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It isn't surprising that most farmers have to be expert planners and investors. But getting an inside view into how a farmer plans for the future of their business is a rare opportunity.In this episode, you'll hear firsthand how Hallie Shoffner, a sixth-generation row crop farmer in the Mississippi Delta, makes decisions for her farm and company, SFR Seed. While Hallie is an enthusiastic adopter of new farming innovations, this conversation shows that every decision must be well supported by reliable data and the right incentives.Listen in to hear Hallie speak about:Investing in conservation practices as a tactic to mitigate financial and environmental riskWhat farmers like Hallie want to see from potential partners and vendors in agtechHow COVID-19 impacted a large project to electrify operations on the farmWhy many farmers are skeptical of participating in carbon programs and marketsFor more information and resources, visit our website.

Farmers warn that rising diesel prices will result in high food prices.

Hörspiel nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Ivy Pochoda. Teil Eins: Ein nackter Mann joggt in der morgendlichen Rushhour die Freeways von LA entlang, eskortiert von Polizeiautos und einem Hubschrauber. Ein Anwalt steigt aus seinem Auto und rennt ihm hinterher. Er tut dies reflexhaft, ohne lange zu überlegen. In der Schlange der Zeugen sitzt ein, soeben aus dem Gefängnis entlassener, jugendlicher Kleinkrimineller in geklautem Fahrzeug und schwitzt Blut und Wasser. Soweit die filmreife Eröffnungsszene. „Wonder Valley“ ist eine Geschichte über Outlaws und Sinnsuchende: da ist die junge Frau, die sich in eine Aussteiger-Farm in der Wüste flüchtet, der Familienvater, der in seinem Luxus-Leben keine Erfüllung mehr findet - sie alle geraten nacheinander ins Visier der jungen Autorin, die ein wahrhaft schonungsloses Bild der amerikanischen Gesellschaft zeichnet. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, um es sich um den Glamour in den Vororten oder die Elendsviertel handelt – es ist die Präzision, der Blick fürs Detail, die Gnadenlosigkeit der Diktion, die diesen Roman auszeichnen. Fünf Einzelschicksale, fünf Biografien, die sich berühren, auseinanderdriften, wieder zusammenkommen, untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind. Alle auf der Flucht. Alle voller Sehnsucht. Alle auf der Suche nach dem einen Ort, an dem sie sein sollten, weil sie dort nicht hingehören, wo sie gerade sind. Ivy Pochoda, geboren 1977, geboren in Brooklyn, studierte in Harvard und war einige Zeit professionelle Squash-Spielerin. Aus dem amerikanischen Englisch von Sabine Roth und Rudolf Hermstein. Mit: Ole Lagerpusch (Tony), Emma Bading (Britt), Oscar Hoppe (James), Leon Blaschke (Owen), Tilo Werner (Patrick, Jemand 1, Typ 1), Angelika Richter (Grace), Marion Gretchen Schmitz (Stephanie), Hannah Dalmeyer (Danielle), Robert Gallinowski (Blake), Lars Rudolph (Sam), Stefan Haschke (Ren, Hatchback), Bettina Stucky (Laila), Merlin Sandmeyer (Puppet, Jemand 2, Farmer), Marek Harloff (Darrell), Eva Maria Nikolaus (Anushna, Girl 2), Eva Bühnen (Lea, Radiostimme), Levin Liam (Gideon, Typ), Gabriel Munoz Munoz (Hispano, Santiago, Laptopstimme, Jemand 3), Julian Greis (Cop 1, Cop, Officer), Lisa Hagmeister (Barfrau, Frau, Praktikantin), Konstantin Graudus (Cop Addison, Typ 2), Jara Bihler (Cassy, Girl 1), Achim Buch (Pilot, Älterer, Frau Officer). Technische Realisation: Christian Alpen und Angelika Körber. Regieassistenz: Anne Abendroth. Bearbeitung und Regie: Matthias Kapohl. Redaktion: Susanne Hoffmann. Produktion: NDR 2022. Verfügbar bis 05.05.2023. https://ndr.de/radiokunst

Hörspiel nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Ivy Pochoda. Teil Zwei: Ein nackter Mann joggt in der morgendlichen Rushhour die Freeways von LA entlang, eskortiert von Polizeiautos und einem Hubschrauber. Ein Anwalt steigt aus seinem Auto und rennt ihm hinterher. Er tut dies reflexhaft, ohne lange zu überlegen. In der Schlange der Zeugen sitzt ein, soeben aus dem Gefängnis entlassener, jugendlicher Kleinkrimineller in geklautem Fahrzeug und schwitzt Blut und Wasser. Soweit die filmreife Eröffnungsszene. „Wonder Valley“ ist eine Geschichte über Outlaws und Sinnsuchende: da ist die junge Frau, die sich in eine Aussteiger-Farm in der Wüste flüchtet, der Familienvater, der in seinem Luxus-Leben keine Erfüllung mehr findet - sie alle geraten nacheinander ins Visier der jungen Autorin, die ein wahrhaft schonungsloses Bild der amerikanischen Gesellschaft zeichnet. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, um es sich um den Glamour in den Vororten oder die Elendsviertel handelt – es ist die Präzision, der Blick fürs Detail, die Gnadenlosigkeit der Diktion, die diesen Roman auszeichnen. Fünf Einzelschicksale, fünf Biografien, die sich berühren, auseinanderdriften, wieder zusammenkommen, untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind. Alle auf der Flucht. Alle voller Sehnsucht. Alle auf der Suche nach dem einen Ort, an dem sie sein sollten, weil sie dort nicht hingehören, wo sie gerade sind. Ivy Pochoda, geboren 1977, geboren in Brooklyn, studierte in Harvard und war einige Zeit professionelle Squash-Spielerin. Aus dem amerikanischen Englisch von Sabine Roth und Rudolf Hermstein. Mit: Ole Lagerpusch (Tony), Emma Bading (Britt), Oscar Hoppe (James), Leon Blaschke (Owen), Tilo Werner (Patrick, Jemand 1, Typ 1), Angelika Richter (Grace), Marion Gretchen Schmitz (Stephanie), Hannah Dalmeyer (Danielle), Robert Gallinowski (Blake), Lars Rudolph (Sam), Stefan Haschke (Ren, Hatchback), Bettina Stucky (Laila), Merlin Sandmeyer (Puppet, Jemand 2, Farmer), Marek Harloff (Darrell), Eva Maria Nikolaus (Anushna, Girl 2), Eva Bühnen (Lea, Radiostimme), Levin Liam (Gideon, Typ), Gabriel Munoz Munoz (Hispano, Santiago, Laptopstimme, Jemand 3), Julian Greis (Cop 1, Cop, Officer), Lisa Hagmeister (Barfrau, Frau, Praktikantin), Konstantin Graudus (Cop Addison, Typ 2), Jara Bihler (Cassy, Girl 1), Achim Buch (Pilot, Älterer, Frau Officer). Technische Realisation: Christian Alpen und Angelika Körber. Regieassistenz: Anne Abendroth. Bearbeitung und Regie: Matthias Kapohl. Redaktion: Susanne Hoffmann. Produktion: NDR 2022. Verfügbar bis 05.05.2023. https://ndr.de/radiokunst

Hello from Texas! This episode “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast finds us in the Dallas suburb of Farmer's Branch and catching up with an energetic survey technician who “found” surveying through a unique job opportunity after high school. Our guest today is Allie Sparkman, a born and bred Texan who works for Lina T. Ramey and Associates. After traveling the world with her father measuring building interiors on military bases, she transferred that experience into a career of surveying. With the help of her supervisor and mentor, Christopher Freeman, RPLS, she has excelled in her career through on-the-job training AND enrollment in surveying classes at Dallas College. Tim Burch (who also worked for Chris a long, long time ago!) sat down with Allie to discuss her excitement for surveying and establishing goals for future licensure.   This conversation is a great example of getting younger generations into survey and watching them grow in a career they truly enjoy. Thanks for listening to “Surveyor Says!” The NSPS Podcast. 

