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A fast, funny, no-nonsense daily podcast for farmers, ranchers, truckers, growers, equipment operators and everyone connected to agriculture. Each episode delivers fresh farm news, commodity and futures updates, harvest and planting progress, trucking and freight developments, ag technology, dairy and livestock updates, seasonal weather impacts, and the stories shaping rural America.  We also mix in This Day in History, the Farmer’s Almanac Corner, unusual stories in You Don’t Hear That Every Day, a Farm Fact of the Day, and short jokes for both farmers and truckers. The goal is simple: useful information, current agriculture news and a little humor — without turning your morning into a 45-minute lecture. Whether you’re in the tractor, the truck, the barn, the shop or headed down the highway before sunrise, Farm Tales Unplugged gives you a quick daily look at what matters across farming, freight and the food supply chain. Presented by World TradeX — The Future of Food.

  1. 15h ago

    Check Your Freezer! Hidden Allergens, Salad Surprise & Garden Tips — Daily Farm Brief

    𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗳 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗸. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹. 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵—𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘃𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲. Rick Portanova leads this Daily Farm Brief with a USDA public health alert for certain Betterballen frozen foods, the products to check and what to do if they’re in your freezer. Then we follow the food from the label to your plate, into the garden and through a few surprises along the way. 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 • 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟰𝟳 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗭𝗘𝗥 Certain Betterballen frozen meat and poultry products contain undeclared sesame. The beef product also contains undeclared fish through Worcestershire sauce. The November 6 USDA alert covers specific Bami Rolls, Saté Kroketten and Bitterballen lots with a best-by date of October 2027. They were sold online nationwide through Lowlands House, with possible sales at a festival and farmers market in Greer, South Carolina. The on-screen package check shows the product names, lot codes and inspection marks. USDA says to discard affected packages or return them. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚? — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗗-𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘 Can the dressing you leave off help your body absorb certain compounds in the vegetables? We explain a small study’s finding, what it does—and doesn’t—tell us, and why “fat-free” is only part of the shopping decision. 𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 — 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗨𝗣 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥’𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗜𝗟 Those autumn leaves can protect a cleared vegetable bed and eventually improve the soil. A practical tip for reusing leaves, removing diseased plants and letting a leaf pile do some work for next season. 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛-𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗠𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 — 𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗚𝗘 Researchers are testing a packaging film that responds to compounds released as meat spoils. Color and fluorescent signals could offer useful clues. It remains research, not a guarantee that food is safe to eat. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗖 — 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗣𝗢𝗣𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗝𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗦 A tough shell, a little trapped moisture and a surprising first “leg” help explain the familiar show in the popcorn pan. From a farmer’s field to movie-night entertainment. 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 — 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦 • After 30 years of no-till, Matt Moreland describes returns from smarter inputs, fewer repairs and steadier yields. • Dubai’s Bustanica grows greens hydroponically with recycled nutrient-rich water; the farm reports using up to 95% less water than traditional outdoor farming. 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗥 Dated agricultural futures and other markets run together, followed by farm news, regional weather and moon phase, then repeat. Larger, readable cards carry the extra information while the stories continue. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗚 Find extra facts and context at 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳.𝗰𝗼𝗺. Hosted by 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮 for Farm Nation and Truck City. Brought to you by 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗫 — 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀. Send us Fan Mail Sponsored by World TradeX

    Check Your Freezer! Hidden Allergens, Salad Surprise & Garden Tips — Daily Farm Brief

  2. 1d ago

    496 Carrier Landings, Then Home to the Farm — Daily Farm Brief

    After 496 carrier landings, Navy pilot Steve Conrad came home to his family’s West Virginia farm. On the eve of Veterans Day, Rick Portanova tells his story. Also in this edition: why richer milk earns a bigger check, what an Illinois lab found on a soybean stem, and why falling feed prices have livestock producers weighing their next purchase. Episode 46 · Tuesday, November 10, 2026 Presented by World TradeX. Empowering Farmers. Send us Fan Mail Sponsored by World TradeX

    496 Carrier Landings, Then Home to the Farm — Daily Farm Brief

  3. 3d ago

    Drones Beat the Combine, Plants Call for Help & a Robot Pollinates Tomatoes — Daily Farm Brief

