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2023 Golden Owl Award Winner Michael Clark from 2023-09-26T13:46:31
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, we speak with Devin Fuhrman, Chief Agriculture & Sponsor Relations Officer for Nationwide, along with Michael Clark of Greenwood School District. Clark i...
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PFB and PA Friends of Ag Summer Internship Recap from 2023-08-16T12:12:59
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, PFB's Gov/Com Intern Ally Schaedler sits down with the PA Friends of Ag Interns Cheyenne Bastian-Brown and Rebekah Leise. They talk about all the experiences...
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Federal Affairs Update (July 2023) from 2023-07-31T15:05:23
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, Media & Marketing Specialist David Varner speaks with PFB's Federal Affairs Specialist Bailey Thumm to discuss some of the topics relevant to her positio...
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State and Local Government Affairs Update (July 2023) from 2023-07-20T08:25:51
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, Media & Marketing Specialist David Varner speaks with PFB's State and Local Government Affairs Specialist Lily Guthrie to discuss some of the topics rele...
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Regulatory Affairs Update (July 2023) from 2023-07-06T09:56:25
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, Media & Marketing Specialist David Varner speaks with PFB's Regulatory Affairs specialist Grant Gulibon to discuss some of the topics relevant to his pos...
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Summer Fire Safety from 2023-06-14T14:29:42
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, Media & Marketing Specialist David Varner speaks with Bainbridge local Assistant Fire Chief, Travis Laverty. The two discuss summer time fire safety, fires i...
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Country Artist Jeff Corle from 2023-04-27T15:08:49
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, Member Communications Director William Whisler speaks with country musician and Somerset County Farm Bureau member Jeff Corle, about his past as a dairy farm...
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Rural Roads Safety Tips with Laramie Sandquist, Associate Vice President of Risk Management for Nationwide Ag from 2023-04-14T14:33:44
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, Member Communications Director William Whisler and Media and Marketing Specialist David Varner speak with Laramie Sandquist, Associate Vice President of Risk...
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ACAP Program Rollout With Grant Gulibon from 2023-03-17T13:52:19
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, Member Communications Director William Whisler talks with Regulatory Affairs Specialist Grant Gulibon about the ACAP program has it begins to rollout statewi...
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PA Friends of Agriculture Foundation’s Seventh Annual Ag Literacy Week from 2023-03-06T14:07:25
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, Member Communications Director William Whisler speaks with Executive Director for the Pennsylvania Friends of Ag Foundation Charlene Espenshade about the fou...
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Allegheny Outdoor Show from 2023-02-21T09:53:33
This week, David talks with Fayette County Farm Bureau member and owner of Marianna Outdoorsmen Association, Jason White. They discuss the Allegheny Outdoor Show and everything hunting and fishi...
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Farm Show&AFBF Meeting from 2023-01-30T14:19:37
This week, Will and David sit down to discuss their experiences at the Harrisburg Farm Show and the American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting.
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Dumping on Farm Land from 2022-12-21T15:13:11
This week on the podcast, David Varner speaks with Pennsylvania Grange Master Matt Espenshade and his wife Charlene Espenshade, the Executive Director of the PA Friends of Ag Foundation about th...
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Avian Influenza Update With PFB Environmental Specialist Grant Gulibon from 2022-12-08T14:36:30
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, David Varner and Will Whisler speak with PFB Environmental Specialist Grant Gulibon about recent cases of Avian Influenza and where things are headed.
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Newly Elected PFB President Chris Hoffman from 2022-11-22T15:54:41
This week on the Farm Focus Podcast, we introduce you to newly elected PFB President Chris Hoffman, and his vision for Farm Bureau moving forward.
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Farm Fires from 2022-11-11T15:48:56
This week on the podcast we spoke to Travis Laverty Captain of the Bainbridge Fire Company about farm fires, ways to prevent them and more.
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Friends of Ag Foundation Unveils New GIANT Immersion Lab from 2022-10-14T17:18:54
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, we talk with Jessica Groves of GIANT, PFB President Rick Ebert and PA Friends of Ag Foundation Executive Director Charlene Espenshade about the unveiling of ...
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PFB Environmental Update With Environmental Specialist Grant Gulibon from 2022-09-26T16:30:47
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, PFB Environmental Specialist Grant Gulibon gives us an update on current state and federal environmental issues.
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Farm Bureau Membership Drives With Neil Dembeck, Region 2 Regional Organization Director from 2022-09-16T09:55:53
This week, we speak with Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Region 2 Regional Organization Director Neil Dembeck about what goes into a membership drive, the benefits of Farm Bureau memberships and how to...
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PA Friends of Agriculture Foundation with Charlene Espenshade from 2022-08-29T15:58:19
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, we talk with Charlene Espenshade, the Executive Director for the Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation. The Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foun...
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Drew Ross Young Ag Professionals State Committee Chair and FFA from 2022-08-15T15:31:35
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Young Ag Professionals State Committee Chair Drew Ross speaks with FFA Officers James Winklosky and Zaleigh Wade about FFA and the future of farming in Pennsylvania.
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State Budget 2022-23, Next Steps for Farm Bureau with PFB’s Kyle Kotzmoyer and Grant Gulibon from 2022-08-01T14:17:44
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau's Kyle Kotzmoyer and Grant Gulibon analyze the 2022-23 state budget, as well as the next steps in policy development and state legis...
