The Farmer's Story Podcast

Jan 31 2024 12 ep. 22 mins 2
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The Farmers Story features farmers, ranchers, agriculture educators, and more as we seek to advocate for agriculture through the stories and experiences of real-life people. Hear their incredible recounts of the struggles and blessings that working in agriculture brings, and how they fulfill their mission to feed the world.

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Here By the Owl: Lori Hoppe

Jan 31 2024 35 mins  
Join us for the fourth episode in our Here By the Owl series, featuring ag educators and FFA advisors and why they are vital to the sustainability of the agriculture industry. This episode features Mrs. Lori Hoppe, an ag teacher and FFA Advisor of 15+ years, currently investing in students in Gardiner, Montana. Listen as she details her journey from being a successful student and F

Logan Phillips: Small Steps to Large Success

Dec 15 2023 16 mins  
Join us for the second episode in our new series: A Legacy Continued, showcasing young and up-and-coming farmers and ranchers. This episode features Logan Phillips, a young man helping to run his family's small produce and poultry farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Listen as he details their journey towards learning to maximize their space while upholding the quality and quanti

Cameron Moore: Finding Your Niche

Nov 30 2023 20 mins  
Join us for the first episode in our brand new series: A Legacy Continued, showcasing young and up-and-coming farmers and ranchers. Our first guest is Cameron Moore, a west Michigan native with a produce and poultry operation. Listen as he details the struggles and successes of creating a farm from the ground up and what it takes to weather the lows and take advantage of the highs.

Here By the Owl: Mr. Jim Rose

Feb 22 2023 17 mins  
Join us for the third episode in our Here By the Owl series featuring ag educators and FFA advisors and why they are vital to the sustainability of the agriculture industry. This episode features Mr. Jim Rose, a former ag teacher of 30+ years and the current Montana FFA State Advisor. Listen as he shares his story of transitioning from teaching ag to advising FFA state officers and

Here By the Owl: Mr. Leroy Nelson

Nov 28 2022 30 mins  
Join us for the second episode in our Here By the Owl series featuring ag educators and FFA advisors and why they are vital to the sustainability of the agriculture industry. Hear as Mr. Nelson shares his inspiring journey from forming the seemingly daunting idea to educate students about agriculture outside of a physical classroom, to founding an extremely successful, first-of-its

Here By the Owl: Mr. Tony McCaul

Oct 06 2022 20 mins  
Join us for the first episode in our brand new series: Here By the Owl, featuring agriculture educators and FFA Advisors and why they're so important to the sustainability of the agriculture industry in America . This episode features Mr. Tony McCaul, an ag teacher and FFA advisor from the Careerline Tech Center in Holland, MI. Hear as he shares his journey into teaching, how he bu

Jeff Todd: Changing Directions

Sep 15 2022 23 mins  
Join me in getting to know Jeff Todd as he shares the encouraging story of his family going from running JerLay dairy farms full time- to shifting his family's priorities, selling the cows, and pivoting to leasing the dairy's land and working with college students at Montana State University. This is a wonderful story illustrating the different paths that a passion for agriculture

Jake Teselle: Building Your Success

Jun 27 2022 18 mins  
Get to know Jake Teselle, owner operator of Crooked Yard Hops in Bozeman, MT. Listen as Jake tells his story of starting out in the hops industry, the ups and downs of getting into a less prolific sector of farming, and being a large part of the boom of hop farms in Montana. This is an inspiring Farmer's Story full of valuable insight, advice, and perspective you won't want to miss

Kenny VanDyke: Starting Anew

Apr 21 2022 31 mins  
Get to know Kenny VanDyke, owner operator of Hyline Farms in Bozeman and Chester MT. Listen as he describes is journey from growing up on the farm, learning to love agriculture for himself, and eventually, he and his brother building their own operation from the ground up. This is an inspiring story of not being afraid to fail, learning from your mistakes, and building a successful

Dale Flikkema: Farming a Legacy

Apr 08 2022 17 mins  
Join me in getting to know Dale Flikkema, one of the owner operators of Middle Creek Farms in Bozeman, MT. Listen as we discuss his growing up on the farm, becoming a major stakeholder in his family's farm, transitioning into the primary manager, and planning for the uncertain future of the agriculture industry in the Gallatin Valley. Contact Kyleigh: kyleighrender@thefarmersstory.