With hundreds of thousands of followers across social media, Mary Pat has become one of agriculture’s most recognizable voices — sharing everything from recipes to real-life moments on the farm.

But behind the content is a story rooted in agriculture:

• Growing up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin
• Marrying into a 5th-generation row crop operation
• Farming corn, soybeans, and wheat in northern Illinois
• Transitioning from ag tech into full-time farm life and content creation

In this Farm4Fun episode, we get into the real side of it all:

• What their operation looks like today
• The history behind their farm (including ties to O’Hare airport)
• Raising a family in production agriculture

• How she grew to 400K+ followers
• What content actually connects with people
• Balancing authenticity vs. pressure online

• Her love for cooking and sharing recipes
• Why she started blogging
• Using a freeze dryer and preserving food

• Motherhood on the farm
• Dealing with criticism online
• Advocating for agriculture in a digital world

• Why she started the brand
• Helping farm families document their legacy
• The importance of preserving stories for future generations

This episode is fun

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Here’s what we do know:

• It’s a tax credit tied to renewable fuels
• The money goes to fuel producers — not farmers directly
• It’s tied to something called a CI Score (Carbon Intensity)
• Lower CI scores could mean more value tied to your grain

But after that…

👉 Things get murky fast.

We talk through:

• What 45Z is actually trying to accomplish
• How it could impact corn, soybeans, and aviation fuel demand
• Why farmers might benefit indirectly
• The role of carbon intensity scores (CI scores)
• How practices like no-till, manure, and efficiency factor in
• Why tracking and verification could be a major hurdle
• The reality that rules are still being written while the program is live

And then we get real about the concerns:

• Will farmers actually see any of the money?
• Is this just hype… or a real opportunity?
• Could it raise land rents and input competition instead?
• What happens if it disappears after 2027?

This episode isn’t about having all the answers.

It’s about asking the right questions.

We’re building a future episode with real experts on 45Z.

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And they’re not guessing…They have farm data going back to 1977

This isn’t theory — it’s tested, measured, and proven on their farm.

The Big Shift

• Moving from conventional tillage to strict no-till
• Why they believe tillage destroys soil ecosystems
• The philosophy of “mimicking nature” in production ag

• Multi-species cover crops
• Crop rotation (corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton)
• Using chicken litter and reducing synthetic inputs
• Building soil biology below ground

• No-till vs. cover crop systems (replicated trials)
• Nitrogen timing with heavy residue
• Interplanting soybeans into corn
• Biological products and their ROI
• MicroNoc trials showing +15 bushel gains

• Improved water infiltration
• Reduced input costs
• Long-term soil productivity gains
• What actually worked—and what didn’t

• Mistakes made during transition
• Why adoption is still slow
• What farmers get wrong about regenerative ag

This episode isn’t about going “organic.”

It’s about building a system that works economically and agronomically.

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