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
103 episodes
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 86: Great Start to Plant '25
Charlie brings guests along to the studio this week as we dive into planting progress, agronomics of corn and beans, equipment breakdowns, and the new EV company putting down roots in Warsaw.
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Episode 85: AI Revisited
Dr. Scott Strong is back and we discuss AI, music, creativity, opportunities, pitfalls and cash cows. Plenty of other topics too, like bitcoin and tariffs. Spoiler Alert: apparently we are not going to get a Viking Death Metal opening jingle......
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Episode 84: Shades of the Carter Administration?
Wait, ...what? Was that a reference to the Jimmy Carter presidency? Ryan and Charlie discuss this past week in agriculture regarding planting progress and markets... BUT Ryan is caught off guard when Charlie compares the current tariffs t...
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Episode 83: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Charlie Houin makes it back to the studio in the co-host chair as we talk through tariffs, marketing, planting progress and the unspoken rules around property rights.
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Episode 82: When County Government Fails Agriculture
Land use is fast becoming the biggest threat to the ag industry. But what happens when the place you call home turns on you and does not have your best interests at heart? Kosciusko County may find out this week as it deals with a data fa...
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Episode 81: Acreage and Data Questions
We're a week out from some USDA survey data being laid on us. Normally, the Prospective Plantings report is intriguing, but not overly exciting. Could this year be different? And did you know that data is being collected from your<...
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Episode 28
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Episode 80: The Dumbing of America - AI edition
Ryan is joined this week by Dr. Scott Strong, author of the article "AI Dependency Trap: Sacrificing Wisdom for Automation, A Costly Future?" We discuss the rapid ascent of AI in multiple industries, and the ramifications in all industries, inc...
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Episode 79: Corn Production in Hawaii
Ryan returns from the Aloha State thoroughly impressed by the Pioneer Parent Seed facility in Waialua, HI, located on the island of Oahu. Hear the reactions from several hours touring the complex and why it matters to Eastern Corn Belt ag...
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