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Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative -- Kaitlyn Swope from 2022-07-18T16:46:17
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, we talk with Kaitlyn Swope about her efforts as the Director of Consumer Affairs for the Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative.
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Fourth of July Cookout Survey Results With AFBF’s Roger Cryan from 2022-07-01T14:20:34
This week on the Farm Focus podcast, we talk with American Farm Bureau Federation's Chief Economist, Roger Cryan, about the results of AFBF's annual Fourth of July Cookout Survey that highlights...
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Dairy Month Podcast With Katie Dotterer, Founder of AgvoKate from 2022-06-20T16:19:44
This week, we talk with Katie Dotterer about her experiences as a dairy farmer and as an advocate for the industry.
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Farm Bureau Policy Development with State&Local Affairs Specialist Kyle Kotzmoyer from 2022-06-06T09:45:19
This week on the Farm Focus Podcast, we talk with Kyle Kotzmoyer, PFB's State & Local Affairs Specialist about how policy development works and how Farm Bureau members can get involved in the pr...
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Avian Influenza with PA Secretary of Ag Russell Redding from 2022-05-24T14:33:02
We talk with Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding about the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak within the state. Redding highlights biosecurity practices, mitiga...
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Center for Beef Excellence from 2022-05-10T07:49:37
We talk with Ezra Swope from the Center for Beef Excellence about the programs available for beef farmers, trends in the beef industry, and why transitioning to beef might be the right move for ...
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Oh, Christmas trees! from 2021-12-08T13:12:15
On this episode, we talk with 3rd generation Christmas tree farmer Brandon Mytrysak of Mytrysak Family Tree Farm in Indiana county about what it takes to grow Christmas trees, and how he helps s...
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New Agritourism Law - What you need to know from 2021-09-30T17:29:17
Join PFB's Government Affiars Council Joe Montenegro and Penn State Ag Law's Brook Duer as they guide you through what you need to know about the new agritourism limited liability law.
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Solar Energy and Leasing Agreements from 2021-04-23T09:38:46
PFB's Darrin Youker talks with Mette, Evans & Woodside attorney Jacob Kiessling about leases for solar development on farm land and what farmers need to look for before signing a lease.
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Penn State Small Business Development Center from 2021-02-05T09:27:38
Pennsylvania farmers now have a new resource to help improve their businesses. Penn State Small Business Development Center has opened a Agriculture Center of Excellence. Darrin Youker spoke wit...
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Beginning Farmer Tax Credit from 2021-01-22T10:52:49
Starting out in farming can be tough, but new incentives can make it a bit easier to get started as a beginning or first-generation farmer. PFB Director of Communications Liam Migdail talks with...
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Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance from 2021-01-05T10:58:26
Kristina Watson talks with Andrew Walmsley, Director of Congressional Relations for American Farm Bureau Federation about the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA) and what recommendation...
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Rural Health from 2020-12-21T11:29:16
Darrin Youker talks with Lisa Davis, Director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health about the difficulties of delivering healthcare to rural areas, and how farmers can help create healthy c...
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Economy, Agriculture, and COVID from 2020-12-08T11:49:32
Director of Federal Government Affairs Kristina Watson talks with economists John Newton and Michael Nepveux of AFBF about the effect this year has had on the ag economy, and what comes next in ...
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Talking Turkey from 2020-11-23T14:24:18
What does it take to produce your Thanksgiving turkey? PFB's Darrin Youker talks with Pennsylvania turkey farmer Craig Pallman about growing fresh market birds during the busiest time of the yea...
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Spotted Lanternfly from 2020-10-30T14:32:09
We talk with Heather Leach from the department of entomology at Penn State about the spotted lanternfly infestation that's spreading across Pennsylvania, and what it means for farmers.
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Conservation - Part 2 from 2020-10-02T15:53:21
PFB's Darrin Youker talks with Dean Jackson, farmer and winner of the 2019 Leopold Conservation Award about the importance of good conservation practices on farms in Pennsylvania.
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Conservation - Part 1 from 2020-09-18T14:52:21
PFB's Darrin Youker talks with Juniata County farmer and PFB board member Dave Graybill about conservation efforts in Pennsylvania and some of the boards that Dave has served on.
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Policy Development Time! from 2020-08-31T14:36:29
PFB's own Darrin Youker and Joe Montenegro discuss the importance of Farm Bureau's policy development process and why members should participate in this truly grassroots activity.
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Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan from 2020-08-14T10:37:08
PFB's Co-Director of Communications Bill Zeiders chats with PA Game Commission's Chronic Wasting Disease Biologist Andrea Korman and CWD Communications Coordinator Bob Frye about the new CWD Res...
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Rural Broadband, Part 2 from 2020-07-16T15:14:06
In part 2 of the series on rural broadband connectivity, Darrin Youker talks with Sascha Meinrath, the Palmer Chair in Telecommunications at Penn State University about the hurdles facing widesp...
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Rural Broadband, Part 1 from 2020-07-10T13:42:43
Darrin Youker, PFB's Director of State Government Affairs talks with Thomas Beresnyak, Penn State Extension's Client Relationship Manager for southwest Pennsylvania, about some of the tools avai...
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Dairy Future Commission from 2020-06-29T12:53:54
June is National Dairy Month. Join Darrin Youker, PFB's Director of State Government Affairs as he chats with Brett Reinford and Glenn Stoltzfus of the Diary Future Commission on their recommend...
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