Farmers

387: John Kempf on Regenerative Ag in 2025

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, a regenerative agronomy consulting company, and the host of the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast. He is known for developing crop nutrition management systems that increase yields and profitability while reducing the need for fertilizers and pesticides. He has been teaching growers around…

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The 2024 Acre Awards – Part 2

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Tune in for our end of year award, recap, and predictions show! Part 2: — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE. — Links Join the Co-op – https://themodernacre.supercast.com Tegner Mill – https://www.tegnermill.com Polaris Energy Services – https://polarisenergyservices.com Subscribe to the Newsletter – https://themodernacre.substack.com

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382: California Ag Outlook – Trade, AgTech, Labor, Water & Energy with Walt Duflock

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Walt Duflock is a 5th generation California farmer (cattle, wine grapes, leafy greens), 30-year Silicon Valley startup veteran (eBay and 3 other acquisitions), and 7 years as an AgTech Innovation leader at SVG-THRIVE and Western Growers (where he’s focused on solutions for labor, water, and food safety) — This episode…

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375: The Business of Apples and the Cosmic Crisp Story with West Mathison, President & CEO of Stemilt

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Stemilt Growers is a family-owned and operated tree fruit growing, packing, and shipping company based in Wenatchee, Washington. The company was founded in 1964 by the Mathison’s, a multi-generational farming family who have grown fruit for more than a century. Today, Stemilt grows and markets fresh apples, pears, cherries, stone…

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369: Manulife’s COO of Farmland Services on Regen Ag, the Farm Economy, and Centralized Services

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Kevin Wright is the COO of Farmland Services at Manulife. Manulife Investment Management manages a diversified global portfolio of timberland and agriculture with forests covering 5.5 million acres across the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, and New Zealand, and farms covering nearly 400,000 acres of prime farmland across the…

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366: Farm Credit and the Current Ag Economy with Matt Woolf and Jill Jelacich

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts An economist and a banker walk into a bar…. Just kidding. Matt Wolf, crop analyst at Terrain, and Jill Jelacich, Head of Regional Banking at American Ag Credit, join the pod (way better than a bar) for a wide ranging conversation about the current state of the ag economy and…

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363: Wife-Inspired Business Ideas, Making Ag More Fun, and Defining Regenerative

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts A new edition of Acre Insights is here! We have a loaded docket today with wife-inspired business ideas for ag, how to make ag more fun, and defining regenerative in California. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE. Check out Matt Woolf’s episode on the California…

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360: Succession Planning in Farming – Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts This month, Tim and Tyler talk with Ariel about her latest Topsoil edition – “After 40 harvests – A framework for succession planning in agriculture.” Ariel Patton is the creator of Topsoil, a newsletter bringing you monthly frameworks to help make sense of agriculture, at just the right depth. Ariel…

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352: The Not-Your-Average-Farmer’s Takes on AgTech, Regenerative, and Organic

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Zac Ellis is the Sr. Director of Agronomy at Olam and oversees thousands of acres of almond production. The Olam Group is a leading food and agri-business supplying food, ingredients, feed and fiber to 20,900 customers worldwide. Their value chain spans over 60 countries and includes farming, processing and distribution…

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346: Farming in California’s Central Valley with Jason Giannelli

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Jason Giannelli is the farm manager for two large California farming operations, Old River Farming and R & G Fanucchi. Jason shares more about what’s happening on the ground in California right now with SGMA, farming practices, and regulatory pressures. — This episode is presented by Pinion. Learn more HERE….

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