SMART Farmer Brad Greenway

AgWired Animal, Animal Agriculture, Audio, Pork, SMART Farmer, USFRA

Brad Greenway of South Dakota was named 2016 Pig Farmer of the Year by the National Pork Board recognizing him as a pig farmer who excels at raising pigs using the industry’s We Care ethical principles that include not only raising pigs humanely and safely, but also promoting a safe workplace and contributing to the local community. Right after he … Read More

SMART Farmer Scott VanderWal

AFBF, AgWired Animal, Audio, SMART Farmer, USFRA

In this episode of the SMART Farmer podcast we meet Scott VanderWal, a third-generation corn and soybean farmer and cattle feeder from Volga, South Dakota. In addition to operating the family farm with his father and brothers, Scott serves as vice president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, president of the South Dakota Farm Bureau, and is a board member … Read More

Meet #SMARTfarmer Nancy Kavazanjian

Jamie JohansenAudio, GMO, Podcast, SMART Farmer, USFRA

This is episode number six of the USFRA SMART Farmer podcast and this one is with Nancy Kavazanjian, who served as the second chairperson of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance. Nancy farms with her husband Charlie Hammer in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin on land that has been in his family for 150 years. They raise corn, soybeans for tofu and … Read More

Meet SMART Farmer Galen Lee

Jamie JohansenAudio, Podcast, SMART Farmer, USFRA

Galen Lee has a diversified 4th generation farm operation in southwest Idaho that produces sugarbeets, asparagus, and peppermint, as well as dairy and beef. In this edition of the SMART Farmer podcast, he talks about how sugarbeets are raised and made into sugar and how biotech varieties have made them more sustainable. He also talks about how he raises peppermint … Read More

SMART Farmer Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare

Jamie JohansenAudio, SMART Farmer, Technology, USFRA

Our latest SMART Farmer podcast episode – and the first of three from Commodity Classic – features Illinois farmer and U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) board member, Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare. In the craziness that is Classic, Roberta and I found a quiet corner to sit down and talk about what being a SMART farmer means to her. Roberta says she … Read More

SMART Farmer Podcast with Chip Bowling

Jamie JohansenAg Group, Audio, Podcast, SMART Farmer, USFRA

Our new SMART Farmer podcast episode features Maryland grain farmer Chip Bowling, vice chairman of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance who was recently in Panama with the U.S. Grains Council. He talks about his family farm, which is located almost in the shadow of the DC beltway, and how he uses the latest innovation and technology to be more … Read More