John Boyd, President of the National Black Farmers Association, joins Steve Bertrand, filling in for Lisa Dent on Chicago’s Afternoon News, to discuss potential future food shortages and how inflation is taking a toll on farmers across the country. John talks about the association and his favorite part about being a farmer. Follow Your Favorite […]

The AT&T Byron Nelson was a complete and utter birdie fest, as rounds in the low 60s took hole all weekend. Hosts Alex Lauzon and Michael Russell look at the PGA Championship tune-up in McKinney, Texas, and the repeat win from K.H. Lee (1:50). Across the Atlantic, the DP World Tour included an amazing feat from a 14 year old, who has his eyes on winning everything golf has to offer (5:01). While a young gun shows off his game, Michael reclaimed a victory over Alex in their third D3 Golf App match (6:27). Absent from this week's PGA Championship will be Phil Mickelson, whose uncertain future continues to be marred by his connection to the LIV Golf Tour and that dirty Saudi oil money, which almost made its way to Jack Nicklaus (8:31). Quietly making waves at Southern Hills in Tiger Woods, who appears to be playing nothing but the majors as he slowly makes his return to the PGA Tour (13:39). There's a lot of good players who may have chances to win the season's second major, but Michael suggests keeping an eye on those who have the best form coming into the PGA Championship when you put a dollar down this weekend (14:57). In Tuned In, Alex is revisiting his favorite MTV moments on YouTube, while Michael is also revisiting his childhood music with Shaggy (17:52). This week's guest is Alissa Kacar, @NewLadyGolfer on Instagram, who also is a Golf Life TV host and the event host of the annual Farmer's Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Alissa chats with Alex about playing golf in California, and the joys of learning the game over the past couple years (20:56). Alex and Michael are on the Boston Celtics bandwagon, since they are typical Boston sports fans, and Michael is ready to figure out who will win the NBA Playoffs thanks to the Lisa Simpson method (44:29). As the guys #AlwaysEndWithFood, Alex is enjoying the food bonanza that comes with a wedding anniversary, while Michael is all-in on summer grilling season (46:40). Listen + Love + Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3fdoQed  Part of the Morning Read Podcast Network: https://bit.ly/3aYT68Z Support the First Tee - Greater Austin: https://bit.ly/3n09U4I  Have you listened to our new food podcast? https://bit.ly/3vrJvj9  Join us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2NpEIKJ  Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2QJhZLQ  Watch us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3qvq4Dt 

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Eric Brenner from the Bourlag Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M. They discuss the challenges coffee farmers face. They discuss how the price they are paid, climate change and diseases and pests impact the farmer. Eric explains the relationship between these issues, and how one problem feeds into the others. He also shares details of how by working together these challenges can be overcome so that everyone can continue to enjoy superior quality coffee. Eric also talks about the work the Center for Coffee Research and Education at Texas A&M is doing in conjunction with growers and others involved in the coffee industry to improve the quality and supply of coffee.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The three main challenges that coffee farmers face are closely related. Coffee leaf rust has always been an issue, but climate change is making things a lot worse. Older coffee plants are more prone to disease. Also, in some countries, most of the plants are 50+ years old. There is a correlation between low prices and the prevalence of leaf rust. Eric explains the link in the podcast. Effectively dealing with leaf rust requires an integrated approach that involves everyone. Diversity in coffees planted is essential for tackling leaf rust and changes in weather patterns and growing conditions. The research the Bourlag Institute is doing means they can provide expertise for every link in the coffee supply chain.   BEST MOMENTS ‘With climate change, coffee leaf rust is getting worse because temperatures are more unpredictable. ´ ‘There is no silver bullet that is going to get rid of leaf rust, only a holistic approach will help.' ‘There is a lot of need for coffee research.'   EPISODE RESOURCES Coffee Education Website: https://coffee.tamu.edu Contact page - https://coffee.tamu.edu/contact/   VALUABLE RESOURCES Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/   You're disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn't the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black. At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don't sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That's Umble Coffee.    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/   Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee   ABOUT THE HOST As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it's like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He's one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he's a multi-year US Coffee Roasters' Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you. “Life's too short to drink bad coffee.” CONTACT METHOD Want to reach Kenneth? Have questions, show ideas, or want to just let us know you're enjoying the show? The best way is to leave us a great review and put your thoughts in the comment section - Kenneth reads all of them! The second-best way is through DM on social media. HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW Enjoying the show?!  We'd LOVE for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee!  Podcast Description Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you're a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farmers warn that rising diesel prices will result in high food prices.

The Farmer & Pig sit down to provide a full course preview, outright pick breakdown, and give their full betting insight into this year's 2nd major - the PGA Championship!PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW!00:00 - 03:45 | Intro + AT&T Byron Nelson03:45- 17:20 | Southern Hills CC Course Breakdown17:20 - 50:55 | Mexico Open Outrights, Matchups, & FRL's PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW!

Anna and Jen are co-founders of a brand new app for the LGBTQ community centred on friendship rather than dating. Anna is a visionary business leader with a background in mental health advocacy while Jen is experienced in launching and building companies and won the U.S. Fintech Award for Director of the Year. The aim of the app is to be a place 'where people can meet their next best friend in a new city'.Also on this episode - Sam reacts to Blackpool's Jake Daniels becoming the U.K's first openly gay male professional footballer for over 30 years.Find out more about 'Out App' - http://www.outqueerapp.com Other links from this episode - http://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com / http://www.shamepinata.com 

This time I'll be talking to Shane Farmer of  sweet.as.fotos,  about his photography journey and how it has shaped his relationship with the world. Shane's work is varied and covers a range of genre's but he keeps coming back to Landscapes and in particular waterfalls.  It was this particular passion that saw him involved in an incident which he describes in our chat, one which is a poignant reminder to all of us about the importance of being safe in the field, making sure someone knows where you are going and when you're expected to return. Luckily for us Shane has survived and recovered from this impact this incident has had and he shares not only what happened and the aftermath, but also how he works in the field to stay as safe as possible and to capture the amazing work he does.  I hope you enjoy the show!   You can find Shane's work here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sweet.as.fotos/ Print Gallery: https://riptideprints.com/collections/shane-farmer   Theme music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com   #podcast #landscapephotography

Showing our children that our love is not based on how “good” they are is an important part of creating a lasting bond between parent and child. Not only that, but it can actually help our children regulate their emotions better, and gives them the emotional intelligence needed to navigate tough feelings for the rest of their lives. But how can we best explain this concept to our young kids? And how can we use these principles of kindness and positive language to lift ourselves up as parents? In this episode, I talk to child development expert and author Deborah Farmer Kris about how we can create a home where our children know they're loved unconditionally, while also showing ourselves the same compassion. Founder of Parenthood365, Deborah works as a parenting columnist and consultant for PBS KIDS, writes about child development for NPR's MindShift, and is the author of the “All the Time” picture book series. Her work has also been featured in The Washington Post, Boston Globe Magazine, and Oprah Daily. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ann-mckitrick/support

Have you ever left farm life, only to find yourself drawn back to it?    Today on the show we're pleased to be hosting Paul Dorrance, author, public speaker, consultant, and regenerative agriculture advocate. Paul was raised close to the land, growing up on a small self-sufficient homestead in upstate New York. After a career in the Air Force as a pilot, Paul's journey back to farming started in 2013 when he started Pastured Providence Farmstead - a successful pasture-based livestock operation marketing 100% grass-fed beef and lamb, as well as pastured non-GMO pork, poultry, and eggs directly to consumers in southern and central Ohio. Join us today to hear all about the unique, eclectic career of this regenerative agriculture expert! You'll hear:   Paul's experience growing up in a self-sufficient homestead in New York 1:37 Paul's initial career 3:32 What brought Paul back to farming 5:21 What truths writing his book dredged up for Paul 16:37 The major decision at the beginning that set Paul's farm up for success 20:38 What Paul considers the biggest mistakes new business owners can make 29:25 Where Paul plans to take his career next 34:04 How Paul markets and sells his products 38:12 Where you can find out more about Paul and his work 40:50   About the Guest   Paul Dorrance is an author, speaker, consultant and regenerative agriculture advocate. He was raised close to the land, growing up on a small self-sufficient homestead in upstate New York. His journey back to farming started in 2013 when he started Pastured Providence Farmstead – a successful pasture-based livestock operation, marketing 100% grass-fed beef and lamb, as well as pastured non-GMO pork, poultry, and eggs directly to consumers in southern and central Ohio. Paul now writes for Acres U.S.A., speaks at agricultural conferences around the country, and provides consulting services for dreaming, beginning, and transitioning farmers. Resources   Website: www.pasturedprovidence.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PasturedProvidence   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pasturedprovidence/  The Thriving Farmer Podcast Team would like to thank our amazing sponsors!   Rimol Greenhouse Systems has been supporting local growers since 1994.  Rimol Greenhouse offers superior strength and craftsmanship with their structures and product lines. We offer multiple sizes of gothic high tunnels, gutter-connected and free-standing greenhouses. Rimol Greenhouse manufactures their diverse product line in New Hampshire, using American Steel and Aluminum.    Our knowledgeable sales staff specialize in the technology you need and are located throughout the country to better serve you. Whether you are just getting started as a Greenhouse Grower, or looking to expand your operation, Rimol Greenhouse is your industry partner. To learn more and to get a quote on your next project, visit Rimol.com   At Agrigro, we know that in today's modern agriculture, our efforts can deplete life or add life. When you look for ways to add life, it's sustainable and makes everything work better. The result is enhanced plant and soil health for crops, gardens, and turf, as well as improved animal health and environment for livestock and wildlife. Our products are all-natural, easy to use, and friendly to the soil, the plant, as well as the grower. AgriGro's® formulations deliver essential plant nutrition along with an advanced prebiotic concentrate, which significantly increases the multitude of beneficial native microbial species already residing in the production environment. Through these environmentally sound technologies, we're adding life to crop production, livestock, home, turf, and wildlife markets. You don't have to be dependent on crop production efforts that deplete life… Just Add Life with AgriGro®.

