it's all through you guys all through organic word of mouth and we found that that's the
0:55.3	best way to grow a podcast so we appreciate all of you that do that another thing you can do to
1:00.9	help us out here at barn talk is leave a review on spotify or apple the more you guys do that
1:06.7	the more credible you make our show which in turns allows us to have great guests,
1:11.4	come to the barn. And we also just love hearing your overall thoughts about what you think about
1:16.4	the show, what we can do to improve it, what are your favorite parts, all those things. It takes
1:20.5	you five seconds and it really does, really does help us out a lot. Last thing you can do to support
1:25.8	Barn Talk is you can go sign up for our weekly
1:28.5	newsletter, join barn talk.com. We're putting out a weekly newsletter, basically everything going on
1:34.2	in rural America. We're talking about it and giving our thoughts on it. It's not a regurgitated
1:39.3	podcast episode. It's really just what's happening, our thoughts on it. And we have a goal right now.
1:45.3	If we get to 10,000 news newsletter subscribers, we're going to throw a live event right here at
1:50.6	the barn on the farm, have some good bourbon, have some bush light, bring on some speakers that
1:55.4	have been on the show that have really made an impact and just have a good old, good old time.
1:59.9	So we're trying to, we're trying to we're trying to
2:02.1	really make that thing make that thing hum and grow and add value is in any way we can so we appreciate
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