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12/14/24 – Featuring top agriculture stories from the past week:
12/7/24 – Featuring Minnesota State Cattlemen Executive Director Kaitlyn Root from the 2024 Minnesota Cattle Industry Convention in St. Cloud:
11/30/24 – Featuring Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish:
11/23/24 – Featuring Jack Cornell – Director of Sustainable Supply with the United Soybean Board from the NAFB Annual Convention in Kansas City, MO:
11/16/24 – Featuring Certified Ag Dealers CEO Patrick Driscoll from the NAFB Annual Convention in Kansas City, MO:
11/9/24 – Featuring Rod Bain and Gary Crawford of USDA Radio:
11/2/24 – Featuring Trey Freeman with Ever Ag and getting an update on the current cattle markets:
10/26/24 – Featuring a look at the origins of Halloween; pork industry activity in Canada and farm bill impacts with the American Farm Bureau Federation:
10/19/24 – Featuring a a look at one of the national sponsors of the upcoming National FFA Convention and a check-in on the status of Canadian politics:
10/12/24 – Featuring local livestock markets and national livestock insights into exports and fall cow/calf weaning:
10/5/24 – Featuring interviews from the KASM World Dairy Expo coverage with Simplot Animal Science, Udder Tech Inc. and McClanahan:
9/28/24 – Featuring a preview of the 2024 World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin:
9/21/24 – Featuring leading agriculture and financial news headlines from this week:
9/14/24 – Featuring the Paynesville FFA Plot Day from this past Thursday and the new irrigation system that was installed on their crop plot:
9/7/24 – Featuring farm topics from this past week that include China/Canada trade issues, USDA Farm Income report and more:
8/31/24 – Featuring Mark Koehn and his FFA Agri-Cruise Across the States adventure. This is a portion of the August 28th Partyline Program with Kirby Hemmesch:
8/24/24 – Featuring farm topics that include the Farm Progress Show, dairy goat sucess in Wisconsin and a crop update from Iowa:
8/17/24 – Featuring farm topics of the past week including the Farm Bill, land prices and grain marketing:
8/10/24 – Featuring past President of the MSGA Bob Worth from Farmfest:
8/3/24 – Featuring a preview of the 2024 Farmfest with the Director of Events & Marketing Niki Jones:
7/27/24 – Featuring farm topics of the past week including the Farm Bill, H5N1 and meat processing:
7/20/24 – Featuring farmer Richard Syverson of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association to recap the 2024 Corn Congress in Washington D.C.:
7/13/24 – Featuring a look at the dairy and livestock markets with Ever Ag and a visit with Minnesota Farm Bureau President Dan Glessing as he was in D.C. this week:
7/6/24 – Featuring Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach talking farm bill and other national and state issues:
6/29/24 – Featuring Antonio Corona with Ever Ag with a look at the current livestock markets:
6/22/24 – Featuring Trey Freeman with Ever Ag and discussing the current cattle markets:
6/15/24 – Featuring a recap of some top agricultural stories from this past week:
6/8/24 – Featuring Katie Burgess of Ever Ag and discussing the current dairy markets:
6/1/24 – Featuring Minnesota Farm Bureau President Dan Glessing with a recap on the visit by Senator Tina Smith on Thursday to their family dairy farm:
5/25/24 – Featuring Senator Torrey Westrom and Steve Frericks from Stearns County FSA:
5/18/24 – Featuring Ever Ag with cattle conversation with Trey Freeman and a dairy market analysis with Andy Faulman:
5/11/24 – Featuring a summary of KASM conversations this week with Sarah Schmidt of AMPI, Lucas Sjostrom of Minnesota Milk and Kristin Stien of Ever Ag:
5/4/24 – Senator Tina Smith share thoughts on the 2024 Farm Bill write up in the Senate this week:
4/27/24 – Featuring the Holdingford FFA Chapter as they recap their 2024 Minnesota State FFA Convention experiences:
4/20/24 – Featuring Cody Koster and Michael Rowan with Ever Ag and discussing livestock and dairy markets:
4/13/24 – Featuring Mike Youngerberg, MSR&PC Senior Director of Product Development and Commercialization, introducing one of the latest checkoff investments – SoyFoam TF 1122:
4/6/24 – Featuring Kris Bousquet, Chair of the Central Plains Dairy Expo board, with a recap of another successful Expo that was held March 19th-21st in Sioux Falls, South Dakota:
3/30/24 – Featuring State Representative and House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth of Cold Spring:
3/23/24 – Featuring Little Falls farmer Brenda Rudolph. Brenda and her husband Nathan recently attended the National Farmers Union Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona:
3/16/24 – Featuring Lauren Servick with Minnesota Pork. Servick is the Director of Public Policy Strategy and Sustainability with MN Pork and provided a recap on the 2024 Day on the Hill activities on Wednesday, March 13th:
3/9/24 – Featuring a conversation on the dairy industry with Mike North of Ever.Ag:
3/2/24 – Featuring Minnesota Soybean Growers Association President Bob Worth at Commodity Classic in Houston, Texas:
2/24/24 – Featuring United Soybean Board member Lawrence Sukalski of Martin County, Minnesota. USB held their annual meeting this week in Kentucky:
2/17/24 – Featuring John Anderson of Anderson Farms of Belgrade, MN. Anderson Farms was recognized this year by Minnesota Pork as the Farm Family of the Year at the 2024 Minnesota Pork Congress this week in Mankato, MN:
2/10/24 – Featuring Mike Landuyt with the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association and his recap of the recent Cattle Convention in Orlando, Florida. Mike farms near Walnut Grove, Minnesota:
2/3/24 – Featuring Minnesota Beef CEO Kelly Schmidt from the 2024 Cattle Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Orlando, Florida:
1/27/24 – Featuring Megan Roberts of Blue Earth County. Megan and her husband Dan won the Achievement Award at the 2024 American Farm Bureau Federation Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah:
1/20/24 – Featuring agriculture news from around the country this week including: equipment sales, fertilizer prices and proposed legislation surrounding the egg industry:
1/13/24 – Featuring Holly Cook with the National Pork Producers Council discussing the economics behind the pork industry as we enter 2024:
1/6/24 – Featuring Rachel Molitor with Compeer Financial and explaining the benefits of LRP, Livestock Risk Protection, for farmers and ranchers in Central Minnesota:
12/30/23 – Featuring Mike North with Ever Ag and examining the current status of the dairy industry and to explore what 2024 may have in store for dairy producers:
12/23/23 – Featuring Trey Freeman with Ever Ag and focusing on the livestock markets. Trey reflects on the stellar year of 2023 in markets and previews what 2024 cattle markets may look like for farmers and ranchers:
12/16/23 – Featuring Corteva Agriscience North America President Judd O’Connor, Andy Ross Corteva Agriscience Corn Breeder and farmer David Hula. Hula of Charles City, Virginia set a new world record of 623.84 bushels per acre with Pioneer brand corn product P14830VYHR. Hula crushed his previous world record of 616 bushels per acre set in 2019 with the Pioneer brand P1197 family of products. For more complete results from this year’s yield contest, go to Pioneer.com/NCGA:
12/9/23 – Featuring everything livestock this week – including Colton Vondra of Ever Ag and local auction barn prices from Motley and Long Prairie:
12/2/23 – Featuring Mike Rowan and Bryce Windecker of Ever.Ag – talking about the latest in dairy and livestock markets:
11/25/23 – Featuring Benton County Farmers Union President Carol Anderson. Anderson shares how MFU members have been making an impact in developing more meat processing opportunities in Minnesota and their recent meeting with legislators in Washington, DC:
11/18/23 – Featuring Mike VanMaanen, Vice President with the Livestock Marketing Association and owner of Eastern Missouri Commission Company in Bowling Green, Missouri. Mike visited with KASM Radio at the 2023 NAFB Convention in Kansas City:
11/11/23 – Featuring Rachel Molitor with Compeer Financial. Rachel provides a few important reminders, such as crop insurance discussions, as 2023 continues to wind down:
11/4/23 – Featuring USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and his message to FFA members at the 96th Annual National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this week:
10/28/23 – Featuring Matt Tranel with Ever.Ag and analysis of the dairy markets and what might be instore for 2024:
10/21/23 – Featuring Nick Schimek with Pioneer Seeds discussing Fall harvest and an overall 2023 crop overview:
10/14/23 – Featuring Kathleen Wolfley with Ever.Ag and talking about the current dairy markets:
10/7/23 – Featuring Sarah Schmidt with AMPI. Schmidt talks about recent honors bestowed on AMPI cheese and some insight into the Farm Bill while at the 2023 World Dairy Expo:
9/30/23 – Featuring Nick Schimek with Pioneer Seeds as Fall harvest is complete, or at-least, well underway in Central Minnesota. Nick provides some “from-the-field” results with KASM Radio the KASM Radio and Pioneer Seed to Feed segment from this past week:
9/23/23 – Featuring Minnesota Turkey Executive Director Ashley Kohls with a recap of their fall fly-in to Washington, D.C.:
9/16/23 – Featuring Minnesota Farm Bureau Vice President Carolyn Olson. Olson led a delegation of MFB members to Washington, DC this week for their fall fly-in:
9/9/23 – Featuring Tom Slunecka, the CEO at Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council, as he share more details about the Grand Opening of the Ag Innovation Campus in Crookston on Thursday, September 14th:
9/2/23 – Featuring Nick Schimek with Pioneer Seeds. Nick summarizes area conditions as the growing season ends and harvest season is upon us:
8/26/23 – Featuring Minnesota Department of Agriculture Assistant Commissioner Patrice Bailey from the MN State Fair regarding emerging farmers and programs that are now available:
8/19/23 – Featuring Gail Donkers, MSR&PC vice chair and SSGA board member, as she is traveling on a See For Yourself Tour in Halifax, Nova Scotia:
8/12/23 – Featuring Dan Johnson with Ever Ag and diving into a thriving cattle market:
7/29/23 – Featuring a preview of the 2023 Farmfest with Niki Jones. Farmfest is August 1st, 2nd and 3rd near Redwood Falls, MN:
7/22/23 – Featuring this past weeks interview highlights with Trey Freeman and Brandon Weigel with Ever Ag, Nathan Legatt with Pioneer Seeds and Steve Frericks with FSA:
7/15/23 – Featuring Antonio Corona with Ever Ag. Corona shares his views on the record strength of the U.S. cattle industry:
7/8/23 – Featuring Nick Schimek with Pioneer Seeds with an update on Central Minnesota crops and conditions:
7/1/23 – Featuring Makenzie Alberts of Dodge County – Alberts is a finalist for the 2023 Princess Kay of the Milky Way:
6/24/23 – Featuring Minnesota Soybean Growers President Bob Worth and talking about the recent EPA RFS volume obligations and the 2023 Farm Bill:
6/17/23 – June is Turkey Lovers Month! Featuring Minnesota Turkey Executive Director Ashley Kohls:
6/10/23 – Featuring Missouri Pork Producer Jessie Heimer and the Director of Swine Health Pam Zaabel with the National Pork Board at World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa this week:
6/3/23 – Featuring Dan Johnson with Ever.Ag discussing the booming cattle markets:
5/27/23 – Featuring Trey Freeman with Ever.Ag discussing the increasing cattle prices and its relation to what we saw during the booming cattle markets of 2014:
5/20/23 – Featuring Matt Tranel with Ever.Ag discussing the latest in dairy markets:
5/13/23 – Featuring NPPC leadership and their response to the Supreme Court decision ruling in favor of Proposition 12:
5/6/23 – Featuring Dave Delaney with Ever.Ag discussing the latest in livestock:
4/29/23 – Featuring Cole Adams with Ever.Ag discussing the current livestock market and trends:
4/22/23 – Featuring United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg as he spoke to members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting this week in Washington D.C.:
4/15/23 – Featuring Minnesota Farmers Union Government Relations Director Stu Lourey as he recaps the Senate passage of their version of the agriculture bill:
4/8/23 – Featuring Wade Gustafson from Ridgewater College in Willmar, MN. Wade and his students were at the recent Central Plains Dairy Expo in Sioux Falls, SD:
4/1/23 – Featuring Stearns County Dairy Farmer and AMPI Chairman of the Board Steve Schlangen as he spoke with KASM at the 2023 Central Plains Dairy Expo in Sioux Falls, SD:
3/25/23 – Featuring Minnesota Farm Bureau VP Carolyn Olson and President Dan Glessing. Tuesday, March 21st was Minnesota Farm Bureau Day on the Hill and the 50th Anniversary of National Agriculture Day:
3/18/23 – Featuring Erin Borror Vice President of Economic Analysis with the U.S. Meat Export Federation during a visit at the 2023 Commodity Classic in Orlando, Florida:
3/11/23 – Featuring Minnesota Corn Growers President Richard Syverson from the 2023 Commodity Classic in Orlando, Florida:
3/4/23 – Featuring State Representative and House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth. Demuth summarizes the past week in St. Paul and previews some upcoming deadlines for next week:
2/25/23 – Featuring Minnesota Pork CEO Jill Ressler. Minnesota Pork just completed their 2023 Pork Congress in Mankato and will be headed to St. Paul for their Day on the Hill on Wednesday, March 1st:
2/17/23 – Featuring Ty Stender, Corteva Nutrient Maximizer Strategic Account Manager, focusing on Spring nitrogen applications and how Corteva and their line of products can get the best return for farmers on their investment:
2/10/23 – Featuring Minnesota Senator Aric Putnam. Putnam is from St. Cloud, MN and is the Chair on the Senate Agriculture, Broadband and Rural Development Committee:
1/28/23 – Featuring Brad Redlin from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and talking about navigating the carbon markets:
1/21/23 – Featuring Brandon Fast with the Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council at the 2023 MN Ag Expo held this past week in Mankato, MN:
1/14/23 – Featuring Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish:
1/7/23 – Featuring State Rep. Paul Anderson and Rep. Lisa Demuth as the 2023 legislative session is underway and reaction to the WOTUS ruling by EPA from December 30th:
12/31/22 – Featuring the Brownfield Ag News team as they share highlights from 2022 in agriculture:
12/24/22 – Featuring Shannon Nelson of Compeer Financial as we look back at 2022 and look ahead to what 2023 may look like for agriculture finances:
12/17/22 – Featuring a variety of newsmakers and topics from this past week on KASM Radio:
12/10/22 – Featuring Minnesota Cattlewomen’s Association President Michelle Mouser:
12/3/22 – Featuring Kees Huizinga, a Ukrainian dairy farmer, as he addressed members of the NAFB at the recent 79th NAFB Annual Convention in KC:
11/26/22 – Featuring Minnesota Farmers Union Government Relations Director Stu Lourey and recapping their 81st Annual Convention held in Minneapolis:
11/19/22 – Featuring Certified Agriculture Dealers President & CEO Patrick Driscoll from the 2022 NAFB Convention in Kansas City, MO:
11/12/22 – Featuring Kyle Thomas of Rockford, MN. Kyle was a 2021 graduate of Rockford High School and competed recently for National Office at the National FFA Convention. Thomas joined me at the 2022 AgriGrowth Ag & Food Summit this week in Minneapolis:
11/5/22 – Featuring Alivia Pyka of the Royalton FFA. Pyka and her teammates participated in the Milk Quality category at the National FFA Convention last week in Indianapolis:
10/29/22 – Featuring NAFB student-member Michelle Stangler and her interview with RFD-TV at the 95th Annual National FFA Convention this week:
10/22/22 – Featuring Golden Harvest Agronomy Manager Steve Wilkens – focusing on the 2022 harvest and the impact of tar spot on corn crops:
10/15/22 – Featuring Ashley Kohls, new Executive Director of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association and Minnesota Turkey Research & Promotion Council:
10/8/22 – Featuring President & Chief Executive Officer Dairy Management Inc. Barb O’Brien and Chair of the Board of Directors for DMI Marilyn Hershey:
10/1/22 – Featuring Steve Frericks talking about the upcoming Rural Safety Day on Saturday, October 8th at Albany High School:
9/24/22 – Featuring Mark Klaphake from the DairyStar – learn more about their new edition and their plans for covering World Dairy Expo in October:
9/17/22 – Featuring Ag Meteorologist Ryan Martin from Indiana and broadcaster Dennis Guy with an update on harvest in Canada:
9/10/22 – Featuring Mark Klaphake of the DairyStar – take a listen to some of the top stories in their new edition:
9/3/22 – Featuring Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish – KASM visited with Gary at the Minnesota State Fair on Tuesday:
8/27/22 – Featuring Mark Klaphake of the DairyStar – take a listen to some of the top stories in their new edition:
8/20/22 – Featuring Dr. Ken Engelhart, retired VA physician with Health Care for All Minnesota. He’ll be speaking on Sunday, August 21st at 1pm at the 41st Annual Minnesota COACT Farm Picnic in Pierz:
8/13/22 – Featuring Michelle Miller, known as The Farm Babe, and she joined KASM Radio to discuss how she uses social media platforms to promote agriculture as an online influencer:
8/6/22 – Featuring Kent Beadle, director of producer brokerage with CHS Hedging – KASM spoke to Kent at Farmfest this week discussing the current markets and all of the factors playing a role in the recent market trends:
7/30/22 – Featuring Dennis Middendorf of the Stearns County Dairy Advisory Committee. Dennis spoke to Randy Rothstein at the Stearns County Fair on Friday, July 29th. Learn more about the DAC and what they do to help support the Stearns County Dairy industry:
