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Podcast hosts Adam and Cameron interview Syngenta's Brian Norton and Brandon Nystrom about their GrowMore sites. They also discuss the latest on crop conditions in the trade territory, fungicide use, new herbicides, and product testing. Subscribe to this podcast on Spotify, Apple, Google Podcast, Soundcloud, Podcast Addict, and now on also Facebook and YouTube.

Adam Jones and Cameron Horine host a new series of timely episodes of agronomy discussions. Inspired by the weekly In-Season Insights newsletter that is offered exclusive to Crop-Track customers, the hosts join agronomists Scott Wilburn, Kevin Moore, Shannon McClintock and Jesse Surface to talk about this year's crop season. The guests are from throughout the MFA territory covering Missouri, southern Iowa, northern Arkansas and southeast Kansas during a year with widespread drought. This episode was recorded and posted on June 30th. The Agronomist talk about crop conditions, insects, new disease pressure and solutions farmers are using to cope in difficult growing season. Subscribe to this podcast on Spotify, Apple, Google, Podcast addict and now on also Facebook and Youtube.

This year’s Job market in MFA territory is tight which makes keeping and recruiting great employees a struggle for most businesses. Made for Agriculture podcast co-host Adam Jones interviews a group of MFA managers and directors who each know a bit about the subject. Podcast guests include MFA Director of Human Resources Stephanie Shoemaker, District 5 manager Matt McMullin, MFA Trainer and Recruiter Scott Morfeld, East Central district sales manager Matt Hill, and West Central Missouri sales manager DJ Vollrath. They discuss MFA’s open positions, the MFA intern programs, ways to keep great employees, and training. Follow the podcast on Apple, Google Play, Spotify & Podcast Addict.

MFA podcast co-host Adam Jones interviews two experts at MFA in livestock feed and animal health. MFA staff veterinarian Tony Martin is also MFA’s manager of Animal Health and MFA’s Northeast Livestock Key Account Manager Brittany Kelsey. They discuss the new regulations with took effect on June 11, 2023. They also talk about how to increase animal health quality without antibiotics including low-stress cattle working methods and nutrition effects on animal health. See a related story in MFA’s member magazine: https://todaysfarmermagazine.com/mag/2121-prescription-rule-for-livestock-antibiotics-starts-soon.

Adam and Cameron welcome MFA's new conservation agronomist, Emily Beck, talk about carbon credits, and bit about the challenges of cover crops. Find on Spotify, Apple, Google Podcasts & Podcast Addict.

Adam and Cameron speak with MFA livestock expert Brandon Sowers and Vitalix district sales manager Travis Taylor. The group of livestock experts talks about nutrition plans, hay testing, stockpiled pastures and just how the nutritional requirements differ between pregnant and nursing cattle. Tune in for more tips.

Made For Agriculture Podcast co-host Adam Jones talks about seed trends and technology with two of MFA's seed experts. MorSoy Product manager Hadlee Swope and Seed Specialist Sam Piontek talk about new products, variety testing, and the challenges of the '22 growing season.

Made For Agriculture podcast co-hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine talk about a new-to-the-territory problem called Tar Spot with Sr. MFA northern trade territory staff agronomist Kevin Moore, and BASF's tech service rep for Missouri, Jared Roskamp. They discuss what problems this new foe from the north poses as well as some management practices.

Made For Agriculture podcast co-hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine have a growing season roundtable with agronomists Scott Wilburn, Shannon McClintock, and Jessie Surface. They debate cover crops, pre-emergent weed control, soil tests, drought, and even talk about this challenging year's corn, soybean, cotton, and rice production.

Made For Agriculture Podcast co-host Adam Jones goes solo for this episode with his discussion on Ag Water Quality with guest Kurt Boeckmann. Boeckmann is the Director of Environmental Programs from the Missouri Corn Growers Association. They talk about agriculture water quality, regulation, and how farmers can improve water quality by reducing runoff and soil loss.

Adam and Cameron recorded an episode with MFA's new research agronomist Garrett Imhoff.  They talk to Imhoff about some of his grad school research, the basics of biologicals, and the products currently being tested. Imhoff is taking over the intensive product testing that MFA completes using replicated research plots across the MFA territory.

Made For Agriculture podcast co-host Adam Jones talks hay production with a few of the MFA expert team. It is hay-cutting and baling season. If you plan to bale hay, you ought to give a listen to guests Sam Owen, Branden Sowers and Mitch Hilsabeck

Made For Agriculture podcast hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine talk spring planting strategies with agronomists Scott Wilburn, Austin Kliethermes and Charlie Ebbesmeyer. They discuss plans B, C & D for late corn planting, Nitrogen modeling, spring fertilization, soybean planting, seed treatments and wheat stands around the territory.

Made For Agriculture podcast hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine talk grain marketing with MFA’s top grain marketers. MFA Manager of Grain Trading Tyler Francis and MFA Grain Merchandiser Tyler Mitchell talk strategies for marketing during volatile grain sessions.

Made For Agriculture podcast hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine interview Proagrica’s Ryan Hoffman about farm data trends, its challenges, and making the most of each acre using precision tools. Proagrica hosts the MFA Agronomy platforms, Nutri-Track, Crop-Trak, and the MFA Agronomy Dashboard.

Made For Agriculture podcast host Cameron Horine reviews the results of the latest MFA agronomy research and replicated trials published in the March issue of Today's Farmer Magazine. Horine supervises the trials on seed, crop protection and plant food products at sites across the MFA trade territory. Learn more at todaysfarmer.com.

Made For Agriculture podcast hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine interview this year's 4R Advocate winners Wyatt Harris and Shannon McClintock. Harris is a southeast Kansas farmer and McClintock is an Agronomist for MFA Incorporated. They covered how Harris started in farming, got starting NoTill farming, N Models, cover crops, and just what the Right Rate, Right Source, Right Place, and Right Timing mean to the future of agriculture.

Made For Agriculture podcast hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine discuss everything soybean with Greg Luce, Research director of the Missouri Soybean Association. They cover upcoming events, research projects, yield trends, cover crops, and soil management. Luce has 30+ years of research experience and knows production Agriculture.

Made For Agriculture podcast hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine discuss a few solutions to this year's crop protection supply challenge. Director of Agronomy Doug Spaunhorst and Jason Worthington, Director of Account Management talk about strategies for weed control this year for row crop farmers.

Made For Agriculture hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine discuss the ins and outs of the growing season as well as a few new challenges of custom application and farming from the retail service side of the business. MFA Agronomists Jesse Surface, Scott Wilburn, and Kevin Moore join the podcast and discuss the growing season in their districts.