Episode 199 – November4, 2021 – Tech Thursday; Supply Chain Problems
In today’s show, Taylor Chalstrom has our Tech Thursday feature with Joseph Jackson of Phytech. They discuss a digital platform and service with sensors to help visualize tree health, irrigation, soil moisture and climate. We also report on the natio…
Episode 198 – November 3, 2021 -Congestion at the ports; California State Board of Food and Agriculture meeting
In today’s show, Taylor Chalstrom talks with Roger Isom about the congestion that is still going on with west coast shipping ports and how that’s affected the tree nut industry. We also cover the California State Board of Food and Agriculture meeting…
Episode 197 – November 2, 2021 – My Ag Life in Citrus: Technological advances in machinery; 100 years of the Packers and Stockyards Act
In today’s My Ag Life in Citrus, we hear how modern technology is helping specialty crops. We also report on an NFU webinar on 100 years of the Packers and Stockyards Act.
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Episode 196 – November 1, 2021 – Produce Retail Trends
In today’s show, we have the details from United Fresh Retail-Foodservice Board and NielsenIQ’s analysis of retail price and sales trends for the top 10 fruit and vegetable commodities at retail in their Fresh Facts® on Retail Q2 Webinar.
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Episode 195 – October 29, 2021 – New Dairy Management Inc. CEO
In today’s show, we hear from the new CEO for Dairy Management Inc., Barbara O’Brien. DMI is funded by America’s 31,000 dairy farmers, as well as dairy importers.
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Episode 194 – October 28, 2021 – Applications and advancements in biotechnology
House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture and Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research held a hearing on this week to examine applications and advancements in biotechnology.
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Episode 193 – October 27, 2021 – Tree Nut Conference Preview
In today’s show, we preview the upcoming Tree Nut Conference. We also report on the House Ag Committee hearing on biotechnology.
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Episode 192 – October 26, 2021 – Citrus news; Biden‘s Build Back Better plan
In today’s show, we have this week’s citrus news, including Florida’s answer to California’s clementines. We also report on the President’s Build Back Better plan.
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Episode 191 – October 25, 2021 – Manipulating Soil Salt; Hemp History
In today’s show, we hear how the hemp crop is making a new history for itself. Taylor Chalstrom talks with Rich Kreps, CCA, about keeping trees thirsty by manipulating soil salt content.
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Episode 190 – October 21, 2021 – House Ag Committee Bills
In today’s show, we cover the House Ag Committee meeting, in which the committee discussed several bills such as H.R. 3532, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a periodic wildfire assessment, HR 5609, a bill to create a librar…