The Scoop Podcast

Farm Journal
  • 5.0 (11)
  • BUSINESS
  • UPDATED BIWEEKLY

The Scoop podcast hosts conversations with retailers and industry leaders on top-of-mind topics affecting ag retail today and in the future

  1. FEB 4

    Episode 219: What Other Retailers Can Learn From The Retailer of the Year

    The team at River Valley Cooperative shares the backstory and gives insights into their industry-leading programs and initiatives. With the mantra “On the ground all year round,” the co-op has integrated all four divisions—agronomy, grain, feed, energy—and invested in internal and customer-facing technologies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    22 min

  2. JAN 20

    Episode 218: What Policies & Regulations Will Have the Biggest Effect on Ag Retailers in 2026?

    With its upcoming legislative fly-in, ARA’s policy team has been working on its priorities for the year ahead. ARA’s senior director of government affairs Hunter Carpenter gave a status report in mid-January as funding and appropriation bills were starting to move. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    14 min

  3. JAN 8

    Episode 217: When Farmer Margins Erode, Loyalty Erodes

    Anna Cardoze, vice president of strategic accounts at Growers, shares how ag retailers’ approach to growing customer loyalty has changed alongside the technology available to make the programs perform. She also gives insights on how every ag retail business is nuanced and which may have low hanging fruit to build their businesses bigger with customers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    24 min

  4. 12/03/2025

    Episode 216: Jeff Tarsi Reflects on 40 Years in Ag Retail

    Just before his retirement from Nutrien, Jeff Tarsi talks about his career and how ag retail has evolved over the past four decades. He shares the role technology has played in the transformation and the importance of staying on top of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    40 min

  5. 12/01/2025

    Episode 215: Illinois Ag Retailers Focus on Nutrient Stewardship

    IFCA President KJ Johnson gives an update on the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy and how retailers across the state are putting effort into reducing nutrient loss and enhance water quality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    15 min

  6. 11/24/2025

    Episode 214: Ag Retail Shifts to Selling Proof, Not Selling Products

    Grower's Edge CEO Matt Hansen shares how his company has pivoted and changed in the ag fintech space to help ag retailers and manufacturers grow and improve their marketing, product placement and revenue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    16 min

  7. 11/13/2025

    Episode 213: What the Government Shut Down and Trade Updates Mean for Ag Retailers

    Hunter Carpenter from ARA’s public policy team joins the podcast to discuss the bill reopening the federal government, and what’s included for ag. He also gives an update on trade including USMCA, China, and the critical minerals listing. You can join the ag retail industry as it gathers from the annual ARA Conference and Expo in Salt Lake City. Learn more at aradc.org. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    21 min

  8. 11/12/2025

    Episode 212: What To Watch In the Weather For 2026

    Matt Makens from Makens Weather will present at the 2026 ARA Conference and Expo. In this podcast, he shares a recap of the weather trends most effecting agriculture in 2025, and gives a preview for his outlook going into 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
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5
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About

The Scoop podcast hosts conversations with retailers and industry leaders on top-of-mind topics affecting ag retail today and in the future

Information

  • Creator
    Farm Journal
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Farm Journal

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