Wisconsin PODtalk
Soybeans are a pivotal part of the Wisconsin agricultural landscape. In Wisconsin PODtalk, soybean farmers talk about how the soybean checkoff works to fund research, promotion, and sustainability of this row crop. Each episode features a different Wisconsin farmer discussing what they are seeing on their farm and how they leverage the checkoff efforts on their operations. For more information on Wisconsin Soybeans, visit wisoybean.org
Episodes
If you've ever seen the fascination that kids have with tractors or farm equipment - how they pretend to farm while running their toys over carpet - then you might have a sense of what drives Tanner Johnson.
31 year old Tanner Johnson did not grow up on a farm, but he always knew he wanted to be a farmer. Throughout his life, he was a shadow to local farmers doing whatever he could to be involved. Milking cows, doing fi...
Pam Jahnke sits down with Dr. Shawn Conley, UW-Extension Soybean Specialist to discuss his Wisconsin soybean harvest observations so far. Conley says he's pretty confident the state's overall yields will be down compared to a year ago, and cautions operators to be careful with settings on combines to make sure they're getting every bean they've grown.
Conley also says the dry weather conditions the state's dealing with could mean ...
From cover crops to seed selection. Dr. Shawn Conley, UW-Extension Soybean Specialist has a full plate of research projects he, and his graduate students, are focused on for the 2024 growing season.
Conley tells Pam Jahnke that through Wisconsin soybean checkoff investments, they'll be focused on better understanding what cover crops can mean for growers. Yes, it will help mitigate weeds - but what does it do in a drought year? ...
Adam Kask is the executive director of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board. His role is to oversee spending of Wisconsin soybean checkoff dollars, and make sure they're channeled to investments that will pay dividends to growers.
Pam Jahnke sits down to talk with Kask about his background, and what he finds exciting about the Wisconsin soybean story and where beans are being used. A few highlights include the recent addition of...
During the 2024 Wisconsin Corn/Soy Expo in WI Dells, the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board announced the recipients of research dollars, generated by Wisconsin Soybean Growers. Pat Mullooly is the current president of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board. He sits down to visit with Pam Jahnke about the direction research will go in 2024, as well as reflecting on previous projects and the dividends it provides for Wisconsin Soybe...
Doug Monson, a managing partner for the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, visits with Pam Jahnke about developing details for the Wisconsin Corn Soy Expo, Feb. 1-2 in Wisconsin Dells.
Monson also reminds soybean growers about some of the business benefits they reveal during the expo too. The annual business meeting that takes place during the expo allows producers to hear updates on where their state checkoff dollars have been i...
Fabulous Farm Babe Pam Jahnke talks with Dr. Damon Smith on this episode on PODTalk. They talk about field research and soybean diseases. Smith started his career in Wisconsin looking at fungicide effectiveness and that has grown into data analysis and developing apps. Many research topics by Dr. Smith and his team are driven by conversation with growers in Wisconsin and the issues they are facing year over year. He is quick to cr...
According to Wisconsin soybean growers, our stakeholders, waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) continues to be the most difficult-to-control and concerning weed species in Wisconsin's corn-soybean production systems.
During the summer of 2023, UW-Extension Weed Specialist, Dr. Rodrigo Werle, received several calls regarding lack of complete post-emergence waterhemp control with Callisto and/or dicamba in corn and with Enlist One in ...
Wisconsin soybean research has come a long way in a decade. From side-by-side variety trials, to today's apps and prescription forecasting for individual fields.
Today's podcast, brought to you by the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, features Dr. Shawn Conley, UW-Extension Soybean Specialist, speaking to the ways that soybean checkoff dollars are being invested.
From drone technology designed to target specific problems in the f...
Steve Wilkens, Random Lake, Wisconsin, is the owner/operator of Silver Creek Grain and a board member of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board. This sixth generation farmer is also an agronomist and has been a part of the board for more than eight years. Production for soybean growers remains steady but Wilkens enjoys learning and helping to invest checkoff dollars into the marketing side of the business. Currently, the ROI for gro...
On this edition of PodTalk, Pam Jahnke visits with Andy Bensend about his life-long curiosity. His desire to always be learning, and how that desire has turned into leadership opportunities through the Wisconsin Soybean Association, the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, and other experiences.
Viewing results of on-farm research, supported by Wisconsin soybean checkoff dollars is just one way to witness a payback on that investmen...
Information is power, and that's where many Wisconsin soybean checkoff dollars are being invested. Pat Mullooly is the chair of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board. In this edition of PodTalk, he visits with Pam Jahnke about current research efforts working to provide answers on obstacles the state's facing in securing a commercial soybean processing facility.
Mullooly as provides an update on the new interest and exci...
Jonathan Gibbs is a soybean producer in Fox Lake, Wisconsin. He's also the current secretary/treasurer of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, which oversees the investment of checkoff dollars. Gibbs has been a leader in implementing innovative production practices, and compares his definition of sustainability to a three-legged stool. This has been important when telling his story during international travel and meeting with en...
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