First Generation Soybean Grower On ASA Board - Tanner Johnson

If you've ever seen the fascination that kids have with tractors or farm equipment - how they pretend to farm while running their toys over carpet - then you might have a sense of what drives Tanner Johnson. 31 year old Tanner Johnson did not grow up on a farm, but he always knew he wanted to be a…

WI Soybean Harvest Update And Research To Help - Dr. Shawn Conley

Pam Jahnke sits down with Dr. Shawn Conley, UW-Extension Soybean Specialist to discuss his Wisconsin soybean harvest observations so far.  Conley says he's pretty confident the state's overall yields will be down compared to a year ago, and cautions operators to be careful with settings on combines…

Field Projects For 2024 - Dr. Shawn Conley

From cover crops to seed selection.  Dr. Shawn Conley, UW-Extension Soybean Specialist has a full plate of research projects he, and his graduate students, are focused on for the 2024 growing season. Conley tells Pam Jahnke that through Wisconsin soybean checkoff investments, they'll be focused on…

Know Your Marketing Board And What It's Doing - Adam Kask

Adam Kask is the executive director of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board.  His role is to oversee spending of Wisconsin soybean checkoff dollars, and make sure they're channeled to investments that will pay dividends to growers. Pam Jahnke sits down to talk with Kask about his background, and …

2024 Agenda For Soybean Research Dollars - Pat Mullooly

During the 2024 Wisconsin Corn/Soy Expo in WI Dells, the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board announced the recipients of research dollars, generated by Wisconsin Soybean Growers.  Pat Mullooly is the current president of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board.  He sits down to visit with Pam Jahnke ab…

Behind The Scenes Of Corn Soy Expo

Doug Monson, a managing partner for the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, visits with Pam Jahnke about developing details for the Wisconsin Corn Soy Expo, Feb. 1-2 in Wisconsin Dells.  Monson also reminds soybean growers about some of the business benefits they reveal during the expo too.  The an…

Soybean Research in 2024 and Beyond with Soybean Checkoff

Fabulous Farm Babe Pam Jahnke talks with Dr. Damon Smith on this episode on PODTalk. They talk about field research and soybean diseases. Smith started his career in Wisconsin looking at fungicide effectiveness and that has grown into data analysis and developing  apps. Many research topics by Dr. …

Valuable Partnerships - WSMB And Waterhemp Research

According to Wisconsin soybean growers, our stakeholders, waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) continues to be the most difficult-to-control and concerning weed species in Wisconsin's corn-soybean production systems. During the summer of 2023, UW-Extension Weed Specialist, Dr. Rodrigo Werle, receiv…

Technology, Research, and WI Soybean Checkoff

Wisconsin soybean research has come a long way in a decade.  From side-by-side variety trials, to today's apps and prescription forecasting for individual fields. Today's podcast, brought to you by the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, features Dr. Shawn Conley, UW-Extension Soybean Specialist, s…

Driving Soybean Value with Wisconsin Checkoff Dollars

Steve Wilkens, Random Lake, Wisconsin, is the owner/operator of Silver Creek Grain and a board member of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board. This sixth generation farmer is also an agronomist and has been a part of the board for more than eight years. Production for soybean growers remains stead…