The Dairy Dive

#10 - Planting Challenges, Does Cob Color Make a Difference, and Hiring the Right People

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with CEO, Kevin Koone, to talk about some of the Weather hurdles we have needed to overcome during planting, as well as a discussion about cob color. Does cob color make a difference, or even indicate a difference. Later on, Director of Finance, Alex Foeller, joins in to talk about good hiring practice and how to assemble a good team.

#9 - The Advantage of Pre-Pay, What to Expect From Your Seedsman, Overcoming Seed Cost

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with  National Sales Manager, Scott Harris, to talk about the benefits of pre-pay with seed. Joining them later on is Sales Associate, Toby Schreve, to talk about what to expect from your seedsman as well as a conversation about overcoming seed costs.

MC Podcast Extra: Flooding in the Midwest

As the Midwest is experiencing record rain levels, the guys sit down to talk about it. They talk about the things that can be done to recover and replant as well as strategy for every year after this.

#08 - Rain Rain Go Away: Planting the Nursery, Flex VS Fixed Ears, & Replant

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with Plant Breeder, Cullen Johnson, and R&D Associate, Kyle Vosburgh, to talk about some of the challenges facing planting the nursery, flex ears VS determinate ears, and some of the details about replant.

#07 - Dirt Talk: Genetic Diversity, Resistance, and Soil Nutrients

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with Plant Breeder, Cullen Johnson, to talk about the importance of Genetic Diversity in the fields, managing Weed Resistance and Management, and our call in guest, Earnest Weaver, from Byron Seeds, joins the conversation to talk about managing nutrients in the soil with rotating crops.

#06 - Reading a Lab Report and Planning Your Future

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with President, Lyn Crabtree, to talk reading lab reports of your silage samples. What are the most important figures, and what values should you shoot for? Later, Director of Finance, Alex Foeller, joins the guys to talk finances. It's more important to focus on output value rather than input cost.

#05 - Protecting Your Plants: Seed Treatments and Traits

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with CEO, Kevin Koone to talk about GMO Traits, Seed Treatments, and some specifics about corn plant diseases. Joining the conversation is Regional Account Lead for GreenLeaf Genetics/Syngenta, John Nadler.

#04 - The Seed Industry: Non-GMO Trends and BIG Mergers

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with National Sales Manager, Scott Harris to talk about the Non-GMO trend in the seed industry and a little bit about hybrid placement and seed spacing. Todd Martin, from IPSA, joins the duo by phone to hash out some of the details about the large company mergers and how it might affect the independent seed companies.

#03 - All About the Seed: Common Planting Mistakes and The Importance of Plot Seed

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with R&D Associate, Kyle Vosburgh, to talk about some common planting mistakes. Later, National Sales Manager, Scott Harris, joins the duo for a discussion about the importance of advancement plots.

#02 - The Off-season: Where Nutrition and Plant Breeding Collide

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, summons Plant Breeder Cullen Johnson to talk how Nutrition Research and Plant Breeding are intertwined, and how they interact with each other during the winter months. R&D Associate Kyle Vosburgh joins them to speak about winter production in Puerto Rico.