Episodes: 2019

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Season Finale: Generational Perspectives on Farming

August 8, 2019
Fathers, sons, and a live audience! It’s our season finale, recorded at Farmfest in Morgan, Minnesota.
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Third Crops: Can They Pay?

July 31, 2019
Zach, Mitchell and guests talk about how to integrate third crops and what the roadblocks may be to doing so.
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Cover Crops Part 3: Can They Work Up North?

July 24, 2019
Zach and Mitchell talk with Ken Franzky, an agronomist with Centrol Crop Consulting, about cover crop considerations in areas with short growing seasons.
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Beyond the Wind Break: Sustainable Ag at a Community Scale

July 17, 2019
Zach, Mitchell, and guests talk about the need to get farmers working together and with others in the ag community to advance adoption of sustainable farming practices.
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Consumers Want Sustainably Grown Food, But Who Pays?

July 10, 2019
Zach and Mitchell talk with the chief sustainability officer at General Mills about supply chain incentives for growers.
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Field Work Mini-Vacation

July 3, 2019
Field Work is taking a week off for the July 4th holiday. We'll be back next week with another new episode.
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Precision Ag: Hype or Hope?

June 26, 2019
Zach, Mitchell and guests discuss the potential and current limitations of precision ag technologies, including nitrogen sensors.
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Cover Crops Part 2: Recycling Your Nutrient Dollars

June 19, 2019
In this episode, Zach and Mitchell talk to farmer Doug Adams about how cover crops help him keep valuable nutrients on his farm.
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How Can Data Boost Sustainable Ag?

June 12, 2019
Zach and Mitchell assess the pros and cons of collecting farm data and whether the effort can help boost sustainable ag practices.
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Don’t Treat Your Soil Like Dirt

June 5, 2019
Zach and Mitchell talk with Jim Isermann of the Soil Health Partnership about improving—and measuring—soil health.
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Nutrient Management: Find That Nitrogen Sweet Spot

May 29, 2019
Zach, Mitchell and guests get nerdy about nitrogen.
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Landowners, Lenders and More: How to Get Stakeholders on Board with Change

May 22, 2019
Zach, Mitchell and guests talk about how to persuade people in your network that you're not a "hippie farmer" when adopting conservation practices.
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Cover Crops Part 1: What Newbies Should Consider

May 15, 2019
Mitchell and Zach talk to expert Steve Groff about what to consider when trying out cover crops.
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Drain Tile: Friend or Foe?

May 8, 2019
Zach and Mitchell talk the pros and cons of drain tile with their guests.
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Meet Zach and Mitchell

May 1, 2019
Meet Zach Johnson and Mitchell Hora, hosts of the new podcast Field Work.
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Conservation Tillage: Should Zach's "Friend" Give It a Try?

May 1, 2019
Zach and Mitchell dig into the potential benefits and challenges of conservation tillage systems.
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Coming Soon: Field Work

April 9, 2019
A preview of a new podcast about sustainable agriculture for commercial row crop farmers.