The Iowa turkey industry had a good week - first a center dedicated solely to the turkey industry and research was opened at Iowa State University. The state that's provided the official turkey of the White House now has a place to work at growing the industry both in and out of Iowa. Gretta Irwin, the executive director of the Iowa Turkey Federation discusses the differences between now and 2015 when it comes to HPAI and how fewer outbreaks of avian flu have been reported in the state in 2022.

Episode Notes On today's episode, we discuss a long, wonderful, and emotional weekend of the first of two graduations for our children in words from the weekend, before delving into the aldermen meeting preview, and looking at how well the State of MS is doing. Our fact of the week is a slightly sad but mostly unknown one. In sports, we are down to 2 teams going forward who both have a big week in the playoffs, with one starting Wednesday and the other on Thursday. Please subscribe where you listen and on Apple iTunes, and please follow us on Facebook at UTW Podcast; on Instagram at UTW Podcast; on Twitter @UTWpod; or contact us at underthewatertowerinfo@gmail.com. Help us to stay in class and continuing to educate by giving us that 5-star review on iTunes and we will be happy to give you a shoutout on air. Please listen to the latest episode of our Brother Podcast OBpod here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ob-pod/id1552315835   Finally, visit and support our sponsors: Team Couch of Burch Realty Holland Insurance Desoto Family Dental Care Green King Spray Services Northpoint Christian School Williams Services Mobyl Car and Van Rental Hernando's Farmer's Market

I recently chatted with Peter White of Coffee, Pods, & WODS, and wanted to share it here too. We covered a lot, including my ideal CrossFit Games athlete, the three decisions that dictate our future, reading books, and more. Find us on Social: CP&W | Ben | Patrick

“There is a very powerful industry voice that has taught us that if it hurts, if it tingles a ton, if it makes our skin red, then it must be working,” says Hillary Peterson, founder of True Botanicals, when talking about “anti-aging” products. In this episode of Clean Beauty School, mindbodygreen's beauty director and host Alexandra Engler chats with Peterson chat about “the gift that is aging,” the skin barrier function, and why ingredient sourcing is so important for the health of the environment.  Show notes: -About Hillary Peterson & True Botanicals -Learn about Farmer's Footprint -Check out Made Safe -Read more about topics mentioned in this episode: Skin barrier function, moisture barrier, exfoliation, antioxidants for skin, how to naturally boost collagen production, collagen-boosting routines, what to eat for collagen, skin longevity, wild harvesting, face oils. -Shop products mentioned in this episode: True Botanicals Ginger Turmeric Cleansing Balm, Clear Nourishing Cleanser, Chebula Active Serum, Vitamin C Booster Powder, Clear Pure Radiance Oil, Renew Pure Radiance Oil Take 25% off vitamin C potency+ with code VITAMINCPOD. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes. Apply code at checkout. Call in: sayhi.chat/cleanbeautyschool Comments: podcast@mindbodygreen.com Sponsorship inquiries: sales@mindbodygreen.com 

In this week's episode we spotlight the gorgeous but critically endangered Campine chicken, discuss how to treat and prevent Coccidiosis in chickens, share our recipe for easy Huevos Rancheros, and review a new children's book - The Little Regenerative Farmer.Our sponsor, Grubbly Farms, is offering our listeners 25% off your purchase for first time buyers! That's a fantastic value! This offer does not apply to subscriptions and cannot be used with any other discounts. Click here for our affiliate link and use our code COFFEELADIES25 to get your discount.Chicken Luv Box -  use CWTCL50 for 50% off your first box of any multi-month subscription!https://www.chickenluv.com/Campine Chicken Breeders Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1703257799906719/Strong Animals Chicken Essentialshttps://www.getstronganimals.com/Roosty's - view the full range of Roosty's products on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/stores/Roostys/page/3F901AFA-682A-4571-BD7D-792D7E7463E0?ref_=ast_blnCorid - Amazon Affiliate Link - we receive a small commission at no charge to you when you purchase the item in this link.https://amzn.to/3wiL6eDEasy Huevos RancherosThe Little Regenerative Farmer  Children's BookAmazon Affiliate Link - we receive a small commission at no charge to you when you purchase the item in this link.https://amzn.to/3NmUSSNThe Blue Horn VA Farmhttps://www.thebluehornva.com/CWTCL Websitehttps://coffeewiththechickenladies.com/CWTCL Etsy Shophttps://www.etsy.com/shop/CoffeeWChickenLadiesCWTCL Amazon Recommendationshttps://www.amazon.com/shop/coffeewiththechickenladiesSupport the show

Today, we'll hear how birds and farmers have formed a mutually beneficial partnership when it comes to pest control. Then, an author known as “The Money Witch” reads from her new guide to finances. And we'll speak with a senior about the challenges of dating during the pandemic.

For years we've been hearing that the clean energy transition is going to be expensive. But the recent working paper, Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition, suggests that the high estimates of the expense to transition to renewable energy have been inflated, and that it may in fact be cheaper to transition to renewables than to stay on fossil fuels, regardless of the costs of the changing climate. Using probabilistic cost forecasting methods, the authors of the paper project that because of the exponentially decreasing cost curve of renewables like wind and solar, fossil fuels will become nearly obsolete in just 25 years.Climate Now spoke with co-author of the paper, Dr. Doyne Farmer, to better understand their model and what that might mean for policy and investments. Dr. Farmer is the Director of the Complexity Economics program at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Baillie Gifford Professor in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.