7/23/22 – Featuring Farm Broadcaster Carey Martin of the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network. Martin gives us an update on the extreme drought that Texas farmers and ranchers are facing:
7/16/22 – Featuring stories and commentary surrounding the economic ups and downs of the USA and Canada and the direct impacts they are having on various sectors of agriculture:
7/9/22 – Featuring Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen discussing an upcoming trade trip and more:
6/25/22 – Featuring Ben Kasch with Bower Trading; WOTUS and American Farm Bureau Federation and more:
6/18/22 – Featuring Krysta Harden, President & CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council; Jim Mulhern, National Milk Producers Council President & CEO and John Baranick, Ag meteorologist with DTN:
6/11/22 – Featuring Minnesota Corn Growers First Vice President Richard Syverson and reaction on comments regarding the recent RVO numbers announced by EPA:
6/4/22 – Featuring USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack; AFBF accepting farmer input on the next Farm Bill and a look at some of the weeks economic news from Washington, DC:
5/28/22 – Featuring Amanda Bilek, Senior Public Policy Director of Government Relations with the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, who discusses the 2022 MN legislative session from the corn growers perspective:
5/21/22 – Featuring Royalee Rhoads, Director of Industry Relations with the Minnesota Beef Council, talking all-things-beef in recognition of May Beef Month:
5/14/22 – Featuring South Dakota Senator John Thune. Thune addressed farm broadcasters on Wednesday, May 4th in Washington, DC during the NAFB Washington Watch event:
5/7/22 – Featuring the Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh. Walsh recaps the recent labor statistics and shares his insight into the current job market scene:
4/30/22 – Featuring a segment from the Thursday, April 28th edition of AgriTalk with Chip Flory. Chip spoke to Kimball, MN rancher and NCBA President Don Schiefelbein about cattle price transparency and recent hearings this week in Washington, DC:
4/23/22 – Featuring Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen and their meeting this week in Willmar regarding HPAI with Governor Walz and Minnesota Farmers Union Government Relations Director Stu Lourey discussing agriculture issues with the session resuming after the Easter break:
4/16/22 – Featuring NCGA First-Vice President Tom Haag; Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor and Patrick De Haan from GasBuddy. President Biden made an announcement on Tuesday in Iowa to allow summertime sales of E-15:
4/9/22 – Featuring Minnesota Milk Executive Director Lucas Sjostrom. Sjostrom and other MN Milk board members recently traveled to Washington, D.C.:
4/2/22 – Featuring Tammy Howe of Ridgewater College and AMPI Chairman of the Board Steve Schlangen as KASM Radio spoke them this week at Central Plains Dairy Expo in Sioux Falls, SD:
3/26/22 – Featuring Meg Moynihan from the MN Department of Agriculture and learning about the work they are doing to discuss rural mental health and their initiative called “Bend, Don’t Break”:
3/19/22 – Featuring USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and National Agriculture Day on Tuesday, March 22nd:
3/12/22 – Featuring a panel discussion from the 2022 Commodity Classic with the National Association of Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule, American Soybean Association CEO Steve Censky and Curt Blades of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers:
3/5/22 – Featuring Minnesota FSA Executive Director Whitney Place:
2/26/22 – Featuring Stearns County Farm Bureau President Katie Drewitz and State Representative Mike Sundin:
2/19/22 – Featuring information on 2022 soybean demand, supply shortage concerns from the National Farm Machinery Show and progress of a drought relief package for Minnesota farmers and ranchers:
2/12/22 – Featuring Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and talking about the Fairness for Farmers Campaign:
2/5/22 – Featuring details of this week’s top stories. They include: cash cattle pricing, grain marketing and the EPA WOTUS deadline approaching:
1/29/22 – Featuring information on PLC/ARC decision making prior to the March 15th deadline and MN Farm Bureau Public Policy Director Amber Glaeser:
1/22/22 – Featuring MCGA Executive Director Adam Birr and MSGA President Mike Skaug:
1/15/22 – Featuring Minnesota Farm Bureau President Dan Glessing:
1/8/22 – Featuring National Pork Board CEO Bill Even, USB Chair Ralph Lott and AFBF Senior Congressional Relations Director Courtney Briggs:
1/1/22 – Featuring top story headlines from 2021 with Brownfield Ag News:
12/24/21 – Featuring the new Minnesota Farm Bureau Vice President Carolyn Olson:
12/17/21 – Featuring topics of high fertilizer costs, the need for infrastructure and issues within the Bison industry. Report includes comments from USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Mike Steenhoek, Soy Transportation Coalition executive director:
12/10/21 – Featuring Johnson’s Rolling Acres Farm from Peterson, MN – the 2021 Minnesota Milk Producers of the Year – Mark Johnson and Trinity Johnson:
12/3/21 – Featuring Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen talking about a recent trade trip to the United Kingdom and Finland:
11/27/21 – Featuring Minnesota Bison Association Executive Director Adam Ulbricht regarding their Annual Sale on 11/27/21:
11/20/21 – Featuring NCBA President-Elect Don Schiefelbein and NPPC President-Elect Terry Wolters from the 78th Annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention in Kansas City, MO:
11/13/21 – Featuring candidates for Minnesota Farm Bureau President – Dan Glessing and Shayne Isane:
11/6/21 – Featuring Tyler Ratka of the Rocori FFA Chapter as he recaps their National FFA Convention experience and a recap of the Mid-American Auction Inc. Hay Auction from Thursday in Sauk Centre:
10/30/21 – Featuring a special cattle inventory report with Gary Crawford from USDA; inflation in the cattle industry with CattleFax CEO Randy Blach and MPPA President John Anderson from Belgrade:
10/23/21 – Featuring reports from fellow farm broadcasters talking about the latest supply and demand reports, planting prices for 2022 plans and Canadian dairy energy:
10/16/21 – Featuring Farmers for Free Trade, USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and a look at Canadian equipment issues:
10/9/21 – Featuring Nick Schimek with Pioneer Seed and Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics:
10/2/21 – Featuring Marin Bozic of the University of Minnesota and talking about dairy pricing and dairy margin coverage:
9/25/21 – Featuring World Dairy Expo Communications Manager Katie Schmitt and previewing the 2021 show that begin on Tuesday:
9/18/21 – Featuring First District CEO Bob Huffman about their 100th Celebration in Litchfield, MN:
9/11/21 – Featuring Mark Klaphake from the DairyStar, Katie Schmitt with World Dairy Expo and John Georgy from Allendale Inc.:
9/4/21 – Featuring Artist Jerry Kulzer and State 4-H’er Wyatt Glessing of Wright County:
8/28/21 – Featuring Minnesota Pork Board President Brad Hennen and Communications and Public Relations Intern Bailey Ruen:
8/21/21 – Featuring highlights of the 2021 Pro Farmer Crop Tour this week:
8/14/21 – Featuring many of our top agricultural stores from this past week. They include area events and a few stories regarding State Fair time in the upper Midwest:
8/7/21 – Featuring Farmfest coverage – includes carbon comments and advice for future ag leaders from MN Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen, Steve Commerford of Commerford Agronomics, Jeff Reed – a rancher from Brooten and MN Farm Bureau President Kevin Paap:
7/31/21 – Featuring Steve Frericks with FSA and a special report from broadcaster Rod Bain from USDA regarding farm labor:
7/24/21 – Featuring an extended interview with Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach and talking about the drought, infrastructure, ag labor and more:
7/17/21 – Featuring Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach, John Anderson and Grant Anderson of Anderson Farms and Steve Frericks of Stearns FSA:
7/10/21 – Featuring Liz Tauer with Compeer Financial. The focus of our conversation revolves around beginning farmers:
7/3/21 – Featuring Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen and Minnesota Farmers Union Government Relations Director Stu Lourey:
6/26/21 – Featuring Midwest Dairy CEO Molly Pelzer; Senior VP of Global Innovation Partnerships of DMI Anne Marie Splitstone and Pioneer Field Agronomist Nick Schimek:
6/19/21 – Featuring AMPI Chairman of the Board and Stearns County dairy farmer Steve Schlangen:
6/12/21 – Featuring Minnesota Pork CEO Dave Preisler at the 2021 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa:
