Agriculture, trade, and better questions.
The Vance Crowe Podcast sits at the intersection of agriculture, trade policy, global events, and communication. Episodes move from tariff fights and rural appraisal to AI, Bitcoin, humility, and the craft of asking better questions.
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The Vance Crowe Podcast uses agriculture as the starting point for a much wider conversation about power, markets, technology, and human judgment. It is not a narrow farm bulletin. Recent episodes move through tariff policy, Canada-U.S. trade questions, China, Europe, USDA cuts, H2A pay, EPA deregulation, rural appraisal, Bitcoin, gold, AI, and the habits behind better questions. The show often returns to the Ag Tribes Report, a format described in the excerpts as a breakdown of stories affecting the culture of agriculture. That phrase matters. The interest is not only in policy details, but in how people in and around agriculture interpret a chaotic world. Vance Crowe often sets up episodes by explaining why a subject needs more than surface coverage. Then the conversation follows the practical consequences. Tariffs become a test of relationships with Canada, Mexico, India, and other countries. Inflation becomes a question of purchasing power, gold, Bitcoin, and risk tolerance. AI becomes a way to reconsider repetitive computer work and the future value of human attention. The show also makes room for personal essays. Some episodes slow down around humility, envy, reinvention, and the difficulty of seeing another person clearly. Others focus on communication itself, especially asking better questions, listening without interrupting, and presenting difficult ideas to skeptical rooms. The tone is direct and exploratory. It can be macroeconomic one minute and deeply personal the next. Guests are treated less as talking points than as people carrying a useful perspective from a particular tribe, industry, or debate. For PlayNext listeners, the appeal is the combination: rural grounding, global stakes, and a persistent belief that clearer questions change the conversation.
Made for: For listeners who follow agriculture, trade policy, rural business, food systems, and macroeconomic pressure through a practical, conversational lens. It especially fits people who like policy and technology tied back to farms, families, land, and work.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by treating agriculture as a live map of global economics, culture, and communication. Its strongest moments connect tariffs, AI, inflation, and farm management to the habits of attention and questioning behind real decisions.
The Vance Crowe Podcast is a thought-provoking and engaging show where Vance Crowe, a former Director of Millennial Engagement for Monsanto, and X-World Banker, interviews a variety of experts and thought leaders from diverse fields. Vance prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, exploring how their expertise applies to regular people and sharing stories and experiences. The podcast covers a wide range of topics, including agriculture, technology, social issues, and more. It aims to provide listeners with new perspectives and insights into the world around them.
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A literary inflation warning becomes a practical, cautious case for putting some Bitcoin beside gold.
Monetary unease gets a vivid literary frame as the discussion returns to Mandibles, the inflationary nightmare that now lands close to the mundane shock of a $30 hardware-store doorknob.
A pointed rural tax discussion tying school spending to the cost of keeping land.
Property taxes sit at the center of this episode, with Trent Loos pressing the case that school spending is the main strain on landowners. The conversation makes that argument tangible through a school district described as serving 300 students while asking for a $10.2 million…
A grounded look at how supply-chain problems are reshaping local food businesses and household choices.
The episode keeps its focus on food supply, local trade, and the pull of buying closer to the producer. It follows private cattle sales, busy Midwest butcher shops, and the lasting way COVID-era supply-chain problems changed how some households think about big-box availability.
Vance Crowe hosts Chad Colby on the Ag Tribes Report to analyze three major agricultural stories.
Vance Crowe hosts Trent Luce on the AgTribes Report to discuss three major agricultural issues.
Vance Crow and Taylor Moyer discuss recent controversies in agriculture, including Angus accepting Bezos money and Iowa Corn choosing pipelines over members.
Vance Crowe and guest Rob Sharkey discuss the impact of the new Trump administration on agriculture, including USDA issues, egg prices, and immigration.
Vance Crowe and Kristjan Hebert discuss Trudeau's resignation, rising land prices, and cattle vaccine shortages affecting agriculture.
The host discusses how AI can maximize human attention and enable niche farming, while also giving a personal update about his absence.
Vance Crowe shares personal reflections on being humbled during the holidays and encourages listeners to reconsider their perspectives on success and envy.
Vance Crowe hosts a Christmas special episode focusing on the art of asking better questions instead of covering the week's news.
Vance Crowe discusses Europe's economic struggles and China's deflation with guest NNZP.
Dennis Raymond of Stahlkup Ag Service in Storm Lake, Iowa tells Vance Crowe that Iowa candidates' proposals to tax out-of-state landowners more would likely push rents up, not down.
Luke Gromen tells John that inflation is “poisoning the blood of society,” using Mandibles and post-World War I monetary history to explain the social effects of sustained price increases.
Vance Crowe hosts a solo Ag Tribes Report after his guest dropped out during harvest, covering Prop 12, a Cambodian pig butchering crypto case, Nestlé's 16,000 layoffs and Steve McBee's $4 million crop insurance fraud case.
Host Vance Crowe runs a guestless Ag Tribes Report after his guest dropped out during harvest, covering four stories: the new American Meat Producers Association defending Prop 12, the seizure of 127,271 Bitcoin from a Cambodian scam network, Nestle's 16,000 job cuts, and Steve McBee's crop insurance fraud case.
An interview with Sylvain Charlebois discussing the implications of Liberation Day and tariff troubles between the US and Canada.
Vance Crowe and Adam Lasch discuss top agricultural news including H2A pay debates, USDA budget cuts, EPA deregulation, and China's tariffs on Canadian goods.