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The Little Red Barn

The Little Red Barn

By: Ryan Martin
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Ag for the people. Ryan Martin's radio personality joins the podcast world in a series of comedic and entertaining dialogues about agriculture. With weekly weather reports, and in-depth explanations on certain agricultural fundamentals and topics spanning from humidity to rodents to tractor pulls, there's always something to learn about in the Little Red Barn.The Little Red Barn Art Economics Food & Wine
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  • The Little Red Barn Podcast Ep. 133: Technology Invasion

    The Little Red Barn Podcast Ep. 133: Technology Invasion
    Apr 6 2026
    Back in the dark ages of advertising, Fed Ex had a slogan "When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight". Well, now days it seems like our answers to crop issues "absolutely, positively has to be here in the next 30 seconds". Enter Jeff Frank of CropSmart. This week we examine Jeff's use of no-collection soil sampling probes, digital imaging and readouts, fed through AI, to get real-time answers and last-minute scripts to tackle field by field problems in the world of agronomy. And the use of drones to further that agronomic diagnosis in the weeks following planting. Is it worth it? We'll, you be the judge. Ryan is always skeptical of this technological stuff, and cant stand AI...but Charlie seems to be the believer lemming. Is he right?
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    59 mins
  • The Little Red Barn Ep. 132: Why This "Ain't your Daddy's or Grandaddy's" Ag Industry, Ft. Damian Mason

    The Little Red Barn Ep. 132: Why This "Ain't your Daddy's or Grandaddy's" Ag Industry, Ft. Damian Mason
    Mar 30 2026
    We follow up the "Carbon Controversy" from last week with another conversation that might get your dander up, or at least prompt you to look at traditional agriculture differently. This week we were thrilled to be able to feature Damian Mason on the podcast. Damian hosts The Business of Agriculture program and speaks nationwide/worldwide on that topic. We tackle overproduction, policy, globalization, de-globalization, specialization (get the theme? Damian says its all about the "ations")... Here's what it comes down to: Ag is changing at a remarkable pace. Why do we think we can keep doing things - at their most basic levels - the same as we always have been, especially when we hear more and more the complaint of how we "cant keep up in the current markets"?
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • The Little Red Barn Episode 131: Carbon Controversy

    The Little Red Barn Episode 131: Carbon Controversy
    Mar 23 2026
    This week we step into the thick of a controversial plan to sequester carbon via high pressure deep injection well underneath acres and acres of northern Indiana farmland. The community seemingly doesn't want it, the county government is trying to handle the proposals in a correct manner and the project proposers seem hellbent on forcing it through. Courts may still yet have to decide some parts of this fiasco, time will tell. Does this affect all of you? Likely not. But this sounds eerily similar to stories about data centers, solar fields, other carbon capture programs and other economic development that comes on the backs of agriculture, so we all should probably pay attention. This kind of playbook is becoming more and more commonplace.
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    1 hr and 19 mins
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