The Dairy Dive

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with President of Masters Choice, Lyn Crabtree to talk about why feed quality still matters for the "secondary" members of a dairy, heifers, dry-cows, and calves. Joining the conversation by phone is GM of Southeast Agriseeds, Josh Baker, to discuss an how to make quality hay.

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with Director of Finance, Alex Foeller, to talk about managing your finances while commodity prices are down. Joining in is Scott Niekamp, Wealth Management Advisor with Northwertern Mutual, to provide advice on Estate Planning and Generational Planning.

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with R&D Associate, Kyle Vosburgh, to talk about some Kansas City BBQ. Is it better than anything in St. Louis? Or more importantly, will the Texas host put his foot down and define what real BBQ is? The two food enthusiasts also take some time to talk about tilling practices on your farm. Manager of MC Ag, Jerry Hase, joins the conversation to talk about spraying practices and some of the dangers of spraying too late, and Matt Corzine calls in to talk a little bit about crop insurance.

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with National Sales Manager, Scott Harris to talk about the Non-GMO Movement in conjunction with food labeling. In a unique situation, we have two different guests including CEO, Kevin Koone, and Kansas Dairy Farmer, Roy Buessing.

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with President, Lyn Crabtree, to talk about increasing productivity on your dairy farm. Joining the conversation is Wisconsin based dealer, Brendon Blank, who talks about the Milk Market up North and the unique situation of industry around him this year.

Host - Mark Kirk, Director of Animal Nutrition Research, sits down with Plant Breeder, Cullen Johnson, recap their experiences together as they planted the Nursery, as well as how it is going so far. We bring in a discussion about drone usage for nursery purposes. Joining in on the conversation is Marketing Director, Andrew Crabtree. He talks about the different ways that Masters Choice uses drones, specifically, the way that marketing uses them.

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.

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.

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.

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.