    A cornfield in northern Illinois is growing next year’s cover crop before this year’s corn has even been harvested. Farmer Matt Klein hired a drone operator to fly seed into standing corn just ahead of a rain. The flight cost him fifteen dollars an acre. A Nebraska farmer paid twelve to thirteen. Seed cost extra. What did those growers buy? A few more weeks for roots to get to work before winter. On the Monday, November 9 edition of Daily Farm Brief, Rick Portanova follows the seed from the drone to the dirt. Then comes the question that matters at the farm gate: what does a crop pay back if you never sell a bushel of it? Rick looks at topsoil after a hard rain, nitrogen that might otherwise wash away, weed pressure and the spring moisture a living cover uses. PLANT LIFE • A caterpillar takes a bite. A damaged plant releases a chemical signal that can draw in a wasp that hunts the caterpillar. Another signal travels through the plant itself. And a wildflower called storksbill has a seed whose twisting tail helps it work into the ground. ORGANIC FARMING TIPS • Dig up a clover plant and split one of the little nodules on its roots. The color inside gives you one clue about nitrogen fixation. How much clover you actually grew matters just as much when planning the next crop. HIGH-TECH MOMENT • A greenhouse robot finds tomato blossoms with a camera and aims a small nozzle at each flower. A controlled puff of air shakes pollen loose without touching the blossom. FARM FOLKLORE • Long before a modern seed lab, farmers used a damp rag and a handful of kernels to decide which ears of corn to save for spring. QUICK HEADLINES • Southwest screwworm cases, soybean seeding rates, harvest fuel assistance and a historic low in weekly wheat export inspections. Friday’s grain and livestock wrap closes the show, with detailed markets on the video ticker. CHAPTERS 0:00 Quick Farm Headlines 0:47 Good morning, Farm Nation 1:24 Drones seed standing corn 2:38 Why grow a crop you never harvest? 4:45 Plant Life: How plants call for help 5:47 Organic Farming Tips: Inside a clover root 6:47 High-Tech Moment: A robot pollinates tomatoes 7:37 Farm Folklore: The rag-doll corn test 8:12 Friday’s markets and the matching blog Read the detailed matching blog at https://dailyfarmbrief.com. Daily Farm Brief is brought to you by World TradeX — Empowering Farmers. Send us Fan Mail Sponsored by World TradeX

    Drones Beat the Combine, Plants Call for Help & a Robot Pollinates Tomatoes — Daily Farm Brief

  4. 5d ago

    Deere to Close 2 Iowa Plants, Spain Buys U.S. Soy & GPS Tracks 17 Stolen Hives, Supermarket Psychology

    JOHN DEERE’S IOWA FACTORY MOVES, ANOTHER BIG SOYBEAN SALE & A GPS TRAP FOR HIVE THIEVES John Deere plans to close two Iowa manufacturing sites—but where is the work going, and what does that mean for the communities left behind? Plus, Spain books another sizable order of American soybeans, a beekeeper hides a GPS tracker inside honeycomb, and three matching feed sacks become something a family can wear. Join Rick Portanova for Daily Farm Brief, Friday, November 6, 2026 — EP 44, with farm news, useful research, food and shopping insights, agricultural ingenuity, and a little farm history for Farm Nation and Truck City. 🚜 JOHN DEERE: WHERE THE IOWA WORK GOES NEXT Deere’s Ottumwa operation has roots reaching back more than a century. Now its windrowers and round balers have a timetable for moving to the company’s Des Moines Works in Ankeny, Iowa. Meanwhile, Hagie high-clearance sprayer production in Clarion has a different destination: Thibodaux, Louisiana. We explain which equipment is moving, where it is headed, and the announced deadlines. We also look at Ottumwa officials’ estimate of roughly 400 jobs at stake, and explain how these Iowa changes relate to Deere’s separately announced U.S. expansion projects. 🌱 SPAIN RETURNS FOR MORE AMERICAN SOYBEANS USDA reports a 167,000-metric-ton soybean sale to Spain, following another substantial booking two weeks earlier. Each order represents approximately 6.1 million bushels. For Truck City, we put the latest booking into a familiar perspective: more than 6,000 loads at an illustrative 1,000 bushels per truck. We also explain the difference between an announced export sale and the later hauling and delivery. 🔴 WHY CRANBERRIES FLOAT Those bright red harvest scenes start with something hidden inside each berry: small air pockets. Discover how growers use floating fruit during wet harvest, why cranberries grow on vines rather than underwater, and why the whole berries headed for your Thanksgiving table generally follow a different harvesting route than fruit destined for juice or sauce. 🌶️ HOT PEPPERS, BIOCHAR & METALS IN THE SOIL A Kentucky State University research team studied Georgia Flame peppers grown with different soil amendments, including worm castings, manure, and biochar. What happened to cadmium, nickel, copper, and zinc? We explain what researchers measured in the harvested fruit—and why determining whether a crop can meaningfully reduce soil contamination requires more than finding metals in a plant. 🍟 WHY KETCHUP MAKES ANOTHER FRY SOUND GOOD You were almost finished eating. Then a new dip or topping made another bite appealing. We explore sensory-specific satiety, including an experiment involving fries, brownies, and changing flavors. It is a revealing look at how variety can renew our interest in food—even after the original flavor has started losing its appeal. 🍅 THE TOMATO VINE THAT SHOULD STAY OUT OF YOUR COMPOST Before you pile all the old vines into a wheelbarrow, take a closer look. Healthy plants and badly diseased plants deserve different decisions. Learn why parts of a backyard compost pile may remain too cool to kill disease-causing organisms, and why sorting plants while you can still recognize the problem can save confusion during fall cleanup. 🛒 THE COFFEE DISPLAY WANTS YOUR ATTENTION An end-of-aisle display makes grabbing a product easy—but what choices are waiting around the corner? We examine research on aisle-end displays and shelf attention, then share a practical shopping habit: turn into the aisle, look at the lower shelves, and compare price per ounce before deciding which coffee deserves a ride home. 🐝 HIGH-TECH MOMENT: GPS INSIDE THE HONEYCOMB In this April 2022 Tennessee case, beekeeper Jon Jones suspected hive thieves would return. He hid a GPS device inside honeycomb—and when more boxes vanished, the signal gave him a location to report to authorities. Hear how Jon and his father, Jerry, recovered 17 stolen hives, and why bringing the living colonies home mattered more than the condition of the boxes. 🧵 FARM FOLKLORE: WHEN FEED SACKS BECAME FASHION For some farm families, buying feed also meant choosing fabric. Three matching printed cotton sacks could become a dress—provided someone could find the right pattern in the stack. We revisit that resourceful tradition and the story of Dorothy Overall of Caldwell, Kansas, whose feed-sack sewing connected farm life with a national contest and a trip to Hollywood. 📊 ALSO ON THE SCREEN: EXPANDED FARM TICKER Watch the bottom ticker for additional agricultural headlines and dated market information, including grain and oilseed futures, cattle, hogs, milk, cheese, crude oil, natural gas, and national diesel and gasoline averages. Additional headlines cover crop-protection price comparisons, Deere’s eligible parts warranty, fall nitrogen soil-temperature guidance, weed-control announcements, and Monette Farms’ requested creditor-protection extension. The episode also includes a regional weather outlook and the moon phase. Market prices, fuel averages, and forecasts reflect the dates and times shown in the episode. ⏱️ YOUTUBE CHAPTERS 0:00 Quick Farm Headlines 0:18 Good Morning, Farm Nation & Truck City 1:06 John Deere’s Two Iowa Plants: Where the Work Goes 2:08 Spain Buys American Soybeans Again 2:28 Why Cranberries Float 3:05 Kentucky’s Hot-Pepper and Soil Trial 3:40 Fries, Ketchup & Why Another Bite Sounds Good 4:27 Which Tomato Vine Belongs in the Compost? 5:04 What the Supermarket Coffee Display Leaves Out 5:40 GPS in the Honeycomb: Recovering 17 Stolen Hives 6:13 Feed-Sack Fashion & a Trip to Hollywood 7:04 Expanded Ticker & Morning Markets 7:20 Matching Blog & Sign-Off  📖 READ THE DETAILED MATCHING BLOG Want more detail on the stories in today’s show? Read our detailed matching blog, including expanded explanations and the episode’s market snapshot: https://dailyfarmbrief.com 👍 JOIN FARM NATION & TRUCK CITY If you enjoy the show, like this video, subscribe to Daily Farm Brief, and share it with a farmer, trucker, gardener, or friend who enjoys a good story from rural America. Which story caught your attention? Tell us in the comments—and if your family ever made clothing, quilts, or household items from feed sacks, we would love to hear what you remember. Hosted by Rick Portanova Daily Farm Brief | Friday, November 6, 2026 | EP 44 Brought to you by World TradeX — Empowering Farmers. #DailyFarmBrief #FarmNews #JohnDeere #Agriculture #Soybeans Send us Fan Mail Sponsored by World TradeX

    Deere to Close 2 Iowa Plants, Spain Buys U.S. Soy & GPS Tracks 17 Stolen Hives, Supermarket Psychology

  5. 6d ago

    The Combine Kept the Evidence! Food Risks, Organic Tips, Robots & Red Barns — Daily Farm Brief

    A crop-insurance claim said the harvest came up short. Prosecutors say the combine’s records told a different story. Today on Daily Farm Brief, Rick Portanova follows a trail of harvest records, examines troubling ingredients that lost their place in our food supply, shares a practical organic farming tip, and explores a robot that could help rescue a patchy crop. Then we uncover the practical reason behind one of rural America’s most familiar sights: the red barn. Thursday, November 5, 2026 • EP 43 🚜 THE COMBINE KEPT THE EVIDENCE Two North Dakota farmers face federal charges in a crop-insurance case involving allegedly shifted grain production and harvest records that didn’t match reported yields. We explain how equipment data became part of the investigation. The charges are allegations—not convictions—and must be proven in court. 🥫 WHAT ARE WE EATING? Artificial trans fat and brominated vegetable oil—BVO—became ingredients many consumers never thought much about. We look at why regulators acted, plus what a small NIH experiment found when participants ate ultra-processed meals. We also make an important distinction: processing alone doesn’t make a food unhealthy, and an organic label doesn’t turn a sugary snack into a health food. 🌱 ORGANIC FARMING TIPS: DON’T GROW NEXT YEAR’S WEEDS A few weeds left to produce seed can create more work next season. Today’s quick tip focuses on catching weeds early and choosing cover crops that fit your climate and planting schedule. Practical prevention, with the supporting details on screen. 🤖 HIGH-TECH MOMENT: CAN A ROBOT RESCUE THE CROP? When cotton comes up unevenly, empty stretches can leave farmers facing another planting decision. North Carolina State researchers are developing a system to help plant those gaps while leaving healthy plants alone. It’s still in development, and savings remain unproven—but the potential benefit is easy to understand. 🏚️ FARM FOLKLORE: WHY ARE BARNS RED? Before red barns became a symbol of country life, farmers were thinking about protecting wood and paying for paint. Discover how practical choices became a lasting rural tradition. PLUS: QUICK FARM HEADLINES • Tightening fertilizer supplies from Trinidad and pressure on American farmers’ ammonia costs. • Expanded grazing opportunities and the use of well-managed grazing to help reduce wildfire fuel. WATCH THE BOTTOM TICKER Expanded grain and oilseed futures, cattle and hogs, milk and cheese, other dairy products, oil and energy, national diesel and gasoline prices, farm headlines, regional weather, and moon phase—all presented visually while the stories continue. READ OUR DETAILED MATCHING BLOG Find the supporting facts, additional context, and sources for this episode: https://dailyfarmbrief.com Hosted by Rick Portanova For Farm Nation—and Truck City. Brought to you by World TradeX — Empowering Farmers. Subscribe for more Daily Farm Brief, and tell us in the comments: Which farm technology has actually saved you time or money? #DailyFarmBrief #FarmNews #OrganicFarming #FarmTechnology #Agriculture Send us Fan Mail Sponsored by World TradeX

    The Combine Kept the Evidence! Food Risks, Organic Tips, Robots & Red Barns — Daily Farm Brief

  6. Nov 3

    Who Gets the Vet? Flying Hay, Hidden Bugs, Poisoned Pouches & Marfa Lights — Daily Farm Brief

    Wednesday, November 4, 2026 • EP 42 Who picks up when a heifer needs a vet at two in the morning? Rick Portanova looks at five Kansas counties where 14 food-animal vets cover nearly 3,800 square miles. Then ride along on Nevada’s 1949 haylift, where volunteers kicked bales from an airplane to feed stranded cattle. High-Tech Moment: Hear how researchers detect an insect hidden in grain. What Are We Eating? Follow the investigation that traced lead in children’s applesauce pouches to the cinnamon, then see why shoppers reach for organic produce. Farm Folklore: A cowhand, a missing campfire and the mystery lights outside Marfa. Close with grain, cattle and dairy futures. Quick Farm Headlines: The manure produced by America's largest livestock operations, Mexico’s 68-million-bushel corn order, and Tennessee's last corn acres. Read our detailed matching blog for this episode on our website: https://farmtalesunplugged.com Farm Tales Unplugged — Daily Farm Brief with Rick Portanova. Brought to you by World TradeX, Empowering Farmers. Send us Fan Mail Sponsored by World TradeX

    Who Gets the Vet? Flying Hay, Hidden Bugs, Poisoned Pouches & Marfa Lights — Daily Farm Brief

  7. Nov 2

    China’s $17B Promise, Buried Gold, Laser Scarecrows, 24/7 Farm, Turkeys & Markets — Daily Farm Brief

