Farm Food Facts
Farm. Food. Facts. And everything in between. A podcast featuring the leading minds in the future of sustainable food systems. Brought to you by U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action.
Episodes
218 episodes
Inside Illinois Corn’s Precision Conservation Management Program
Farm+Food+Facts welcomes Greg Goodwin is Director of Illinois Corn’s Precision Conservation Program (PCM). With planting season upon us, in this timely episode he explains how PCM delivers results by improving farmer profitability and soil heal...
Bonus: Keeping an eye on Make America Healthy Again
Austin Gellings, Senior Director of Agricultural Services for the Association of Equipment Manufactures and Willi Ortner, Strategic Product Manager for Kubota, shares how the MAHA movement and increasing consumer interest in where their food co...
Bonus: Regenerative agriculture is in the forefront
Ian Welsh, co-founder and chair of Innovation Forum, shares how he’s seen The Future of Food and Beverage Forum USA evolve over the last seven years, including an in...
How does the industry drive trust in the food supply?
Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza talks with Austin Gellings, Senior Director of Agricultural Services for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM is a member of USFRA) and Willi Ortner, Strategic Product Manager for Kubota, about the ne...
Replay: The importance of optimizing nitrogen fertilizer
This episode was originally aired on April 25, 2025 and it was a top performing episode on Farm+Food+Facts. U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action established an independent scientific working group to analyze the potential...
The Future of Food and Beverage Forum USA: What’s on the table for farmers and ranchers?
Join Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza and Ian Welsh, co-founder and chair of Innovation Forum. Ian and his team will be hosting The Future of Food and Beverage USA, a national conference being held May 27-28 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that will...
Bonus: How artificial intelligence is impacting agriculture
Gary Wickham, founder and CEO of MagrowTec, shares how he’s watching how AI will fit into agriculture and how we can turn data into meaningful interactions. To stay connected with USFRA, ...
Bonus: Companies getting more practical on sustainability efforts
Meryl Richards, program director of Food & Forests at Ceres, explains why she is excited about the rapid evolution of new technology in agriculture. To stay connected with USFRA, join our newsletter and becom...
Bonus: Artificial intelligence: Task yourself to learn more
Greg Shoemaker, North America Commercial Director at Cargill and a USFRA board member, discusses artificial intelligence's impact on agriculture and how he challenges himself to learn more about it. To stay connected with US...
Who is Ceres and why do they care about agricultural resilience?
Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza talks with Meryl Richards, program director of Food & Forests at Ceres about how investors and companies are working with farmers to improve sustainability. To stay connected with U...
How Cargill is creating a more food-secure world
Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza talks with Greg Shoemaker, North America Commercial Director at Cargill and a USFRA board member, about the company’s seven-generation history, it’s strategic focus in the dairy division and how it helps improve...
Bonus: Farmers share future challenges and opportunities with soybeans
Carla Schultz, owner of Eight Plates Farm in Michigan and a United Soybean Board farmer-leader, and Patrick Giberson, owner of Giberson Farms in New Jersey and a United Soybean farmer-leader and a USFRA board member, discuss what they are keepi...
Improving farmer profitability through spray assist technology
Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza talks with Gary Wickham, founder and CEO of MagrowTec, about how better spray performance is reducing grower input costs and down time, and what questions to ask agronomists....
Bonus: Dr. Richard on the power of photosynthesis
Dr. Tom Richard, retired professor from Penn State University, explains how photosynthesis can be an important tool in solving our climate challenge. To stay connected with USFRA, join our newsletter and become involve...
United Soybean Board farmers share innovative uses for soybeans
Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza talks with Carla Schultz, owner of Eight Plates Farm in Michigan and a United Soybean Board farmer-leader, and Patrick Giberson, owner of Giberson Farms in New Jersey and a United Soybean farmer-leader and a USF...
Powering energy efficiency in agriculture: Opportunities with fuel, fertilizer, and irrigation
Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza talks with Dr. Tom Richard, retired professor from Penn State University, about agricultural energy systems and the myriad of opportunities for farmers to improve efficiency. To stay connected...
Bonus: Three practices to improve nitrogen efficiency
Dr. Jerry Hatfield, Retired Laboratory Director, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment and Dr. Bruno Basso, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Michigan State University, provide three practices farmers c...
New USFRA Study: Enhancing Farm Profitability Through Nitrogen Efficiency and Yield Stability
Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza talks with Dr. Jerry Hatfield, Retired Laboratory Director, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment and Dr. Bruno Basso, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Michigan State U...
Bonus: Artificial intelligence impact on pecans
Serena Schaffner, Chief Marketing Officer at the American Pecan Council and the American Pecan Promotion Board discusses how artificial intelligence could impact the pecan industry. To stay connected with USFRA, join o...
Keeping pecans on the plate after Thanksgiving
Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza talks with Serena Schaffner, Chief Marketing Officer at the American Pecan Council and the American Pecan Promotion Board provides an overview of the U.S. pecan industry, including domestic and international mar...
Bonus: Biofuel opportunities for farmers, tax credits
Dr. Sally Flis, Director of Sustainable Ag Programs at Nutrien shares how she’s keeping an eye on the biofuel space and the opportunities it could have for farmers with the 45Z tax credit and other incentives. To stay connec...
Nutrient Efficiency Highlights Nutrien’s Latest Sustainability Report
Farm+Food+Facts host Joanna Guza talks with Dr. Sally Flis, Director of Sustainable Ag Programs at Nutrien, about Nutrien’s 2024 Sustainability Report. We cover the big takeaways on nitrogen efficiencies, agronomics, the impact of technology, a...
Bonus: Connecting farm data to the supply chain, farm resources
Jamie Fisher, Managing Director of Farmer for Sustainable Food, and Paul Cornette, dairy farmer and owner of Cornette Dairy, talk about the importance of connecting farm data to the supply chain, and how farmers use tools like glyphosate for co...