The Little Red Barn
Ag for the people. Ryan Martin's radio personality joins the podcast world in a series of comedic and entertaining dialogues about agriculture. With weekly weather reports, and in-depth explanations on certain agricultural fundamentals and topics spanning from humidity to rodents to tractor pulls, there's always something to learn about in the Little Red Barn.
Episodes
110 episodes
Episode 110: A World Without China
Dave Weisflog returns to Red Barn Studios and the guys tackle the potential for an Ag world without China as a trading partner. What does it look like? Can we survive? What has to change? Is it possible?
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Episode 109: Cultivate
This week Ryan and Charlie dive into the world of Food Insecurity and learn about food "rescue". Society today throws away so much and food waste is staggering. We chat with one of the leaders of Cultivate food rescue and learn about the thousa...
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Episode 108: The Only Constant Is Change
This week we are joined by Chad Berger...a 32 year veteran ag teacher from Bremen High School to talk about the evolution of ag education and FFA. The Indiana State Legislature continues to run roughshod over education, seemingly tinkering with...
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Episode 55
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Episode 107: Unpleasant Conversations
This week we go back to a banker for some frank conversation on a topic no one likes right now: the ag economy. It's not looking good, and recovery is not "just around the corner". We talk belt tightening, planning, and hear what the banker rea...
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Episode 54
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Episode 106: Awwww, Shucks!
Today's episode takes a more light-hearted turn as Clay Geyer stops back by the Red Barn Studios to chat about not one, but TWO cornhusking championships to be held in our area in the weeks to come. SPOILER ALERT: The Little Red Barn Podcast is...
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Episode 53
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Episode 105: Current Events
Ryan and Charlie welcome guest Mark Ervin as the guys talk WASDE, weather, harvest, crop insurance updates, and Charlie Kirk....not necessarily in that order. Brought to you by Mac America Ag Finance of Northern Indiana.<...
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Episode 52
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Episode 104: We've Come a Long Way, but Still a Ways to Go...
This week, Ryan and Charlie discuss the start of harvest, great weather, bad prices, and not much potential for improvement. Then we talk about technology, specifically autonomous tractors. It's pretty cool stuff, but it's nowhere near what's b...
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Episode 51
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Episode 103: Drinking From A Firehose
Holy cow! Squirrels are on the loose, and info comes Fast 'n Fuirous style in this week's Episode of the Little Red Barn Podcast. Jill Houin of Homestead Dairy stops by to talk about the Indy 500 Milk, robots, expansion/succession of the family...
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Episode 50
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Episode 102: Tired of This "Stuff" Yet?
It seems like we can't go more than a few days to few weeks without new AI headlines and soundbytes. We're getting tired of it. Dr. Scott Strong says "tough cookies, it's here to stay", and brings us up to speed on AI's role in immigration issu...
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Episode 49
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Episode 101: Idiots!
Ryan and Charlie are joined by Dave Schrock of Top Acre. USDA does USDA things (not a compliment), and Ryan has a few choice things to say about it regarding the most recent WASDE. They guys talk crop tours and State Fair while hearing fo...
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Episode 48
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Episode 100: Gender Roles in Ag?
Ryan and Charlie are joined by Isabella Chism, former 2nd Vice President of Indiana Farm Bureau and now with American Farm Bureau Federation, along with Chism Farms. We take a run at Women in Agriculture...what the designation means, why it's i...
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Episode 47
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Episode 99: We Can't Stop and We Can't Even Slow Down First
Our resident AI guru, Dr Scott Strong is back with concerns on the speed of AI development. We talk impact on the US dollar, trade agreements and the current administrations desire to have world domination in machine learning and AI. It c...
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Episode 46
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Episode 98: Horsepower!
The Red Barn Road Show hits Goshen, Indiana this week for the Tractor Pull! Ryan and Charlie visit with Kevin Smith of Smith Family Farms, driver of the "Buckshot Reloaded" IPL Hot Farm Class pulling tractor, in Rochester. We get schooled...
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Episode 45
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Episode 97: Fair Daze
The Little Red Barn Podcast starts off a series of 'on location' episodes, traveling this week to Argos, IN for the Marshall County Fair. We talk dairy beef and the new (?) agronomy buzzwords "overly-tight tassel wrap", over-zealous tree ...
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Episode 44
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Episode 96: Adventures with Charlie
Mr. Houin brings all sorts of stories with him this week as the guys try and figure out: "how could someone manage to get a sprayer stuck during a drought?" Ryan and Charlie travel through the topics of irrigation maintenance, screw worm, tarif...
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Episode 43
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Episode 95: Taking His Talents to Tennessee
Coyote returns for one more "in studio" appearance with Ryan and Charlie before he hits the road to a state with no income tax. Moonshine, state budgets, trade, and the Big Beautiful Bill are all part of this week's discussion.
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Episode 42
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Episode 94: Stop Talkin' About Corn Sweat for Cryin' Out Loud!
It's been hot. Yeah, welcome to summer. But "corn sweat" makes Ryan see red. The guys talk weather, crop growth, revisit acres, and hit a few other 'coffee shop' topics in this week's episode.
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Episode 41
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Episode 93: Does Ag have a Generational Leadership Problem?
Ryan and Charlie hit weather, the ever cycling Israel-Iran headlines, planted acres and then explore a controversial discussion on a Gen X gap in Agribusiness leadership.
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Episode 40
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Episode 92: City Mouse, Country Mouse
Ryan and Charlie bring a packed agenda this week: talking RVOs, crop health, Israel/Iran, backyard chickens, farming inside metropolitan limits, and more.
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Episode 39
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Episode 91: An Earth Shattering Kaboom
Charlie is back in the studio as we chat about last week's rains, the menace of groundhogs, emergence issues, replant, and just how many acres are out there.
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Episode 38
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Episode 90: A Chat with the Po-Po.
Most folks have a relationship with law enforcement that is similar to in-laws: you aren't really keen on having them around unless you really need them. But folks in rural America need to have a better view than that. This week, Captain Brian ...
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Episode 37
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Episode 89: The Dog Ate My Corn Contract
Rain has finally come to the region, giving an opportunity to work on repairs, delivering grain (and podcasts). Ryan and Charlie discuss planting progress, soil conditions, and wildlife stories. Charlie wins "the new excuse for being late" awar...
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Episode 36
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Episode 88: What's In a Name Anyway?
Dave Weisflog is back, and Ryan continues to butcher his name. But the guys dive back into atypical ag topics like hemp, land grant university extension, regen ag, and soil health.
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Episode 35
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Episode 87: An Expert is Just Someone From More Than 2 Counties Away
Ryan and Charlie chat this week with someone who has seen more than most in the biz. Dave Weisflog might not wear as many hats as Ryan, but he comes very close. Rice, hemp, regen ag, extension and soil health~ today we take the time to scroll t...
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Episode 34
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