The North American inbound supply chain was well-run and extremely cheap before the pandemic brought disruption to the logistics and transportation space. Since the pandemic, the shipping industry had to adapt and is still adapting to this uncertainty. Prices are going up, congestion is at an all-time high, and these we won't recover from these challenges overnight. Join Joe Lynch as he talks to John Murnane about the disruption in container logistics. John is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, he is the leader of the logistics sector. So he covers everything from air & ocean carriers to warehousing & fulfillment. Listen and learn more about the shipping industry, shipper & carrier relationships, sustainability, end-to-end shipping, and much more. Find out about the disruption in container logistics and how it can be solved. Disruption In Container Logistics With John Murnane Thank you so much for joining us. Our topic is disruption and container logistics with my friend, John Murnane. How is it going, John.  I am doing great. Thanks for having me. How are you? Excellent. I am glad we are talking about this topic. Please introduce yourself, your company, and where you are? I am a Senior Partner at McKinsey. I am based in Atlanta. I lead McKinsey's Logistics Sector globally with a colleague named Martin Joerss, who is based in Hamburg. Tell us what you guys do over in that McKinsey's Logistics Practice. We call it a sector, but we serve the logistics industry. For us, that is all the different, interesting, fascinating parts of logistics throughout the global supply chain, ocean and air carriers, forwarders, folks doing container leasing, and Marine services. We do a lot of work in ground handling and transport, terminal operators, and rail trucks, both asset-based and brokerage. We also do a lot of work in the warehouse and fulfillment. I serve companies that operate fulfillment, real estate, and industrial developer. We also do Last Mile post and parcel returns, plus all the folks that are in and around that space doing data, transparency, tech, robotics, and all the fascinating, fun companies that are trying to knit it all together. Do you work more with shippers or the actual logistics providers? We work with both. In the group I lead, the logistics sector, we serve companies that make a living in moving stuff around. I have got a number of colleagues in a practice that is adjacent to ours that are in manufacturing and supply chain. Those consultants and partners serve the big retailers and manufacturers who pay to have the goods moved. I do not know what you guys did at McKinsey but it was not so long ago that there was no logistics practice. It was logistics and supply chain or supply chain and logistics or manufacturing supply chain and logistics. It was always the tail end of something else. We have arrived because we have a McKinsey partner who is responsible for watching over us. We have got 100 McKenzie partners that I do not know if we are responsible for it. [caption id="attachment_7990" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Container Logistics Disruption: The pandemic hit the shipping industry in many ways. People started buying a lot more, which meant more containers being moved while the staff was low. There was just a lot of congestion.[/caption]   The business needs some babysitters. Tell us a little bit about you. Where did you grow up? Where did you go to school? Give us some career highlights before you joined McKinsey. I grew up in California, pretty close to the ports of LA and Long Beach, but did not get into logistics. At a young age, I was a Mechanical Engineer at Duke. I worked in entertainment for many years at Disney and the NBA in finance and design roles, which was a lot of fun. It is not as entertaining as logistics. When I got into logistics, it was at McKinsey. I went to Business School at Michigan and then I joined McKinsey. You joke about logistics being the end. I got recruited into the travel and logistics practice because I knew a thing or two about travel. I started serving logistics companies back in the day. This is 2003 or 2004. It was not sexy. Logistics was not quite as hot as it is now, but I found the work fascinating. I liked the people. I got into rail, parcel, and trucking, and then I moved to South America to lead our logistics practice. I was in Chile for three years and then I got into the ocean space and Marine terminals. I have been hooked ever since. It has become more fascinating given all the things that we have seen in the last years, from the eCommerce boom to automation to the push for sustainability and what happened with the pandemic. It is fantastic that you have got that South America experience because I feel like we have had so much stuff in China for so long. I have nothing against China, but it makes more sense to ship stuff from Mexico or South America in general. We do not do nearly that much business with our South American partners who we fully understand compared to China. There are lots of bags coming in and out in a lot of air freight. I was in Chile, which does a lot of flowers and salmon, and exports a ton of copper and minerals. Let's talk about our topic, which is the disruption in container logistics. Why don't you take us back to before there was this disruption? Talk about what was going on in the space back in the day? You hear a lot about underinvestment in infrastructure and “failing” logistics infrastructure in the US. Many years ago, things were working well. If you were a manufacturer or a consumer, you probably had the lowest cost supply chain in the world that was able to get you products from anywhere in the world any time. The cost was quite low and the supply chain runs very well. It is smooth. As such, it was something that a lot of people took for granted. It seemed very opaque compared to now. Many years ago, if you were moving freight, your stuff disappeared into the ocean for three weeks or a month. There is also opaque because no one has looked into it. We have all learned how important it is. I used to serve clients and I did a lot of marketing and sales work, helping people with sales and pricing. I serve clients in logistics. I remember hearing sales executives complain to me. I can't make these value-based arguments. I can't talk about our value prop because I can't get access to anyone that matters. Ten years ago, people had a well-ran, extremely cheap North American inbound supply chain. And they took it for granted. I am talking to a procurement leader four levels down and they do not care about our value. It was opaque because, to some extent, there was not engagement on this topic at the highest levels, and certainly, there is now. Many years ago, you had a well-run, extremely cheap North American inbound supply chain. The infrastructure did not get bad overnight. The pandemic hit us in three ways. One is we all started buying a lot more stuff. We did not spend any less. We stopped spending on travel and restaurants. No new car, no vacation, but I can buy crap online. I can upgrade my house. I did some of that myself. I am in the house more and I invest in doing some things around the house. I got an indoor bike to stay in shape, but we spent 20% more money on stuff. I always call it not your grandparents or great-grandparents pandemic. In the 1920 pandemic, 50 million people died worldwide and there was poverty. We joke that the COVID-19 or 20 that we gained from sitting around eating and buying stuff. That is not to discount all of the misery that it brought, but most of the misery was isolation for us. When you have a situation where there is more volume being purchased, that means more containers and more trucks move. At the same time, global capacity fell by about 14% or 15% over a similar timeframe. If you have been paying attention, that probably feels intuitive. We had people that were sick so we could not stack. We had operations that were shut down at times. We had congestion because people were stacking and storing containers because they could not get them to the next place and they were waiting and also every stage in the value chain. We all saw the earnings releases that talked about, “I am 65% short of the team. I need to operate these warehouses.” They are open, but they are not running anywhere near full capacity. If it is 20% up in demand and 15% down in supply, you have got a congestion problem. On top of it, those increases weren't smooth. If those increases were smooth, our logistics industry might have had a chance, but it was overnight, then it stopped and started again. That made for some challenging times, and you ended up getting what you got, which is pretty poor service, long lines, congestion, delays, and uncertainty where things were. You also have price increases because the companies that were moving the goods were trying to manage to make sure that they were at least taking good care of the clients that were willing to pay the most. It became challenging for our shippers. I do not think it hit the biggest shippers, the Home Depots or the Lowe's. Those guys had contracted rates. They call them the bat phone when they call the shipping companies. They did not all of a sudden get double or triple the cost of a container. They were okay. It was a lot of the other smaller players. You mentioned this spike 20% up in demand, 15% less in capacity, but if you were 20% or 30% off in your headcount in your consulting practice, you could address that internally because you are all a team. This was across a whole bunch of supply chains that are spread out across the world. Communication was always difficult given time zones, languages, and the lack of computer systems. The coordination and fixes were all slow. I was talking to my daughter and she is in Portland. She was excited. She called and said, “The couch that I ordered in October 2021 is going to be here. I forgot what it looks like.” We are all getting used to waiting a little longer than we used to, but it is nice when they arrive.   We still seem to have these shocks every once in a while. Shanghai had more COVID. In the US, we are seeing shortages of headcount in a lot of places, especially in warehousing, dock workers, and trucking. There is a lack of capacity when it comes down to it. [caption id="attachment_7991" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Container Logistics Disruption: The two things to watch to know when congestion and prices will moderate are consumer spending on goods in North America and labor availability.[/caption]   I know everyone wants to know and figure out when this is going to be over. I do not think it is going to be overnight, partially because I do not think that the disruption is going to be over soon. The fact that we have got basically almost no trucking going on in China despite the manufacturing plants being open, but the trucking operation is pretty much ground to a halt. It means we have got days of inventory that are going to stack up and then need to be pushed through the system. The disruption and uncertainty are going to be a part of our new normal. With regard to when the average demand and supply get back closer to where they used to be, it is going to be a matter of consumer spending and labor. We love the idea of things normalizing and getting to a new normal, but we are seeing inflation and other problems. We see the war in Ukraine and the recurrence of issues in China with COVID. We have trade issues with China. In a lot of ways, the new normal is not normal. The new normal is going to change because of events outside of our control of weather or geopolitical. Change is going to be more prevalent in the coming decade than it was in the last few, which is why to some extent, I think we did have that false sense of security that everything was working. We did have a period of relative sanity, which allowed us to fine-tune the system despite its insufficient infrastructure. We talked about the way it used to be pre-COVID years ago and what happened. What is next? What is next is recovery. I think that, in time, we would expect to see supply improve and consumer spending on goods moderate a little bit. We are seeing an increase in consumption of services, which makes sense because there is the ability to do that. My wife works in travel and she has never been busier. People are eager to get back out and travel again. I do not think we are going to see the end of events and discontinuities. Those are two things to watch to tell us when congestion and prices are going to moderate are going to be consumer spending on goods in North America and labor availability. Talk about those shocks. There are many ways we can describe this. We could say our supply chains got a little brittle, meaning they broke rather than being bent. Another way to describe it is we have too many risks in there and a lack of resiliency, depending on how you want to talk about it. We know we are going to have some more shocks in this system. How do we deal with all that? There are a few things. A lot of this is ongoing. It is already happening. We need to stop looking at the supply chain as a simple commoditized part of the operation. It is not a simple call center. It is not something that should be managed by a small team in procurement focused on the cost lever. This is a C-level topic. The supply chain is and forever will be a C-level topic. Shippers need to be thinking about all the things that they can do to accept the fact that the logistics industry will always be more complicated than it used to be. Part of that is more safety stock. I know you are an auto guy. The old just-in-time Math assumed simple, easy commodity-priced trucking and logistics operation. The world is more complicated than that. Certainly, some companies are looking at how I can think about de-risking my supply chain, both in terms of the number of locations that I sourced from, to increase the number so I have more flexibility. If I lose one node, they will be looking at nearshoring and reshoring. The math on those deals is never easy, but they are certainly spending time thinking through that, especially thinking about that in light of new sustainability targets. All of my clients are hearing calls from their clients who are hearing calls from their customers to say, “How can I be more sustainable? How can I meet the new carbon aspirations?” You hit a whole bunch of topics. I want to break them down a little bit. It speaks to where we are at in this business. The first thing you said is this is no longer a small decision. When I used to sell logistics and supply chain services, the way I sold mostly less than truckload in some truckloads, but we had the technology. I remember I would call and say, “I want to talk to the owner, the CEO, the head of operations, or a general manager.” We impact finance because we are going to take some of those functions away. We do it as part of our service. We interface with the sales guys because they are the ones who are always saying, “Where is my stuff?” We work with your ops team on the inbound and we work with your logistics team. A lot of times, when I would call that C-level guy, they would say, “Talk to Tony in the back.” The disruption and uncertainty in the shipping industry will be a part of the new normal. It's not changing overnight. I would go see Tony and back, and he did not want to have a strategic discussion. He did not care if the finance guys had to audit the bills. I said, “We audit the bills because we have a TMS,” and I start my whole spiel. I am going to parody this a little bit. He was like, “Those guys got me Kid Rock tickets.” That is why he bought from that logistics company. He did not have that strategic focus that I wanted my customer to have. One of the things we have all been through is when you call that guy and say, “I want to manage all your freight. I want you to use our technology and you are going to see all of your shipments there. He says "I will give you an Excel spreadsheet with all our loads in it. You put your price in and if you are cheaper, I will give you those lanes tomorrow.” I was like, “I do not want to save you $50 on tomorrow's load. I want to save 10% on your annual spend.” It would be like, “What are you talking about?” The number might have been used to bend. We spend $500,000 a year, which is bad enough to leave it to somebody who does not care about the strategic function of logistics. Now that number got to $5 million, you go, “What the hell, guys?” There is a lot of change on both sides of that transaction that we are going to go through over the next few years. I have a good friend who is a former CEO of one of the container lines. He says, “Enough with this value base. I lose customers for $50 a box. It does not matter how much better we are.” That was the history. In that world, you do not have the right executives in the decision on the shipper side. You do not have the head of sales, marketing, or operations. You have someone in procurement. When you have someone in procurement, they have one metric, which is how they can get the unit costs down. You also need to get better on the sales side. The guys that I work with, the carriers, trucking companies, and railroads, now have an opening to say, “It was not so commodity-based,” but they have got to be able to deliver. They got to be able to go and articulate what they do that is different than the next guy and why that is worth it. I always use the same analogy back in the olden days when we had stockbrokers. They are transactional. You would always hear the term churn. They wanted to churn your account, “I want to sell your Dell stock and move you over to Apple.” They make money on both of those transactions. Those guys did not care about your overall financial picture. They cared about what you had in your investment account. Now we have moved to financial planners. You do not hear anybody say in their stockbroker. Financial planners are aligned with their clients. They say, “We are going to get paid 1% or 1.5% of what you have in your account. I want to make you rich so I can get 1% or 1.5% of that every year.” It is the same thing in this business. We have to switch out of this transactional thinking and move to that financial planner. A lot of companies want to do that. They do not want to be ringing the bell and having the siren go off that they made $1,000 on a transaction and celebrating at the office that day. That is a lack of alignment and it is yesterday's news. You will see more gain share partnerships and relationships like that between carriers and shippers. It takes real change on both sides. This will be the shock that gets the awareness to a place where those things are pursued. Not just between carriers and shippers, but to some extent, between different players in the logistics chains, carriers and ocean terminals, railroads and trucking lines, warehouse fulfillment operators and last-mile parcels. One of the things I want to touch on briefly is the timeout containers. We will get more back to the containers for a second. We started using containers a lot in the late ‘50s and ‘60s. There is a book, The Box That Changed the World. Prior to that, we could not even do global trade because the cost of logistics was so high. That was a tremendous innovation. We have seen this change the world. We would not be doing nearly the global trade we do now without it, but we have not seen a lot of innovation in that space. Now we are starting to see information technology. That is another piece of that. Speak to that and the sustainability that is important to us. The technology has come along in terms of tracking. It is available. You will see more adoption of that, especially in the reefer space, but also in dry boxes. I have seen a lot of startups and investments in foldable boxes and alternative equipment. The main way we are going to get better sustainability on our container fleet is by finding better ways to extend their lives.   I never heard that. We are throwing a lot of those out. [caption id="attachment_7992" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Container Logistics Disruption: 75-80% of containers are leaving LA empty so they can be filled up in China with more goods while there is a shortage. That's because the supply chain has always been an afterthought.[/caption]   We lose track of a lot of them because we do not know quite where they were. Telematics, tracking, and things like that will help there. How long does a container last? There are containers out there that have been in the fleet for twenty-some-odd years. The average is probably closer to 12 to 15. There are all sorts of uses. One of them is use for alternative storage. If anybody from the container ship lines is reading, give me a call and I will deliver you 50 containers. I live about 25 minutes out of Ann Arbor. There are some farms and not quite rural, but I always drive by and think, “What are you doing with that container?” They only need them where they need them. Our supply chain is imbalanced. They need them to pick up soybeans and send those to São Paulo. The fact that they are in Ann Arbor does not help them a whole lot because of the amount of money and time spent to get them down there. Managing that global fleet better and extending its life would be great from a sustainability standpoint. It comes up a little bit on my show about sustainability. Some people might be shaking their heads and say, “I do not believe that the man is causing global warming.” I always say, “I do not care what you think. It does not matter what I think.” This is what consumers and brands are asking for it. When one of those big brands says, “What are you doing?” you better have an answer. It is too late to do anything at that point. You do have to embrace it now. There are a lot of small ways. When it is over the road, we are trying to get rid of empty miles. That starts with measuring the empty miles, which brings me to another point. We were saying that 75% to 80% of containers are leaving LA and Long Beach empty so they can go be filled up in China with more goods for us. Meanwhile, we have a shortage and we have gone mad. It is illogical, but the understandable conclusion from the supply chain is an afterthought. The supply chain has always been an afterthought. It is not designed. It just happened. There are many forces well beyond the global supply chain that decide what is our import and export balance with China and where do we manufacture intermediate goods for auto? There is nothing logistics can do to account for the fact that there is that much import-export balance on goods. With empty backhaul and empty miles within the US, there are a lot of things that the logistics industry can do to help. There are smarter ways to reroute though there are still a lot of empty miles even in the US. I have become more aware of this. There is the empty truck that is moving from LA to New York, and you go, “That should never ever happen.” I do not think that happens nearly as often as it used to, but what is becoming more of a concern is the half-empty trucks and you go, “I had 10,000 half-empty trucks leave this location. Is there a way?” I know there are technologies and the guys over at flock freight and others are saying, “We can do something about it.” The main way of getting better sustainability on container fleets is by finding better ways to extend their lives. We will see more shared loads and multi loads where everyone will call multi-stop, where we are going to say, “That truck is full.” That is good for the environment and truckers. For the shippers, we are going to have to figure that out. We do not want to put I-can't-move-your-food onto a truck with auto parts. We have to be careful about how we manage it with the shippers but I think it is going to lower the price of shipping. Once we are fully loaded with the real cost of all of this stuff, whether it be the drivers, assets, new vehicles, or the autonomous and electric vehicles that we bring in to make a more sustainable fleet, the cost per unit is going to be higher. It is going to put the burden on us to figure out how we can make better use of each of the units. Maybe it is two hours later, but that allows me to share a load and double my density on the chunk move. All of those things can happen in time, but it takes great collaboration between carriers and shippers to make it work. The transparency and tools of the data exist to be able to do it, but it takes tremendous collaboration and trust to get it done. I am going to put you on the spot here. I know you work with a lot of different companies. I want to tick off some standard categories and what kind of work you are doing for these companies. Let's say an over-the-road carrier calls you. What do you tell them these days? What would be a typical project you would work on with them? Over the road, carriers were doing a lot of work and helping them think about how their network is going to change as manufacturers figure out a new supply chain or as we try to start to think about electric vehicles and ultimately autonomous vehicles. Not just how should you think about the timing of those technologies, but what are the network decisions you are making now that will feel sub-optimal in 5 or 10 years because the investments that those companies make in assets and infrastructure are not short-term. We are helping them think about sustainability in terms of how they can help their shippers with their sustainability targets. Those are some of the big themes. Do you talk to any brokers, 3PLs, and non-asset-based? What are you doing for them? Sustainability is a topic for them in terms of how I can provide. I am already helping them knit together. A lot of them are trying to figure out, “How can I knit together solutions across modes? How can I optimize those around sustainability targets?” We are doing a lot of work almost across the board in growth. How do companies find growth? There are a lot of new freight flows that are coming, not just because there are always new freight flows that are coming, but sustainability and the targets that all these companies are taking on are creating a whole lot of new goods to move. We are working with a lot of companies, whether they be asset-light, asset-heavy, broker, truckload, but also parcel and the like. It is like, “Where do you find freight? How do you get it? How do you leverage the tools today to find those companies?” Do you work with Final Mile or Last Mile guys? We do. We work with from a pallet and LTL Final Mile, and heavy goods Final Mile. We do a lot of post and parcel work. We have got a huge practice globally that has done tremendous work in helping drive efficiency in the postal space and parcel as well. They need it.   Those companies are struggling. [caption id="attachment_7993" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Container Logistics Disruption: Once the real cost of all these new things comes, the cost per unit will increase. It's going to take time to manage that. There needs to be a great collaboration between carriers and shippers to make it work.