12 episodes
Market to Market - The MtoM Podcast Iowa PBS
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Each week, go beyond the headlines to hear what the stories the show's producers have been pursuing as they travel around the lower 48 states. Plus, learn more about the market analysts who have broken down the commodity markets for more than four decades on the nationally-distributed program.
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The long game and urgency of the Ogallala Aquifer playing out now for Dr. Susan Metzger
Dr. Susan Metzger is in the middle of regional and statewide efforts to balance agriculture and its intersection with the environment with nutrient runoff and even carbon sequestration. The focus here is mostly on the Ogallala’s future.
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Tornadoes are always in season for Jana Houser
Dr. Jana Houser of Ohio State University has a long history of loving the weather. Her Pennsylvania upbringing found her watching the Weather Channel a lot with a quick realization meteorology was her calling.
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Prioritizing animal welfare and sustainability in the pork industry - Lori Stevermer
Animal health is always on the mind of pork industry leaders and 2024 is no different. Lori Stevermer of Easton, Minnesota is this year’s National Pork Producers Council president.
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Best Weather Scenario Plays Out Around the World - James Roemer
James Roemer is back with his active look at weather around the world. We’ll get into La Nina and El Nino changes and the impact on markets. Roemer of Best Weather, Inc., discusses how the drought in Russia has great potential to impact the global wheat market and what summer forecasts are holding for the grain growing areas of the United States.
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Roots Matter in People and Seed - The Evolution of Seed With Steve Beattie
Seed is the key and is changing the way ranchers and farmers approach their version of agriculture.
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Stepping off the production agriculture treadmill and into the Chef’s garden with Farmer Lee Jones
Soil is at the heart of food when you sow the seed, nurture the plant and then harvest. For Farmer Lee Jones of Huron, Ohio, there’s way more to it - the soil’s health is paramount to his life’s work. We get into his passion of regenerative agriculture and vegetables he’s growing and shipping all over the world.