🍒 Fruit Farmer Buys a Grain Drill? | Cover Cropping for Michigan Apple & Cherry Orchards

Welcome back to the farm! In this video, I’m stepping a little outside the fruit farming box as a Michigan cherry and apple grower—because today, I’m planting sorghum as a cover crop using a grain drill. Yep...

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🍎 Building a High-Density Apple Trellis System | Apple Orchard Setup in Michigan 🍒

Welcome back to our Michigan apple farm! In this video, we’re constructing a high-density apple trellis system to support our new apple trees and improve orchard management. Trellising is essential for modern appl...

In an ever-changing Agricultural marketplace, opportunities arise that didn’t exist just a decade or two ago. The internet, along with a more diversified and demanding consumer, provide viable business options. But these ventures need money to flourish and these businesses might not be a fit for ...

The corn is hungry and it's time to feed it! In this video, Carter and Andy get the 32% UAN streamed on the corn crop while Matt plays Big Time Farmer applying some postemerge herbicides. Matt also describes what he thinks the most efficient way to apply nitrogen on corn using Needham Ag stream...

With the first round of planting done, It's time for Matt, Andy, and Carter to get caught up on maintenance of the other crops. However, a busted valve on a chemical tank quickly causes a headache. Carter gets a lesson in mixing chemicals and understanding units of measure. Matt is shocked by ...

The weatherman continues to be wrong so the Griggs are on the brink of being down with cotton planting. Carter is out of school for the summer and wants more responsibilities, so he takes over the crimper from Andy while Andy goes to spraying so that Kelly doesn't have to be in cover crop she's ...

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One cold night can wipe out an entire season’s work. Learn how to protect your fruit crops from devastating frost damage with Agro-K’s KDL – a proven foliar potassium solution designed to help plants resist abiotic stress like frost, drought, and heat. On our farm were talking about frost this we...

The weatherman is proving to be wrong again and Matt's rolling the dice that he will continue to be wrong so he takes advantage of the dry weather to get all his conventional till cotton planted. After 2 years and a lot of work, the cell tower farm has been completely transformed. Matt takes ad...

What would a ban on Glyphosate mean for American agriculture and food production? Damian Mason speaks with Michelle Klieger of Stratagerm Consulting, who recently completed a comprehensive study on the economic and labor impacts of eliminating Glyphosate—America’s most widely used herbicide. Mich...

Matt announces the release of the TV show their appearing on called "Farms Of America." He also talks about regretting his decision to delay planting cotton. Kelly has an encounter with power wires in the sprayer. The weatherman suddenly changes the forecast and Matt and Andy make the decision...

The planting window for planting cotton is short...even shorter this year due to bad weather. However, Matt has to spend valuable time looking for a missing planter part and finds out his detective skills are not quite what he thought they were. Carter takes over operation of the roller/crimper...

Matt has waited...and waited...and waited to get started planting corn, hoping the weather would improve and give a favorable forecast. However, each day the weather projections continue to decline. With the end of cotton season quickly approaching, Matt decides to gamble and get started planti...

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We're full bore into spring, prepping for summer work and fall/winter feed - getting the sprayer cleaned and ready, planting corn silage and spreading fertilizer! Also, screwworm refuses to give up. Find out recent updates about what's being done to combat this devastating threat to the livestock...

With corn and soybean planting wrapped up, Matt, Kelly, and Andy are anxious to get start putting some cottonseed in the ground and get it off to an early start. But after an almost ideal April for planting, the weather has taken a drastic change for the first and puts their plans on hold. Andy...

Face it, the word “sustainable” has been so overused as marketing jargon, it’s become meaningless. But what if farmers could accurately measure their sustainability? What if Agriculture could communicate our sustainability to customers with verifiable numbers? Then — the cherry on top — what if w...

What determines the nutrient value of meat? Dr. Stephan Van Vliet of Utah State University joins Damian Mason and Iowa farmer Kelly Garrett to explore how soil health, animal diet, and agricultural practices influence the nutritional profile of beef. Discover why not all steaks are created equal,...

Farm consolidation: dirty word or necessary evolution? Damian Mason sits down with Matt Miles, Temple Rhodes, and Concept AgriTek's Daniel Hensley for a no-BS roundtable that digs into the shrinking number of farms, the realities behind "corporate farming," and what it really means to survive in ...

🐝 Buzzing into Action: A Day in the Life of a Beekeeper 🍒🍎
Step into the world of beekeeping and experience how honey bees play a vital role in pollinating fruit trees on a working specialty crop farm. From sunrise to sunset, follow a real beekeeper managing hives that help grow healthy apples, c...

Corn Planting is just about wrapped up and Matt has saved his highest yielding varieties and highest yielding ground for last. However debris from a neighbor brings things to a halt with a choked up planter. Continually drying conditions test the performance of the Precision Planting DeltaForce...

Today at Griggs Farms, corn planting is all about collecting data. Data on seed varieties, different products, and different practices. Matt has 40 acres dedicated to test plots and he talks about how farmers doing their own testing is the only practice that has the greatest return on investmen...

What does the next generation of agricultural professionals need to succeed in today’s rapidly evolving industry? In this milestone 400th episode of The Business of Agriculture Podcast, Damian Mason is joined by Tanner Winterhof and Corey Hillebo from Farm4Profit to share critical insights for yo...