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The Spokesman Speaks: Ag Insights for Your Farm and Family

The Spokesman Speaks: Ag Insights for Your Farm and Family

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Since 1934, The Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman has been Iowa's leading agriculture news source, and today it has the largest readership of any ag newspaper in Iowa. While The Spokesman newspaper is available exclusively to Iowa Farm Bureau members, The Spokesman Speaks podcast is available publicly, providing the ag news and farmer education that matter most.All rights reserved. You are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works, or using any content available on or through the podcast for commercial or public purposes. Economics Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Ag insights from retiring Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen

    Ag insights from retiring Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen
    Nov 24 2025

    Welcome to Episode 202 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, retiring Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen shares her career highlights and discusses future opportunities and challenges facing agriculture and ISU. And Terrian ag economist Matt Erickson offers his thoughts on the U.S. economy.

    Resources Mentioned in this Episode

    • Learn more from Terrian economist Matt Erickson.
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    43 mins
  • Sizing up trade and beef markets

    Sizing up trade and beef markets
    Nov 10 2025

    Welcome to Episode 201 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Iowa Farm Bureau President Brent Johnson shares trade conversations he and other Iowa Farm Bureau leaders are initiating in Washington D.C. and around the globe. And Kansas State University economist Dr. Glynn Tonsor offers a clear-eyed look at beef markets.

    Resources Mentioned in this Episode

    • Apply to join Iowa Farm Bureau's 2026 Texas Market Study Tour.
    • Register for the 2025 Iowa Farm Bureau Annual Meeting and County Leadership Conference.
    • Register for Iowa Farm Bureau's 2025 Iowa Farm Income Tax Webinar.

    Register for one of Iowa Farm Bureau's upcoming Take Root farm succession planning workshops.
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    37 mins
  • Expert tips for working with landlords

    Expert tips for working with landlords
    Oct 27 2025

    Welcome to Episode 200 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, we share expert tips for strengthening the communication between farmers and their landlords. Erin Herbold-Swalwell, a Farm Bureau attorney with extensive experience in farm succession and landowner relations, and Catherine DeLong, an ISU Extension professional who specializes in helping farmers and landowners discuss conservation investments, share their advice with farmers.

    Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

    • Register for Iowa Farm Bureau's Annual Meeting.
    • Visit ISU's Ag Decision Maker website.
    • Iowa Farm Bureau's Take Root farm succession program
    • Learn more about Iowa State University Extension's Landowner Education Program.
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    44 mins
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