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A weekly tour of agriculture in New Mexico with expert interviews, updates on current issues and a spotlight on the next generation.

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    • Jun 4, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Ag This Week 6-3-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022 17:47


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, this is your host Dalene Hodnett. This week's edition features an on the ground report from the New Mexico Livestock Board, a review of research into mobile Matanzas, an update on board trainings hosted by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau and we wrap up with a look to the next generation with the newly elected State FFA President.

    Ag This Week 5-20-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 15:07


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's edition features an on the ground report from a representative of a beef advocacy group, the Farm Service Agency provides an overview of aid available for those affected by the fires, we preview a healthy soils workshop in Socorro and then wrap up with a look to the next generation with the New Mexico State 4-H President.

    Ag This Week 5-13-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 17:06


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's edition features an on the ground report from the Livestock Board as they help evacuate animals from areas affected by the fires, an overview from the cooperative extension service as they assist in caring for evacuated animals, an update from New Mexico Ag in the Classroom and we wrap up with a look to the next generation with a graduating senior.

    5-6-2022 Ag This Week

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 18:51


    Welcome to Ag This Week a podcast sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's edition features an on the ground report from a rancher affected by the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire, advice on how to stretch your food dollar in the face of historic inflation, an introduction to a popular agricultural history museum and we wrap up with a look to the next generation with an east side ag teacher.

    4-29-2022 Ag This Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 14:01


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, an overview of a popular Albuquerque area agritourism venue, a preview of New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau's ag day at the ballpark and we wrap up with a look to the next generation with an east side ag teacher.

    4-22-2022 Ag This Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 20:00


    Welcome to Ag This Week, a podcast sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report from the state veterinarian regarding a bird flu, a program specialist with the Chile Pepper Institute, a reflection from a young chile farmer and we wrap up with a look to the next generation with a soon to be graduating county extension agent.

    4-15-2022 Ag This Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 17:47


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report from a range scientist who explains the value of forage monitoring, a coordinator of a youth ranch management program, an opportunity to attend an ag education conference in New York, and we wrap up with a look to the next generation with a new county extension agent.

    4-8-2022 Ag This Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 23:05


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report from a rancher who's optimistic about the future of the sheep industry, a preview of a cattleman's seminar, an introduction to a program meant to help farmers and ranchers cope with stress, and we wrap up with a look to the next generation with a collegiate farm bureau member.

    Ag This Week 4-1-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 13:52


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report from a rancher who's hay pasture is being devastated by elk and drought, an update on the upcoming special legislative session, a recap of a charity shopping event, and we wrap up with a look to the next generation with an event hosted for beginning agriculturists.

    Ag This Week 3-25-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 17:01


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report from Brent Van Dyke who has extensive experience in Ukraine, while Dr. Jay Lillywhite while Department Head for NMSU Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business, dissects the supply chain. Russell Johnson gives us an update from our NMF&LB's Young Farmers & Ranchers Program and we wrap up with a look to the next generation with a reflection from last year's New Mexico FFA State President Brandon LarraƱaga.

    Ag This Week 3-18-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 16:03


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report from NMF&LB President Craig Ogden who is a cotton and alfalfa famer near Loving. We also talk to Marshal Wilson, Co-Director of the Southwest Border Food Protection and Emergency Preparedness Center and Dr. Frannie Miller, Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business at New Mexico State University, as they plan for carcass disposal from mass animal mortality events. The New Mexico Agricultural Mediation Program is presented by Eduardo Medina and Britney Lardner explains New Mexico Ag in the Classroom's grant program for raised-bed school gardens. Finally, we wrap up with a look to the next generation with ag educator Trevor Wax, the NM FFA District VI Rookie Teacher of the Year.

    Ag This Week 3-11-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 13:03


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report from Larry Reagan, New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau's First Vice-President, who sells beef direct to consumer, and an interview with Otero County Agricultural Extension Agent Sid Gordon who is hosting a beef quality assurance training. We also talk to Union County Farm & Livestock Bureau Vice President Kim Miller who gives us her perspective on women in agriculture and we wrap up with a look to the next generation as Makenzie Drake, ENMU Collegiate Farm Bureau member, talks about her recent trip to the AFBF meeting in Atlanta.

    Ag This Week 3-4-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 20:24


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report with Luna County farmer Don Hartman as he discusses increased cotton acreage. Next is a highlight of the upcoming Western Pecan Conference with Dr. Richard Heerema and then Dr. Marcy Ward explains of how attending next week's Southwest Beef Symposium can help ranchers with drought conditions. Connie Rooks with the NMF&LB Women's Leadership Program talks about their charity shopping event to benefit the Ronald McDonald House, and providing our look to the next generation is Jordan Wilton, a 4-H and FFA member in DeBaca County.

    Ag This Week 2-25-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 16:32


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau.This week's podcast begins with an on the ground report from Sandoval County Farm & Livestock Bureau President and real estate agent Casey Spradley as she talks about increasing land prices. Mora County Extension agent Suzanne Cole joins us to preview an upcoming fire preparedness workshop offered online and Chad Smith, NMF&LB CEO briefs us on Waters of the U.S. Next, we'll hear from YF&R's First Vice-President Joel Ferguson and we'll wrap up with a look to the next generation as Gary Aycock, NM FFA State Advisor, talks about the organization's record setting membership numbers and the reason for that growth.

    Ag This Week 2-18-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 15:33


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast begins with a look to the next generation as New Mexico FFA President Sydney Turner talks about National FFA Week and Britney Lardner shares a great program from New Mexico Ag in the Classroom. Next, we'll hear a wrap-up review of the 2022 New Mexico legislative session from New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau's Director of Government Affairs, Tiffany Rivera. Our on the ground report comes from Taos County goat rancher Mario Trujillo, and we end with advice on how to stretch your fertilizer dollars with Derek Davidson.

    Ag This Week 2-11-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 17:19


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features an on the ground report from a farmer coping with rapidly rising fertilizer costs, an update on the New Mexico legislature, food safety training opportunities for fruit and vegetable growers, a word from NMSU's National Agri-Marketing Association, a preview of the upcoming Western Pecan Growers Conference and a reflection on Collegiate Farm Bureau from the next generation.

    Ag This Week 2-4-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 13:47


    Welcome to Ag This Week. Sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, this is your host Dalene Hodnett. This week's podcast features an opportunity for grant funding for our state's farmers, a seminar on breeding soundness for Northern NM ranchers, upcoming activities of the NMF&LB Women's Leadership program and a reflection from the next generation.

    Ag This Week 1-28-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 16:27


    Welcome to Ag this Week. Sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, this is your host Dalene Hodnett. This week's podcast features a New Farmer Training opportunity in San Juan County, an on the ground report with a DeBaca County rancher, upcoming activities with the Young Farm & Rancher program and a reflection from the next generation.

    Ag This Week 1-21-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 14:10


    Welcome to Ag This Week, sponsored by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau. This week's podcast features activities at the American Farm Bureau Convention in Atlanta, an on the ground report from a pecan farmer, and a prediction from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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