6/5/21 – Featuring Steve Frericks from Stearns FSA, land value and weather reports from USDA and South Dakota meat processing grants:
5/29/21 – Featuring Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen – Thom joined KASM this week to discuss legislation surrounding many agricultural topics:
5/22/21 – Featuring Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish – we recap the latest legislative session news and a new MFU restaurant opening:
5/15/21 – Featuring Lucas Sjostrom with Minnesota Milk, Senator Torrey Westrom and a check-in with USDA and Wednesday’s Supply & Demand report reaction:
5/8/21 – Conversation with Joel Bauer and Midsota Manufacturing. Midsota was sold at the end of 2020 and Joel has decided to leave Midsota Manufacturing. We look back at his start in the late ’90s as a part-timer to his ownership role that started in 2004:
5/1/21 – Featuring Nick Schimek with Pioneer Seeds, an update from USDA in Washington D.C and a look at farmland values in Canada:
4/24/21 – Featuring John Georgy with Allendale Inc., an update from CRP changes from USDA and EPA administrator Michael Regan:
4/17/21 – Featuring Pioneer Field Agronomist Nick Schimek and Territory Manager Eric Kuehl and a variety of topics surround the 2021 Severe Weather Awareness Week with Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management Deputy Director Kevin Reed:
4/10/21 – Featuring Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen and Representative and House Agriculture Chair Mike Sundin:
4/3/21 – Featuring World Dairy Expo Communications Manager Katie Schmitt and reflection the the USDA prospective planting reports released on Wednesday:
3/27/21 – Featuring segments from the KASM Radio Ag Day broadcast of Friday with Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen:
3/20/21 – Featuring Minnesota Soybean Growers Association President Jamie Beyer:
3/13/21 – Featuring Ag Meteorologist Ryan Martin of Indiana and learn more about the new path for former Congressmen Collin Peterson on this weeks program:
3/6/21 – Featuring Joel Bauer of Midsota Manufacturing, Bryan Biegler with the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, AFBF talking about cattle transparency legislation and First District Association:
2/27/21 – Featuring Joel Bauer of Midsota Manufacturing, State Rep. Dean Urdahl, State Rep. Lisa Demuth and AMPI Chairman of the Board Steve Schlangen:
2/20/21 – Featuring Minnesota Corn Growers President Tim Waibel and previewing National FFA Week:
2/13/21 – Featuring Joel from Midsota, State Rep. and House Ag Committee Chair Mike Sundin and State Rep. Paul Anderson:
2/6/21 – Featuring National Pork Board CEO Bill Even and Congressman Tom Emmer:
1/30/21 – Featuring Senator Jeff Howe, National Milk Producers Federation VP of Economic Policy and Market Research Peter Vitaliano and talk regarding China grain purchases:
1/23/21 – Featuring Governor Tim Walz and his comments during the MFU Virtual Lobby Days, State Representative Lisa Demuth, MSGA Executive Director Joe Smentek, MCGA President Tim Waibel and markets from Long Prairie Livestock:
1/16/21 – Featuring Minnesota Farmers Union Government Relations Director Stu Lourey, Senator Tina Smith and local livestock auction reports:
1/9/21 – Featuring Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen, Joel Bauer from Midsota and local livestock auction reports:
1/2/21 – Featuring comments regarding the increased demand for soybeans around the world and the decrease in the hog numbers in the U.S. Also, reports from Long Prairie Livestock and Central Livestock in Albany:
12/26/20 – Featuring a recap of the 2020 Tremendous Trailer Giveaway winner and something new for Midsota in 2021. Also, get a few highlights from Long Prairie Livestock and Central Livestock in Albany:
12/19/20 – Featuring Minnesota Farm Bureau President Kevin Paap, State Representative Paul Anderson and Representative Dean Urdahl:
12/12/20 – Featuring Joel Bauer from Midsota Manufacturing, Jim Kanten with the MN Corn Growers Association, Mark Klaphake from the DairyStar and local livestock reports from Albany and Long Prairie:
12/5/20 – Featuring a visit with Syngenta, Minnesota Milk and area livestock reports from Central Minnesota:
11/28/20 – Featuring reports from Central Livestock in Albany and Long Prairie Livestock from this past weeks sales. Also, we check in with USDA in Washington, DC and more coverage of the 2020 National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention: