The Breakdown with INFB
For more than 100 years, Indiana Farm Bureau has protected and enhanced the future of agriculture and our communities. To continue that legacy and communicate more with our members, we’ve created The Breakdown with INFB, a podcast that will feature prominent leaders in the ag industry, newsmakers and even some average folks with interesting stories to tell.
Episodes
34 episodes
33. COO and Treasurer Mark Sigler on retirement and INFB history
An interview with Mark Sigler, INFB chief operating officer and treasurer, who is retiring Sept. 1 after 38 years with Farm Bureau.Sigler started at INFB in 1987 as marketing assistant in the commodity department and in the years since h...
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16:04
32. County Farm Bureau Advocacy
Delaware County Farm Bureau board member Katie Nixon talks about her county’s experiences with HEA1012. The bill was passed during the 2025 Indiana GeneralAssembly and was a direct result of Delaware County Farm Bureau’s policy development ...
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12:55
31. Farm Safety with John Nagle
June is National Safety Month and summer is a busy season for farmers using large machinery, so rural road safety becomes an increasingly important topic. We sat down with John Nagle, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance farm training specialist, who ...
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12:05
30. Veteran Farmer Award Winner Joe Ricker
A conversation with Hancock County Farm Bureau member and retired Army Col. Joe Ricker who was recently named the very first recipient of the Veteran Farmer Award of Excellence from American Farm Bureau Federation. May is also Menta...
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18:06
29. Gripp - 2025 Ag Innovation Challenge Winner
A conversation with Tracey Wiedmeyer, Indiana Farm Bureau member from Marion County and the co-founder and CEO of Gripp, the winner of the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation Ag Innovation Challenge competit...
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16:55
28. Digging in to Hydroponics
A conversation on unique ways to grow food with Joe McGuire. Joe is a St. Joseph County Farm Bureau member and CEO of Pure Green Farms in South Bend, Indiana, where they grown hydroponic lettuce.
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12:59
27. Braxten Nielsen, YF&AP Conference Keynote Speaker
A conversation with Braxten Nielsen, keynote speaker for the upcoming Young Farmers & Ag Professionals Conference in Indianapolis (Feb. 21-23, 2025). Braxten talks about overcoming setbacks and challenges related to a rodeo accident that al...
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26. INFB President Randy Kron
Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron and Andy Tauer, INFB executive director of public policy, discuss INFB’s 2025 legislative priorities. The organization’s top issues for the 2025 General Assembly are taxation and water rights. Mo...
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20:32
25. 2024 INFB State Convention Speakers
Here's a sneak peek at two of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention!Jack Uldrich, global futurist and author, speaks to the future of the ag industry, and Nina Teicholz, science journalist and Ph.D. in...
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27:07
24. Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Lindsay Weaver
An interview with Indiana’s top doctor. Among her many roles, Dr. Lindsay Weaver is the Indiana state health commissioner, adjunct assistant professor of emergency medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and an emergency medicine phys...
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24:55
23. Accessibility in Agriculture
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 19% of U.S. farmers and 9% of U.S. farmworkers had a disability at some point between 2008 and 2016.INFB had a conversa...
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20:07
22. Agritourism in Indiana
Interviews with two of Indiana's agritourism destination owners, Linda Baird with Cornucopia Farm in Scottsburg, and from the northern part of the state, Maureen Kercher and Mollie Kieffer from Kercher's Sunrise Orchards in Elkhart County. The ...
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31:12
21. Estate & Succession Planning for the Farm
A conversation with John Shoup, director of the Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation, and Clint Fischer, an attorney at Ribstein and Hogan Law Firm, a firm based in South Dakota that specializes in helping family farms navigate the often-dauntin...
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21:31
20. Congressman Rudy Yakym
A conversation with U.S. Rep. Rudy Yakym, who represents the second congressional district in northern Indiana, to help Indiana farmers and listeners better understand agricultural issues from the federal level. He touches on everything from th...
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21:39
19. Rural Child Care in Indiana
One of Indiana Farm Bureau's priority issues is bolstering rural viability throughout the state. Among the many ways to keep rural communities thriving is to support the need for quality child care. This episode features inte...
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27:25
18. Conservation with NRCS leader Jerry Raynor
A conversation about conservation with Jerry Raynor, director of financial assistance programs at the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and former Indiana State Conservationist.
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24:23
17. NASDA CEO Ted McKinney
Interview with Ted McKinney, chief executive officer of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). McKinney grew up on a grain and livestock farm in Tipton, Indiana, and is the former under secretary for trade and for...
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28:06
16. Black Vultures
Interviews with Lee Humberg, Indiana state director of wildlife services for the U.S. Department of Agriculture , and John Hardin, cattle producer and INFB member from Scott County. We revisit the increase of black vultures in Indiana in recent...
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20:08
15. AFBF Ag Innovation Challenge
Recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the 2024 American Farm Bureau Federation National Convention. Interviews with two start-up companies headquartered in Indiana:
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16:33
14. Arizona Farm Bureau President Stefanie Smallhouse
Conversation with Arizona Farm Bureau President Stefanie Smallhouse. President Smallhouse provides insight on the water quantity issues they’ve dealt with in Arizona and offers advice for Indiana farmers to be proactive in water conversations h...
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22:32
13. Future of AgTech
In an industry that is so ripe with technology advancement and opportunity, some farmers still find it challenging to change the way they operate. As a preview to the upcoming Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention on Dec. 14 – 16, 2023, in Fort ...
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22:49
12. Christmas Tree Farms
Interviews with two Indiana Christmas tree farmers. The owner of Dull's Tree Farm in Boone County and the owners of Z&C Farms in Miami County talk about their experience growing Christmas trees, creating a fun agritourism destination and ti...
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27:21
11. Purdue Hemp Specialist Marguerite Bolt
Interview with Marguerite Bolt, Purdue University hemp specialist. We dig into the state of hemp production in Indiana since it became legal and all the unique uses for the newer crop. Where is ...
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