    China’s $17 Billion Promise—Who’s Actually Getting Paid? — Daily Farm BriefDescription China’s $17 billion farm-buying promise sounds big. But promises don’t empty grain bins—actual purchases do. What does the latest buying data tell us, and what remains unclear? We lead with the distinction that matters to American farmers: announced business versus orders and shipments. Join Rick Portanova for Farm Tales Unplugged — Daily Farm Brief, Episode 41, for Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Today’s lineup moves from export stakes to buried treasure, crop-protection technology and the trust that keeps a local farm stand open all night. Five jars. Gold and silver. A farmhouse wall. AgWeb revisits a remarkable 2018 Tennessee discovery that began with a glint of sunlight spotted during gutter cleaning. We follow the find—and explain why polishing old coins can damage their collector value. High-Tech Moment: laser scarecrows. University of Rhode Island research explores how moving green light can discourage birds from feeding on sweet corn. We look at the quieter approach, the importance of coverage and the limits behind the results. Family Farm Stories: open 24/7, built on trust. Montana’s Amaltheia Dairy offers produce and other goods through an honor-system stand. Customers select their food, total their purchases and pay—including by tapping a card. Farm Folklore: turkeys in the treetops. Those big birds can fly, and their nighttime roost is a different place from their ground nest. Quick Farm Headlines: a one-acre Florida greenhouse producing roughly 1.7 million heads of lettuce annually, plus the payoff question behind precise fertilizer placement. Market Watch: Monday, November 2 closing grain and cattle futures, the latest available December Class III milk quote, and Jerry Gulke’s perspective on the recent grain selloff. Futures are separate from local cash bids and milk checks. Want more detail? Read our detailed matching blog for this episode on our website: https://farmtalesunplugged.com. Follow the show, share it with another farmer or trucker, and leave a review if you enjoy the brief. Brought to you by World TradeX — Empowering Farmers.  Story visuals are illustrations. Send us Fan Mail Sponsored by World TradeX

    China’s $17B Promise, Buried Gold, Laser Scarecrows, 24/7 Farm, Turkeys & Markets — Daily Farm Brief

  8. Nov 1

    History of Barb wire, Satellite Images of Crops M-net, Beavers Store Winter Food

    Thirty-six cattle producers want another buyer—and they’re backing a new Texas beef plant to help create one. Could this project give ranchers another dependable place to sell? In the Monday, November 2, 2026 edition of Farm Tales Unplugged — Daily Farm Brief, Rick Portanova looks at the planned Dimmitt, Texas facility, the federal loan guarantee supporting it, and what another bidder could mean for local cattle producers. The plant is planned, with processing capacity and jobs still projections. Then, the little twist of wire that changed the West: how Joseph Glidden’s barbed-wire improvement helped protect crops, close the open range and spark conflicts over access to land and water. In High-Tech Moment, researchers find useful soybean-yield clues in satellite viewing angles that were once treated as a problem to correct. Sometimes the sharper picture isn’t the whole story. The Old Farmer’s Almanac takes us beneath the ice to a beaver’s winter pantry—and explains why those branches beside the lodge may be dinner. Quick headlines cover USDA’s planned food purchases, crop-insurance harvest prices and an El Niño outlook for the central and southern Plains. We finish with grain, cattle and dairy futures, using Friday, October 30’s reported closing prices. More information and the matching episode blog: https://farmtalesunplugged.com Brought to you by World TradeX — Empowering Farmers. Farm Nation and Truck City: follow, like and share the show, and we’ll see you tomorrow morning. Send us Fan Mail Sponsored by World TradeX

    History of Barb wire, Satellite Images of Crops M-net, Beavers Store Winter Food
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A fast, funny, no-nonsense daily podcast for farmers, ranchers, truckers, growers, equipment operators and everyone connected to agriculture. Each episode delivers fresh farm news, commodity and futures updates, harvest and planting progress, trucking and freight developments, ag technology, dairy and livestock updates, seasonal weather impacts, and the stories shaping rural America.  We also mix in This Day in History, the Farmer’s Almanac Corner, unusual stories in You Don’t Hear That Every Day, a Farm Fact of the Day, and short jokes for both farmers and truckers. The goal is simple: useful information, current agriculture news and a little humor — without turning your morning into a 45-minute lecture. Whether you’re in the tractor, the truck, the barn, the shop or headed down the highway before sunrise, Farm Tales Unplugged gives you a quick daily look at what matters across farming, freight and the food supply chain. Presented by World TradeX — The Future of Food.

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