This week Valene and Katharine fly solo and dive into their respective industries. They share what things are currently looking like for producers. It has been a bit since an episode has launched with life happenings, but we are back and excited to bring some perspective of what has been happening!Katharine shares that dairy's prices are not looking very good this year after coming off a record high priced year. Tune in to find out why this might be and learn that the hardest part with low milk prices is the high input costs. Valene dives into a more positive market with beef cattle. The indus ..read more

Happy June Dairy Month! To highlight one of our two favorite categories of food, Marty McKinzie, Chief Growth Officer with DairyMAX, joins us to share everything his organization does to promote milk and dairy products. DairyMAX, a regional dairy promotion agency in the United States, takes its mission to ensure advocacy and access to dairy products seriously. Marty highlights their many efforts, including strategic partnerships, school education and nutrition programs, and partnering with social media influencers to spread the good word of dairy. Their projects range from working with dairyme ..read more

In the wrap-up episode for our May Mental Health series, we reflect on what we've learned from our three outstanding guests. We also share our perspectives and experiences with our own mental health challenges, and ask ourselves and our listeners on how we can take care of ourselves and each other better. Thanks for joining us for this series, and as always, if you would like more content about this topic, please let us know!!!If you or someone you know needs help with mental health challenges or substance abuse, please reach out. Here are some resources to consider:Lifeline Chat and Text is a ..read more

In this second episode of our series for May Mental Health, we're joined by Daniel Hayes, a farmer from South Carolina. Daniel is a different kind of guest than we've had before - generally, our guests who come to speak with us about mental health and other struggles are women. It's difficult to find men who are willing to talk about their struggles with mental health, addiction, and other issues, let alone speak about it publicly. We're really grateful to Daniel to breaking that ceiling for our series, but especially for you, our listeners, and the communities we all belong to. Daniel opens u ..read more

In the first episode of our series for May Mental Health Month, we're joined by Karen Hall, who is a middle school counselor in Southern Idaho. Karen presents a different perspective on mental health than we've had on the podcast before. She is seeing middle school students in crisis, dealing with mental health challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, and families facing a lack of critical and available resources to deal with these problems. Karen is passionate, cares deeply about her students and the mental health issues facing our society today, and speaks with compassion and concern not only ..read more

Here we are! We made it! With great pride and excitement, we present to you the 150th episode of the Millennial Ag Podcast. We’ve been considering very carefully what we wanted this episode to be, and we thank you for your patience while we’ve been developing it. Over the last couple months, we’ve been talking to our friends, neighbors, acquaintances, policy makers, industry professionals and whoever else we could think of to bring us their own “Top 5 Biggest Issues in Ag”. Many of them are as you would suspect – farmgate prices, mental health, barriers to entry, adoption of technology, govern ..read more

It’s almost here!!! We’ve made it all the way to Episode 150! We can’t believe how fast it’s crept up on us, and how we couldn’t have done it without you, our loyal and encouraging listeners! In preparation for this huge milestone, we’ve been taking a poll in the agriculture community to identify the top five (ish) issues in our industry. In this quick teaser episode, we share what those are, and what’s coming up next week to celebrate this landmark in Millennial Ag history ..read more

Since Katharine is in Wisconsin this week, Valene flies solo and brings Natalie Wyne from Colorado Premium. In light of St. Patrick’s day, they talk about anything and everything corned beef. They dive into the history, the process and even some of their favorite ways to cook it. We learn corned beef has evolved from the traditional corning with salt to a liquid based cure that is injected. Want to learn more about the corned beef you are eating for St. Patty’s day? Then, tune in! The podcast and corned beef will pair well with green beer, potatoes, and cabbage ..read more

Since we've had such an increase in followers following our ag labor series, we are reintroducing ourselves! This week, it's Katharine's turn. She gives a quick overview of who she is, where she came from, and what she's doing now. Then Valene asks a big question - what lights Katharine's fire in agriculture? She shares the hows and whyfors, and the longer you listen, the deeper you'll be pulled into this very passionate agriculture champion's love and dedication to the industry she loves most. There might be a controversial thing or two she says - but her intent is to raise awareness and hope ..read more

This week, we take a different approach from our usual episode structure and welcome back all together our guests from the last four ag labor series. With their return comes the kind of synergy that sparks even better conversations and perspectives. Each of these gentlemen brought their own experiences and ideas for improvement and solutions in the agriculture labor challenges our industry faces. Together, their perspectives and solution proposals (or maybe we should say the beginning of solutions - all of them acknowledge that there is no one way to tackle this beast) bring a breath of fresh ..read more