A Better Way To Farm Podcast

Farming carries heart, pride, and purpose. Today, we talk with Sam, a sixth generation Iowa farmer, who shares how learning, teamwork, and belief helped his farm grow again. With guidance and education, his farm found new energy. His joy for farming returned. His family gained confidence.

This episode reminds us that farming is better when we grow together.

🌱 What You’ll Learn:

• How simple agronomy knowledge can boost confidence in the field
• Why working with a strong team helps farms move ahead
• How a positive mindset can lift your farm and your family

🎧 Tune in and keep building a better way to farm.

In this episode, we talk with Scott, a South Dakota farmer who is chasing better margins. What he has learned helped him cut nitrogen nearly in half and grow healthier crops.

If you have ever wondered if there is a better way, this episode is for you.

🌱 What You’ll Learn:

• How Scott cut nitrogen rates almost 50% while maintaining yield
• Why placement and timing beat adding more fertilizer
• How healthier plants stay green longer and grain fill better

Today, let’s finish strong. Zinc may be small, yet it plays a big role in how your crop grows, uses water, and fills grain. When zinc is right, plants stay steady. When zinc runs short, yield quietly slips away.

In this episode, we’ll show why early attention keeps crops moving forward all season.

🌱 What You’ll Learn:

• Why zinc matters from planting to harvest
• How zinc drives hormones, enzymes, and seed formation
• Why high phosphorus often leads to zinc trouble

Test with purpose. Place it early. Protect what the seed already promised. That’s the better way to farm.

Manganese does not get much attention, yet it can make your fertilizer dollars work harder. Get it right and crops run smoother. Miss it and yield slips away without much warning.

In this episode, we walk through why manganese matters, how it works with other nutrients, and why small fixes here can protect big yields.

🌱 What You’ll Learn:

• What manganese does inside the plant
• How manganese helps phosphorus, calcium, and nitrogen work better
• Why yellow striping often points to manganese

Remember that manganese is small money with big influence. It helps crops use what you already paid for. Tune in now!

Iron may be small, yet it plays a big role in how your crops grow, stay green, and fill the bin. If your plants look pale, weak, or slow early in the season, iron could be the missing link. 

Today, we’ll hear how strong roots, smart testing, and targeted foliar applications help keep crops dark green, growing strong, and producing sugar when it counts.

🌱 What You’ll Learn:

• Why iron is key to chlorophyll, photosynthesis, and sugar production
• How to spot iron deficiency early before yield slips away
• Why high pH soils make iron hard for plants to use