[/caption]   From what I understand, the Final Mile for home delivery to goods is the most expensive part of the journey. I was not being critical of the post office. We want it to be better, but we put a lot of constraints on it, and I think it is the hard part. I do not want a pallet delivered to my house and then distributed all of those parcels to my neighbors. I would like just my piece delivered to my house. Getting my piece delivered to my house is expensive. The costs are getting better relative to the pallet moves because the density of residential delivery has come up so much. Many years ago, the density of residential delivery was terrible. It was hard to make the economics work for the big parcel companies. As our volumes have gone up, that has improved the relative density, but it is still tough. What about warehousing and fulfillment? We have seen so much change in that space. What is going on when you work with them? First of all, permitting and getting sites are extremely challenging. The sites have to be closer to current consumers. If you want a site or the old model of three sites in the middle of nowhere, you can still get that. If you want the sites that people want now, which is one hour or maybe even less outside of every resident in the country, those sites are hard to come by. We do work with developers on construction and permitting on how to do that well and how to forecast and identify where the sites are going and where you need to be. We are also working with operators on how to drive productivity in those sites. We are doing a lot of work on how to refine, recruit, train and retain talent. That is a theme across all logistics. I was talking to somebody about a paint company and they said, “We do not have anyone retire from this location.” It was their DC. The reason they had no one retired from there is because it was a young man's game. He did not want to walk 10 miles picking stuff up and moving stuff around. We have to make that job in the warehouse easier so you are not breaking your back. If you walked by an auto assembly plant and walked through it, you would see that nobody was doing a job that was backbreaking or that required excessive strength, crouching, or reaching. We have eliminated those and we see that same mindset move into fulfillment. Those guys are going to become technicians rather than strong backs. We have had conversations for years about technology in the fulfillment space. Now it is happening. They made fun of us many years ago because it was early and no one had proven all the economics. It was whizzbang cool stuff, but is it having an impact now. There are certain functions that are being largely automated and you are seeing high ROIs. Also, you have got a lot of technology now that is more flexible than it used to be. Building the $10 million conveyance system just for this client and then hoping you retain them is a scary proposition for a fulfillment operator. Having flexible, robotic assets that can move seasonally or move to a new facility if you lose a client. We are also seeing longer contracts which helps. Fulfillment operators are saying, “I do not want to do a three-year deal.” You can't facilities for that and build a location if necessary for a bigger customer. We are trying robots now. This is becoming somewhat like automotive. In automotive, what we learned is if you give me one year, I am not going to invest in it. From a container line standpoint, a lot of people are trying to figure out how to facilitate end-to-end shipping better. The payback cycles on some of those technologies are getting shorter, but it is hard to make many of them work on a three-year contract. We are seeing a lot of fulfillment players and manufacturers agreeing to 5 or 7-year deals or agreeing to co-invest in the technology that they want to offer something that customers can't get elsewhere. Let's circle back to the beginning. What do you talk to about the container people, the guys with the ships, the rail, drayage, and the modal? From a container line standpoint, a lot of them are trying to figure out, “How can I better facilitate end-to-end shipping? I do not know if I want to own all those pieces of the operation.” It does not do me a whole lot of good to get it to the port if it sits in the port. Much worse is it does not do me a whole lot of good if I am sitting at the pilot station waiting to get into the port. A lot of the conversation and work in the container space is, “How do you collaborate with the terminal, the rail operation, and the consolidation or deconsolidation facility to get boxes and get them back?” The whole concept of end-to-end is probably the strongest when you think about container terminals, dray, rail, or trucks. Figuring out how to create more seamless, more partnerships, and share data to do that. In some of those, you see the metrics and the CMAs of the world that are investing quite a bit in buying companies to knit together that offering, They are buying over the road companies here. They made an extra $100 billion or something in those ship lines during COVID. To your point, they are investing in that end-to-end solution. Somebody said this to me and they work closely with one of these companies. They said, “Do not be surprised if we see single-use containers because we do have a trade imbalance with China.” If that container is only going one way and I have to ship it back on a boat that is filled with containers that are empty, somebody might say, “Why am I shipping it back there?” “It is because these are expensive containers.” Do they need to be expensive containers? Could they be less expensive and single-use? I know somebody is going to say, “What about recycling and all that?” There is a design that has to happen here. We got people like John and his team there. They will figure it out. From my perspective, we see it in automotive. Sometimes, you ship back the containers that brought your stuff. Sometimes, you do not because it does not make sense because it is one way. Do you guys work with air freight companies? We do but it has been a challenging and rewarding a couple of years for air freight. The belly players have been tough because they have not had the majority of their capacity with many of the passenger lines, much of the passenger capacity down. The pure freight players have done extremely well. Airfreight was a key enabler and one of the early winners in the pandemic and continues to be. I think the questions on air freight are how can they use advanced analytics to drive even better forecasting of volumes and, therefore, even better service levels and yield management? We think there is a lot of opportunity in the air freight space around advanced analytics and pricing. I heard it from Flexport and the guys over freight ways. One percent of all overseas volume is on air freight, but it is 30% of the revenue. What it speaks to is you are not shipping auto parts, usually on a plane. You are shipping electronics, chips, medicines, and stuff like that that is high value and small. Mostly high density. Value per cubic foot is off the charts. That ratio feels approximately right. I also heard that 50% of the air freight is passenger planes.   That is why air freight prices absolutely skyrocketed. [caption id="attachment_7994" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Container Logistics Disruption: A lot of the work in the container space today is how do you collaborate with the terminal, the rail operation, the consolidation & deconsolidation facilities? It's all about creating partnerships.[/caption]   They were flying anywhere. They moved up first. Ocean container rates have skyrocketed too, but in the air cargo, when your supply chain breaks down at some point, the only option you have is to get it there. It is the last resort for a lot of things and the first resort for high-value cargo. A lot of companies, for the release of the phone, will send enough phones for the first couple of months via air, and then they will send the backup to refill stock via ocean. In a pandemic, it was the first choice. The majority of the global air freight capacity is the belly of the passenger. When so much of our passenger fleet was grounded without anyone to pay for the international passenger move, you lost the belly cargo. I heard somebody use the term preighter, which is passenger freighter. They sometimes took the seats out of planes and filled them up. Other times, they put stuff on the seat that you might have been flying to a conference on. Now, it has got a stack of mobile phones on it. I am going to try and summarize all this and then I want to get some final thoughts before you go into what is new over at McKinsey. The topic is disruption and container logistics. John talked about the steady-state. We will talk about many years ago, pre-COVID, and what happened during COVID, that horrible time with demand spike, capacity down, sick people, and broken supply chains. We learned how brittle our supply chains were. You talked a little bit about what is next and where consumer spending is going. We are spending more on services and a little less on products. We are going to see how the industry reacts to what are still shocks and aftershocks of what happened. We do not even know the implications of the conflict in the Ukraine and inflation. We are better, but we will see. Lastly, we talked about what we learned during this time that logistics is not a commodity and that we have to insist on a seat at the table. We no longer be just a commodity service. John took us through all of the different things he and his team do with their clients. Any final thoughts on this big topic, John? A few final thoughts, two things we did not talk about and one thing I wanted to reinforce. We did not talk about the war in Ukraine. The near-term impact of that has not been huge on the global logistics industry. Carriers have pretty quickly rebalanced their networks in response to that. The long-term impacts could be significant. Ukraine and Russia are large exporters of commodities like wheat, oil and gas. I think we will see a lot of those supply chains shift around. While we are all watching the human tragedy and suffering through it, the near-term impact from a logistics standpoint has not been significant. We have been talking so much about eCommerce. It is going to be omni commerce. You have seen a bit of a drawdown and a correction back. We talked about ten years of eCommerce acceleration in two months. That was true. You have seen brick and mortar make a comeback. Some things are better are bought in person. My kids bought mattresses online and they are like, “We love it.” I was like, “I am going to have that mattress for ten years. I have to lay down on it.” I am not going to look at 5,000 reviews. I love eCommerce, but to your point, some of those shopping experiences are going to have to become experiences, not a pain in the ass experiences. Everyone wants to go to the Farmer's Market or a cool boutique. We have to get back to a cool experience if I am willing to leave the house. For shippers, many of them want to get to a place where they are managing more on Omni channel commerce supply chain. One of the most frustrating parts of the pandemic was when we had out-of-stock items on the website and obsolete items sitting in storerooms in the retail centers. That was painful and was a function of having two supply chains, which is the case for many shippers. They built their old brick and mortar supply chain, then they added a supply attender to eCommerce, and they did not talk to each other. You will see companies now figure out, “How do I have one more flexible Omni commerce supply chain?” There are going to be some variations. There will be times and products where you want to buy online or in-store. Certain companies will have a blend of the two. That is where we are going on that front, which we did not talk about but I think is important. It also needs to be designed. It has to be created. It can't be a bolt-on because we bolted on the gig economy and thought that, “We got an eCommerce solution.” Instacart, Shipt, and some of those solutions for grocery, from what I understand, the grocery store companies are losing money on those and they obviously do not like that. The gig economy stepped up. It is great. We are always going to have it. There's a lot of opportunity in the air freight space around advanced analytics and pricing. We are always going to use it in logistics, but it needs to be managed by logistics guys who are operational experts and good at routing and technology. It can't just be, “Bob down the street buys groceries for the neighborhood. It does not work as the way it needs to.” We are going to see those grocery stores become grocery store/fulfillment centers in some cases or maybe one fulfillment center in the Detroit Metro area that serves all of the eCommerce. Some of those business models will evolve. Even a company as great as Instacart or some of the early applications is adding cost on the top of the already existing flow and retail, brick and mortar, and all that stuff. The ideal way of doing that is to have dark stores that are designed for efficiency and pick, pack, and ship, not for the grocery experience that we have all grown to love. Tell us what is new over at McKinsey and how do we reach out? Do you have any webinars coming up or case studies? We love to have conversations. The best way to get in touch with us is on our website. It is easy to find me or any number of colleagues. You can send an email and we will respond. I will probably get the email. If I am not the right person to talk to, I will find someone else. On the site, we have got an interview with Sanne Manders, the COO of Flexport, which is great. We are putting up content all the time. What conferences are you guy going to?  I know we are excited about TPM in 2023. When is that? TPM is in Long Beach in the early spring every year. It is still a long way away. I do not know what the next conference we have got. We have coming up in May 2022 in Northwest Arkansas. I interviewed a professor from the University of Arkansas, the number one supply chain school carrying Gartner. John, thank you so much for taking the time. Thanks so much for having me. It was a pleasure talking to you. I look forward to keeping in touch. It was my pleasure.    Important Links John Murnane The Box That Changed the World Flexport Sanne Manders https://www.LinkedIn.com/In/JohnPMurnane/  – John Murnane https://www.LinkedIn.com/Company/Mcinsey/ – McKinsey & Company   About John Murnane John advises companies across a variety of industries and continents on their transformation and growth efforts. His broad cross-sector experience ranges from hospitality to global transport—including hotels and airlines, ocean and air freight, and trucking and distribution—and spans the value chain from capital-intensive real estate development to asset-light brokerage and distribution. He advises clients on growth at both a strategic and tactical level including M&A, new product development, value-based pricing, digital sales, and sales force effectiveness.  

Farmers are not paying a cent towards a new agri-tech centre that will research reducing agricultural emissions. The government is investing $340 million into the initiative, which will be funded by the Emissions Trading Scheme. Dairy NZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle spoke to Corin Dann.

 The Modi government recently banned wheat exports in the face of rising global prices. Should the government punish the farmers for rising inflation and interfere unfairly with the market forces? In Episode 1002 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about the contradictions between the actions. Also why is India's recent Thomas Cup victory against Indonesia significant.

Farmers are not paying a cent towards a new agri-tech centre that will research reducing agricultural emissions. The government is investing $340 million into the initiative, which will be funded by the Emissions Trading Scheme. Farmers are still exempt from the scheme for the next three years. Environmentalists says that is unfair and once again the government is letting farmers off the hook. Taranaki farmer Ted Gane spoke to Corin Dann.

We caught up with Tanse Hermann, NRCS's newly appointed State Grazinglands Soil Health Specialist in South Dakota; to our knowledge, this is the first appointment of its kind in the country, and we were thrilled to talk with Tanse. Before we dive into the subjects at hand, Tanse, a man whose love for the FFA, horses, rodeo and livestock, first walks us through his own background; you'll find that Tanse is a born teacher. In the rest of the podcast we discuss a number of questions including: Why is soil health more emphasized in cropland than rangeland? What makes rangeland the blueprint for soils and cropping systems? As a seasonal grazer who feels overwhelmed with the prospect of going to rotational grazing, but who really feels it's time to make the shift, how would Tanse or another NRCS representative talk to me? Finally, Tanse talks about the changing definitions of what it takes to be a good farmer and rancher. Because Tanse had so much to share, we added a second part of this interview as our next podcast, Tanse opens up with telling us how we think of the soil health principles to rangeland. Tanse can be reached at the NRCS Service Center in Rapid City, SD, the Service Center guide will help you to get to his information: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/sd/contact/local/ Remember Tanse's words – “WE WANT TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE” so “DON'T BE TOO PROUD TO ASK”, calling up your NRCS Service Center and Speaking to a Grazingland Specialist costs nothing. What do you have to lose? Watch for an announcement from SD Grassland Coalition for the 2022 Grazing School https://sdgrass.org/ Watch for Soil Health Workshops and Conferences at: https://www.sdsoilhealthcoalition.org/ Watch also for Ranching for Profit Schools: https://ranchmanagement.com/ranching-for-profit-school-2/ Also please visit the SD NRCS Range and Pasture website for more information at: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/sd/technical/landuse/pasture/

With the odds stacked against you, how do you make it through to the other side? Rebekah Farmer was misdiagnosed with an eating disorder and held against her will in an eating disorder unit for a month. She was finally diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease and a host of other health issues, including autoimmune and mood disorders. She fought her way back to health and is thriving and happy.

Dr Tomas Remenyi - Climate Research Fellow at the University of TasmaniaTIA -Tasmanian Institute of AgricultureProfessor David Bowman - Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science at the University of Tasmania.Farmers for Climate Action - reach out for more information about how you can join your local groupTo contact Kate, email thecuriousfarmer@gmail.com or follow @Leap Farm on Instagram or Facebook.

Modi govt's ‘deal' for the farmer is: ‘Heads I win, tails you lose'. Just when farmers might receive a decent price, the govt floods the market with imports or bans exports.----more----   Read the full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/ban-on-wheat-export-is-tyranny-it-stops-farmers-from-getting-a-windfall-from-higher-prices/957644/ 

Dr. Jeremy Evans - May 15, 2022 Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 3:5-23 From Series: "A Study of 1 Corinthians"

We're finally getting better from both of being sick, and it's time for another episode of DW:60!  On this week's show we'll cover Disney's confirmed tech upgrades to Fantasmic, an updated menu for the Farmer's Fresh Booth at Epcot, CommuniCore Hall, World Celebration updates, and an update for KiteTails at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Plus emails […]

Full Text of ReadingsFifth Sunday of Easter Lectionary: 54All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint Isidore the FarmerIsidore has become the patron of farmers and rural communities. In particular, he is the patron of Madrid, Spain, and of the United States National Rural Life Conference. When he was barely old enough to wield a hoe, Isidore entered the service of John de Vergas, a wealthy landowner from Madrid, and worked faithfully on his estate outside the city for the rest of his life. He married a young woman as simple and upright as himself who also became a saint—Maria de la Cabeza. They had one son, who died as a child. Isidore had deep religious instincts. He rose early in the morning to go to church and spent many a holiday devoutly visiting the churches of Madrid and surrounding areas. All day long, as he walked behind the plow, he communed with God. His devotion, one might say, became a problem, for his fellow workers sometimes complained that he often showed up late because of lingering in church too long. He was known for his love of the poor, and there are accounts of Isidore's supplying them miraculously with food. He had a great concern for the proper treatment of animals. He died May 15, 1130, and was declared a saint in 1622, with Saints Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila, and Philip Neri. Together, the group is known in Spain as “the five saints.” Reflection Many implications can be found in a simple laborer achieving sainthood: Physical labor has dignity; sainthood does not stem from status; contemplation does not depend on learning; the simple life is conducive to holiness and happiness. Legends about angel helpers and mysterious oxen indicate that his work was not neglected and his duties did not go unfulfilled. Perhaps the truth which emerges is this: If you have your spiritual self in order, your earthly commitments will fall into order also. “[S]eek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness,” said the carpenter from Nazareth, “and all these things will be given you besides” (Matthew 6:33). Saint Isidore the Farmer is the Patron Saint of: Farmers Rural Laborers Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

A child of the 1970s, chef Rick Martinez grew up in Austin before moving to Mexico in search of his heritage. Food workers and farmers are galvanizing and forming unions to push for fair practices. Chef and activist Suzanne Barr didn't have aspirations to own a restaurant, but cooking for her ailing mother sent her career on a new trajectory. Eddie Lin remembers Yening “Lupe” Liang of Hop Woo, a Chinatown institution. Felix Böck was inspired to develop a recycling system for reusing chopsticks. LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits the new location of Shunji. Dragan Ivanovic drives a refrigerated truck with his forage that he brings directly to chefs' doorsteps.

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We discuss Ukraine, mandates in NYC, Covid, and more.  Our Guests are: Ben Harnwell, Dr. Robert Malone, Stephanie Locricchio, Katie Britt Stay ahead of the censors - Join us warroom.org/join Aired On: 5/13/2022 Watch: On the Web: http://www.warroom.org On Podcast: http://warroom.ctcin.bio On TV: PlutoTV Channel 240, Dish Channel 219, Roku, Apple TV, FireTV or on https://AmericasVoice.news. #news #politics #realnews 

Also in the news: Farmers markets make a comeback in Chicago; State representative joins race for Chicago mayor; North Aurora boy mauled by pit bull; Drug trafficking investigation in Chicago leads to over 30 arrests; State department of transportation want to eliminate Oak Brook Terrace red light camera; and much more. 

Minnesota Republicans gather Friday in Rochester for their state party convention amid a backdrop of discontent fueled by dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden, lingering anger over pandemic restrictions many felt went too far and a false sense that Donald Trump unfairly lost in 2020. This is a morning update from MPR News, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Episode Notes On today's episode, we invited a guest host to come on help us talk about the Penny for the Parks plan the city is mulling over, before giving us a breakdown of the housing market in the Lewisburg and Hernando area. If you are wanting to know just what the numbers are if you are interested in buying or selling a home, as well as why this area will be hot in the years to come- especially if we get any part of the parks plan suggestion- you need to listen in. And in Sports, we preview the Northpoint girls game today, we recap a busy week for Trojan baseball, and we cover a wild first game to the North Half State finals Game 1. For all softball fans, be at the Hernando softball field tonight for Game 2! Please subscribe where you listen and on Apple iTunes, and please follow us on Facebook at UTW Podcast; on Instagram at UTW Podcast; on Twitter @UTWpod; or contact us at underthewatertowerinfo@gmail.com. If you are looking to hit a homerun with us, give us that 5-star review on iTunes and we will be happy to give you a shoutout on air. Please listen to the latest episode of our Brother Podcast OBpod here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ob-pod/id1552315835   Finally, visit and support our sponsors: Team Couch of Burch Realty Holland Insurance Desoto Family Dental Care Green King Spray Services Northpoint Christian School Williams Services Mobyl Car and Van Rental Hernando's Farmer's Market

