The Breakdown with INFB
For more than 100 years, Indiana Farm Bureau has protected and enhanced the future of agriculture and our communities. To continue that legacy and communicate more with our members, we’ve created The Breakdown with INFB, a podcast that will feature prominent leaders in the ag industry, newsmakers and even some average folks with interesting stories to tell.
Episodes
An interview with Mark Sigler, INFB chief operating officer and treasurer, who is retiring Sept. 1 after 38 years with Farm Bureau.
Sigler started at INFB in 1987 as marketing assistant in the commodity department and in the years since has held a number of positions within the organization. He talks about the changes that have happened in the industry since he began and what he hopes his legacy will be.
Delaware County Farm Bureau board member Katie Nixon talks about her county’s experiences with HEA1012. The bill was passed during the 2025 Indiana General
Assembly and was a direct result of Delaware County Farm Bureau’s policy development process. It requires law enforcement agencies to inform property owners of damage to property in the event of a motor vehicle accident. Nixon discusses the importance of advocacy and encoura...
June is National Safety Month and summer is a busy season for farmers using large machinery, so rural road safety becomes an increasingly important topic. We sat down with John Nagle, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance farm training specialist, who talks about road safety, particularly as it relates to safety at intersections and the vital importance of both seeing other drivers and being seen.
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A conversation with Hancock County Farm Bureau member and retired Army Col. Joe Ricker who was recently named the very first recipient of the Veteran Farmer Award of Excellence from American Farm Bureau Federation.
May is also Mental Health Awareness Month, so Ricker shares some of the impactful activities he’s taken on to make a difference for those who struggle with mental health.
A conversation with Tracey Wiedmeyer, Indiana Farm Bureau member from Marion County and the co-founder and CEO of Gripp, the winner of the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation Ag Innovation Challenge competition. Gripp, which offers farmers an operator-centric way to keep records of assets in combination with communication tools to keep everyone connected, received a total of $100,000 for winning the challenge, courtesy of AFBF in ...
A conversation on unique ways to grow food with Joe McGuire. Joe is a St. Joseph County Farm Bureau member and CEO of Pure Green Farms in South Bend, Indiana, where they grown hydroponic lettuce.
A conversation with Braxten Nielsen, keynote speaker for the upcoming Young Farmers & Ag Professionals Conference in Indianapolis (Feb. 21-23, 2025). Braxten talks about overcoming setbacks and challenges related to a rodeo accident that almost left him paralyzed.
Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron and Andy Tauer, INFB executive director of public policy, discuss INFB’s 2025 legislative priorities.
The organization’s top issues for the 2025 General Assembly are taxation and water rights. More information is available at www.infb.org/statepriorities. In addition to the priorities themselves, Kron and Tauer also talk about how members can get involved.
Here's a sneak peek at two of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention!
Jack Uldrich, global futurist and author, speaks to the future of the ag industry, and Nina Teicholz, science journalist and Ph.D. in nutrition, discusses a cornerstone of her work - studies on saturated fats and fats in general as part of our diets.
An interview with Indiana’s top doctor. Among her many roles, Dr. Lindsay Weaver is the Indiana state health commissioner, adjunct assistant professor of emergency medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and an emergency medicine physician with IU Health.
INFB talks to Dr. Weaver about the state of rural health, access to quality care and what solutions there are to improving public health in the state.
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 19% of U.S. farmers and 9% of U.S. farmworkers had a disability at some point between 2008 and 2016.
INFB had a conversation with Paul Jones, an education and resource specialist working on the AgrAbility project at Purdue University, to learn more about the resources available to help farmers with disabilit...
Interviews with two of Indiana's agritourism destination owners, Linda Baird with Cornucopia Farm in Scottsburg, and from the northern part of the state, Maureen Kercher and Mollie Kieffer from Kercher's Sunrise Orchards in Elkhart County. The conversation focuses on what it takes to run a successful agritourism operation, the ins and outs of specialty crop growing and why these businesses are so valuable to Indiana’s agr...
A conversation with John Shoup, director of the Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation, and Clint Fischer, an attorney at Ribstein and Hogan Law Firm, a firm based in South Dakota that specializes in helping family farms navigate the often-daunting process of farm succession planning. As farmers continue to age, proper succession planning is crucial to help protect the farm and ensure a smooth transition to the next generation. This e...
A conversation with U.S. Rep. Rudy Yakym, who represents the second congressional district in northern Indiana, to help Indiana farmers and listeners better understand agricultural issues from the federal level. He touches on everything from the farm bill, trade, labor, inflation and handling relationships in Washington, D.C.
One of Indiana Farm Bureau's priority issues is bolstering rural viability throughout the state. Among the many ways to keep rural communities thriving is to support the need for quality child care.
This episode features interviews with Adam Alson, Jasper County farmer and president of Appleseed Childhood Education, and Carlos Vasquez, vice president and COO of Franciscan Health Rensselaer, who talk about their succ...
A conversation about conservation with Jerry Raynor, director of financial assistance programs at the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and former Indiana State Conservationist.
Interview with Ted McKinney, chief executive officer of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). McKinney grew up on a grain and livestock farm in Tipton, Indiana, and is the former under secretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the former director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. In this episode, he discusses his passion for agricult...
Interviews with Lee Humberg, Indiana state director of wildlife services for the U.S. Department of Agriculture , and John Hardin, cattle producer and INFB member from Scott County. We revisit the increase of black vultures in Indiana in recent years and how livestock producers have been impacted.
Recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the 2024 American Farm Bureau Federation National Convention. Interviews with two start-up companies headquartered in Indiana: Anu, whose mission is “Empowering people to grow their own fresh, locally grown produce right at home”, and ReproHealth Technologies, which describes itself as bringing the “IVF lab to the farm.”
Both companies were among the top 10 teams in the 2024 Farm Bureau Ag Innova...
Conversation with Arizona Farm Bureau President Stefanie Smallhouse. President Smallhouse provides insight on the water quantity issues they’ve dealt with in Arizona and offers advice for Indiana farmers to be proactive in water conversations happening in the state.
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