• Staff vet for Country View Family Farms, Dr. Jessica Clark, discusses her journey follow the food animal career path and offers thoughts on filling the pipeline for the future large animal practitioner.

• Conversation on the prudent use of antibiotics featuring Dr. Scott Hurd, Former Deputy Undersecretary Food Safety, USDA and Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine at Iowa State and Carthage Vet Service' Dr. Sarah Probst-Miller.

• Belstra Milling uses its proximity to Chicago as a staging area for showing production practices and protocols to the world.  See it yourself at realpigfarm.com.

• Swine Vet Service's Mike Eisenmenger joins us from Boehringer-Ingelheim's Carolina Health Seminar with thoughts on how management of PRRS has changed over the past decade and top issues for control.

• The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture is working on a a major regulatory re-write as part of the 2008 Farm Bill.  As economist Steve Meyers shares, those changes and additions could significantly alter the nature of the livestock production industry in the U.S.  The comment period is open and can be entered here or send an email to comments.gipsa@usda.gov
• GIPSA website
• NPPC GIPSA comments
• AMI GIPSA info
• R-Calf GIPSA release
• National Farmers Union comments

• Farm Bill debate will likely be as partisan as all other legislative battles this term, according to Sara Wyant from Agri-Pulse.

• Arizona dairy nutritionist, Ueli Zaugg of Zaugg Dairy Nutrition provides his thoughts and recommendations on how you can improve efficiencies and profitability.

• Dr. Larry Hollis, Kansas State Cattle Veterinarian, shares his concerns over some dangerous plants and the potential damage they can cause your cows.

• Roger McEowen, Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, explains the affects of the recent Supreme Court case on Roundup Ready Alfalfa. 

• Jack Shuler, President and CEO of ArborOne Farm Credit, explains the Farm Credit system, how it operates, and how it has evolved.

• Lisa Carlson, Co-Founder of Chef Shack, shares her food and thoughts on the food truck movement in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Much of the success of Chef Shack is from perseverance, the willingness to explore for new food ideas, and having friends / partners like the Mill City Farmers Market and the City of Minneapolis to support the efforts.

• The unusual aspect of the most recent economic and corporate calamity is that nearly everyone experienced severe industry disruption. Today's presentation is from Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management. This Back To The Classroom series overviews his considerations on changing organizational innovation in the 'new normal' of increased industry turmoil. Listen to this while you're on the road. You'll need time to think about it.

• Dr. Jeffery Armstrong, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University, provides his insights on how we can increase the sustainability of our agriculture community.

• Melissa Waldron Lehner, Paydirt Ventures, explains what the Careers in Sustainable Agriculture webinar is all about. Event is June 08, 2010, 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (EDT), registration required.

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• Estate planning efforts may roll off the table according to American Farm Bureau Federation Tax Policy Specialist Pat Wolff.  Yes, we may still see action but if not, the tax clock roles back ten years come January 1.  You need to talk to your congressman because you really don't want that to happen.

• Joel Haggard, US Meat Export Federation Vice President for Asia, updates us on the export picture for US beef in Asia and the Pacific communities. Part 2 or 2 (Catch up on Part 1).

• Joel Haggard, US Meat Export Federation Vice President for Asia, updates us on the export picture for US beef in Asia and the Pacific communities. Part 1 of 2 (Follow-up with Part 2).

• Livestock economist Darrell Mark of the University of Nebraska looks at the impact of the recent grain market rally on feeders and cow-calf profitability and encourages pricing distillers grains in coming months.

• Erin Daley, Economist for the US Meat Export Federation, weighs in on the outlook for US beef exports in the global marketplace.

Audio from the 2010 Farmers for NISP Rally held at Anderson Farms

We talk with "Cowboy Ethics" author Jim Owen, David Martosko of Humane Watch on the HSUS Settlement in Ohio, and Shawn Martini of Colorado Farm Bureau.

Guests include Morgane Danielou of Farming First, Chris Wisemann of the Colorado State Fair and Den Garder on the Ag Media Summit

Chris Wiseman from the Colorado State Fair, Jerry Johnson from CSU, David Harper from Colorado Foundation for Water Education and Ray Ledgerwood on Conservation Districts

We talk about the importance of Federal Crop Insurance with Tom Sell of Crop Insurance Professionals, and Tom Dorr of US Grains Council.

• The unusual aspect of the most recent economic and corporate calamity is that nearly everyone experienced severe industry disruption. Today's presentation is from Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management. This Back To The Classroom series overviews his considerations on changing organizational innovation in the 'new normal' of increased industry turmoil. Listen to this while you're on the road. You'll need time to think about it.

• Dr. Bob Thaler, North Dakota State, discusses Mycotoxin issues from the 2009 crop which are causing concern as we feed out the remainder of that crop during the summer months. 

• Dr. Elizabeth Sloan, trends columnist with Food Technology Magazine, shares with Bruce Cochrane, FarmScape.ca, her thoughts on food trends and changing demand in the Canadian marketplace.

• Today we discuss some of the ramifications of the industry economic downturn that you may be seeing in your corporate and family environment with PoultryCast Blogger Don Tyler of Don Tyler and Associates.

• Dr. Todd Applegate of Purdue discusses ways producers can impact environmental concerns and if significant affects can be obtained solely by adjusting feeding programs.