Fiber farmer Lisa Mitchell encourages listeners to embrace a beginner's mindset and connect to the earth through handwork and making as she tells us the story of her major life shift,  from striving for success as an art therapist in the suburbs, to slow living on a guanaco farm in the Pacific Northwest. Guanacos, the undomesticated ancestors of the alpaca, produce a unique and high-quality wool, but are often challenging to work with, and are not commonly farmed in the United States. In the absence of mentors and educational resources, Lisa and her husband set about spending significant time learning how to care for these special animals through experience, trial, and error, resulting in a fiber farm producing the highest quality wool on the market. Lisa seeks to “live with her hands” as she creates, and to practice making as an act of love - for the animals she lives alongside, for other people, and for the earth. Topics Covered: Seeking a different life Guanacos and Guanaco Wool Learning to Work with Natural Fibers Working with Natural Dye Embracing Beginner's Mind Creating as an Act of Love Connecting with Reality Through Hand Work Resources Mentioned:  http://www.blacksheepgathering.org/ (Black Sheep Gathering) Guest Info: https://afiberlife.com/shop/ (Lisa Mitchell's Website and Online Store, A Fiber Life) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afiberlife/?hl=en (@afiberlife) Podcast: https://afiberlife.com/podcast/ (https://afiberlife.com/podcast/) Follow Us: https://lady-farmer.com/blogs/the-good-dirt-podcast (Our Website) @weareladyfarmer on Instagram http://almanac.lady-farmer.com/ (The Lady Farmer ALMANAC) Original music by John Kingsley @jkingsley1026 Statements in this podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not to be considered as medical or nutritional advice. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and should not be considered above the advice of your physician. Consult a medical professional when making dietary or lifestyle decisions that could affect your health and well being.

Akaroa Salmon's ocean farm floats discreetly in a tranquil bay near the heads of Akaroa harbour. Seventeen huge round netted pens are home to thousands of King salmon of varying sizes. Duncan Bates built the farm with his father Tom from scratch nearly four decades ago.

An exclusive interview with Epstein survivor Maria Farmer before she was legally gagged from speaking out.

HEAR THE HEADLINES: Tea Value Surges as Production Slows in China | International Tea Day is May 21. The Sofa Summit is on May 23 | Dan Bolton explains People's Picky Preferences in Tea at an International Tea Day webinar hosted by the European Speciality Tea Association on Wednesday, May 18. Register free: https://specialityteaeurope.com/webinars | NEWSMAKER – Ian Chun is a Japanese tea merchant, marketer, and CEO of Matcha Latte Media in Tokyo.  | FEATURE INTRO – Japan set a record for tea exports in 2021. This week, Tea Biz travels to Tokyo to discuss with Yunomi Life founder Ian Chun Japan's resurgent tea export market and the remarkable story of the hand-rolled green tea that brought two million yen at auction. Japan's Tea Export Strategy is Working – Ian Chun founded Yunomi Life, an online platform showcasing 170 small-scale Japanese tea farms with a mission to put Japanese culture into the hands of consumers around the world. Farmers recently auctioned a kilo of Saemidori sencha for a record 1.96 million yen. In this segment, Ian describes the handmade needles and taste profile of the Saemidori cultivar, a Yabukita cross first bred in 1969 and registered in 1990.

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about the best tricep exercises, adding heavy dumbbell farmer carries to pack on muscle, the best way to get your quads engaged if you're having a hard time feeling them when back squatting, and the truth about studies showing you need way less volume to maintain muscle and strength than to build it. Mind Pump Fit Tip: Here's an easy way to increase the effectiveness of your workout. PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN! Stay focused on what you're doing. (2:21) Mind Pump East needs an upgrade. (5:07) Sal's Mother's Day blunder. (7:23) Adam's worst rim job of all time. (11:20) Organifi's new Crisp Apple Green Juice is CRUSHING! (17:18) The guy's first take on the new Avatar trailer. (24:44) Should a 6-year-old be running a marathon? (26:25) If you don't use it, you lose it. (32:20) The latest statistics on the amount of sex young adults are NOT having. (40:44) Butcher Box has great products and is a GREAT place to work! (52:17) #Quah question #1 - What are the best tricep exercises? (59:40) #Quah question #2 - Will adding heavy dumbbell farmer carries to the end of a full-body workout make sense as a finisher? I'm a new lifter looking to pack on muscle. (1:04:22) #Quah question #3 - What is the best way to get your quads engaged if you're having a hard time feeling them when back squatting? (1:08:22) #Quah question #4 - Can you shed some light on the truth about studies showing you need way less volume to maintain muscle and strength than to build it? (1:11:07) Related Links/Products Mentioned Visit Organifi for the exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Promo code MINDPUMP at checkout** Visit Butcher Box for this month's exclusive Mind Pump offer! May Promotion: MAPS Starter Bundle and MAPS Spilt 50% off! **Promo code MAYSPECIAL at checkout** The Jordan Syatt Mini-Podcast: Simple, Basic, and Effective Strategies to Improve Your Health and Fitness with Sal Distefano from Mind Pump Visit From You Flowers for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! AVATAR 2 - Official Trailer | James Cameron | Avatar 2 | Official | Trailer Parents receive backlash for allowing 6-year-old to run a marathon Mind Pump #1115: The Amazing Adventures Of Tommy Caldwell, Star Of Netflix's The Dawn Wall The share of Americans not having sex has reached a record high iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us – Book by Jean M. Twenge PhD Utah's Westminster College offers 'Porn' class where students will 'watch pornographic films together' These Are the 475 Best Companies to Work For in America Visit Public Goods for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order with NO MINIMUM purchase** Visit Oli Pop for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Promo code MINDPUMP at checkout for 15% off your first order** How To Do Chest Dips For A BIG Chest! - Mind Pump TV Close-Grip Bench Press Guide | 3 Mistakes to AVOID How to Do SKULLCRUSHERS with Dumbbells for BIG Triceps (ADVANCED) - Mind Pump TV Build Your Triceps with Angles – Mind Pump TV How to Build a Strong Core with Kettlebell Farmers Walk – Mind Pump TV BEST Front Squat Regression & Mobility Tips (START HERE) – Mind Pump TV Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube Mind Pump Free Resources People Mentioned Jordan Syatt (@syattfitness)  Instagram Andy Galpin (@drandygalpin)  Instagram Ben Pakulski (@bpakfitness)  Instagram

This week we welcome neurodiverse community self-advocate and author Sam Farmer BACK to the podcast to talk with us about masking and self-awareness. Sam first joined our podcast back on episode 27 where we discussed his path towards autism awareness and acceptance. He has since joined us for episodes # 52 where we discussed bullying and #60 where we discussed workplace success. If you don't already know, Sam is an author of a book titled “A Long Walk Down a Winding Road.” From the unique perspective of someone on the autism spectrum comes a book about working to carve out a better life in the face of challenge and adversity. Interwoven with true stories of personal hardships and triumphs, A Long Walk Down a Winding Road offers ideas and insights aimed at inspiring and empowering the reader to enhance their quality of life. It also exposes what it can feel like to be autistic, as told by somebody who actually walks in these shoes. Sam has a wealth of knowledge and first-hand experience to share. Sam's Farmer's Bio: Sam Farmer is a neurodiversity community self-advocate, writer/author, public speaker and consultant for Floreo, a company that leverages virtual reality technology in teaching social, behavioral, communication, and life skills for neurodiverse individuals. Diagnosed later in life as autistic, he writes blogs and articles, records coaching videos and podcasts, and presents at conferences and support groups, sharing stories and thoughts as to how one can achieve greater happiness and success in spite of the obstacles which try to interfere with these pursuits. A Long Walk Down a Winding Road is his first book. To learn more, visit: samfarmerauthor.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autism weekly is now found on all of the major listening apps including apple podcasts, google podcasts, stitcher, Spotify, amazon music, and more. Subscribe to be notified when we post a new podcast. Autism weekly is produced by ABS Kids. ABS Kids is proud to provide diagnostic assessments and ABA therapy to children with developmental delays like Autism Spectrum Disorder. You can learn more about ABS and the Autism Weekly podcast by visiting abskids.com.

The producer price index numbers show that costs for fuel are up over 300 percent in some products. Farmers say the price hikes will hurt their ability to feed Americans.

In the fight against climate change, local corn farmers, ranchers and investors are joining forces with Carbon America for the state's first commercial project to sequester carbon in Colorado. How will they do it? Olivia Prentzel talks with environment reporter Michael Booth about the efforts in northeastern Colorado and how it can help drive down emissions in the years to come.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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OFR S2 | E19 In this episode we talk with Jason Brown, former center for the St. Louis Rams. He's got a great story of being at the top of his NFL game. Money, career, big house...all of it. And then walking away from the whole thing. What was to happen next, only God knew. Hear Jason's great story of walking the tight rope, living the dream he didn't he had and his role in inspiring the youth of America to consider a future in agriculture.

The U.S. is in the midst of its worst deadly bird flu outbreak in years. Millions of poultry and wild birds have been killed. And although the risk to human health is low, the impacts have trickled down to consumers. William Brangham traveled to the Midwest, where producers and scientists are desperately trying to stay ahead of the virus. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders