Practical agriculture, from field to balance sheet.
Successful Farming Podcast covers the decisions that shape farm operations, from cotton picker availability to nitrogen timing and weed control. Its episodes favor practical questions, named guests, and field-level detail over broad rural commentary.
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Successful Farming Podcast is a broad agriculture show with a practical center. It is less interested in vague farm talk than in the decisions operators have to make before weather, markets, equipment, and input timing close the window. Episodes often begin with a concrete question. What is happening to cotton picker prices right now? When should cover crops be terminated before corn and soybeans? How should a grower think about burndown programs when spring weather will not cooperate? That focus gives the show a useful, workbench feel. Machinery conversations can get specific about cotton pickers, strippers, bale systems, modules, local trends, and buying availability. Agronomy episodes spend time on timing, temperature, rainfall, yield protection, residual herbicides, nitrogen efficiency, stabilizers, and the difference between pre-plant and sidedress thinking. The show also follows farm income beyond row-crop production. A short episode on fee fishing turns a pond into a business question, covering stocking, water quality, liability insurance, pricing models, concessions, tackle, bait, and proximity to a metropolitan market. Manure and wastewater are treated the same way. The conversation looks at solids recovery, water recovery, nutrient management, digesters, dairy operations, carbon credits, and systems working across multiple countries. Successful Farming Podcast also makes room for agriculture’s public voice. An episode with Tara and Natalie from Discover Ag Podcast follows how farm backgrounds, social media, and friendship became a more visible way to connect people with agriculture. Market episodes bring a sharper commodity rhythm. Corn, beans, wheat, herd size, cattle feeding, highs, lows, and balance sheets become part of the same operating picture. The show’s format changes by episode, moving from compact shorts to longer interviews and market reviews. The throughline is service. It gives farmers, ranchers, and agriculture professionals a steady stream of context they can test against their own ground, equipment, budgets, and local conditions.
Made for: For farmers, ranchers, crop advisers, machinery buyers, and agriculture professionals who want operational detail without a lot of gloss. It also suits rural business listeners tracking markets, technology, inputs, and revenue ideas.
What sets it apart: The show’s range is unusually useful: machinery prices, agronomic timing, pond income, manure systems, ag communication, and commodity markets all sit in one feed. It keeps each topic tied to decisions producers can recognize.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A practical review of nitrogen timing, field technology, and the economics behind sidedress decisions.
Nitrogen timing comes through as a practical 2026 operating question in this focused PlayNext review of Lori Boyer's conversation with Alex Park, Pacific Northwest Division Agronomist with Helena Agra Enterprises.
Farm business talk with coffee-shop honesty.
This episode provides safety tips to prevent baler fires during hay baling.
Host Lori Boyer interviews Alex Park, an agronomist with Helena Agri Enterprises, about nitrogen management strategies for 2026.
Host Lori Boyer interviews Andrew Penny about the 2026 early spring disease forecast for corn.
Host Lori Boyer interviews soil scientist Daniel Kaiser about maximizing fall fertilizer efficiency through timing, placement, and best practices.
Hosts Dave Mowatts and Andy Campbell discuss the current market trends for cotton pickers and strippers, including differences in harvesting technology and buying availability.
Gary Schnitke from the University of Illinois discusses best practices for cover crop termination timing before planting corn and soybeans, emphasizing early soybean planting in April for yield benefits.
Learn how to turn your pond into a profitable fee fishing operation by charging anglers to fish, with tips on species, pricing, and location.
Carly Lewis discusses innovative manure management technologies that turn waste into revenue through carbon credits and nutrient recovery.
Host Lisa Fowles-Prater interviews Tara and Natalie from the Discover Ag Podcast about embracing innovation and connection in agriculture.
Host Lori Boyer interviews agronomist Alex Park about nitrogen management strategies for 2026, comparing pre-plant and sidedress approaches.
Commodity market experts Bob Lineman and Nick Repke review the year's highs and lows for corn, soybeans, and wheat, discussing market trends and influences.
University of Minnesota soil scientist Daniel Kaiser discusses maximizing fall fertilizer efficiency through proper timing, placement, and nutrient management practices.