Kevin Berg sat down to talk with us about how he went from small California garage startup to Top 10 manufacturer in South Dakota. First Manufacturing began part time in January 2003, in Rocklin, California, with a manual mill and a manual lathe. In October of 2003, the business moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and began expanding its machining capability. From May 2004 through the present, capital equipment has been added to increase productivity and efficiency, and expand capability. First Manufacturing became a full-time venture in August of 2006. Now, with a full staff of machinists and operators and a wide range of CNC machines with varying capabilities, First Manufacturing is ready to partner with you for all you machining needs.Find More of Us Here: WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookTikTokYouTube
Dec 22, 2023
35 min
Rob Sharkey is a risk taker and out-of-the-box thinker. Better known by his digital alias, The SharkFarmer, Rob is an Illinois grain farmer, owner of a whitetail deer hunting outfitter, podcast & radio show host, and host of multiple TV shows on RFD-TV and PBS.More SharkFarmer: https://sharkfarmer.com/Find More of Us Here: WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookTikTokYouTube
Dec 8, 2023
40 min
Eric Jenkins sits down with us to talk about the process of going from being a college drop-out to creating an internationally renowned brand. When it was Eric’s turn, he headed to NDSU, but after 5 days he determined that school wasn’t for him, so he packed up and headed back home and started working with Marty in the shop on the family yard.Being from Minnesota, a number of people were in the market for Snow Bucket attachments for their skid steers. Eric figured he could do that, so he got to work welding hand-cut attachments. When word got out, Eric soon found himself busier than expected and a family friend came in to help him out.Patrick made the decision to head home and help Eric and Marty get the orders out. Using his engineering background, he was able to design new models of attachments including Grapples. Once again the designs were a hit and the orders started rolling in. Kurt ended up leaving his practice and came back to help run sales so the guys could focus on getting the orders out.Marty has been involved in quality control since the beginning and makes sure every design can stand up to any form of abuse you can through at them. As a true testament to the quality of our attachments, Marty is still using the original Skeleton Grapple, and let’s just say he has put it through the wringer. To this day, you’ll find him working at least 14 hours a day in the shop making sure products are meeting the Jenkins Family standards.More Jenkins Here:WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitterYouTubeFind More of Us Here:WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookTikTokYouTube
Nov 24, 2023
40 min
Farmer Grayce and Popcorn Farmer (Gavin Spoor) joined us at Farm Progress to talk about their very different journeys to becoming full time farmers. Find them both on all platforms:Farmer Grayce:All Platforms: @FarmerGrayceGavin Spoor:Instagram: @GavinSpoorTikTok: @ThePopcornFarmer
Nov 10, 2023
41 min
Veteran, Hunter, Business Owner, Sales Manager, All-State Chorus & much more; Jake Jass is a truly special individual. Jake sat down with us to tell his story and shed some light on his journey from Iraq Veteran to Leading the charge on pushing Ag Innovation. Find More of Us Here: WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookTikTokYouTube
Oct 27, 2023
1 hr 18 min
Mehrdad Bagherzamani the inventor of Prairie Grain Analyzers sat down to talk about School vs. Entrepreneurship and following your dreams. Prairie Grain Analyzers WebsitePGA InstagramPGA TwitterFind More of Us Here: WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookTikTokYouTube
Oct 13, 2023
30 min
Lesley Kelly sits down with us to talk about finding your role and dealing with your mental health. Lesley, an entrepreneur and prairie girl with a passion for agriculture and people, a wife, a mother of 2, and the creator of High Heels and Canola Fields, an avid blogger, motivational speaker, podcast co-host, co-founder of the Do More Agriculture foundation, a not-for-profit organization that is championing mental health in agriculture across Canada, also created Martin Munchies, a snack food line which uses barley locally grown on her family farm. More Lesley:WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitterFind More of Us Here: WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookTikTokYouTube
Sep 29, 2023
35 min
Steve Langston sits down to talk with us to talk about building rural communities and how life experience gives you an edge.Steve Langston is an entrepreneur from Onanole that is passionate about rural communities. In 2010, Steve launched Dirty T-Shirt Productions, a video production and digital marketing company with success around our province and across Canada. In 2017, Steve, his wife Reghan, and their young family began investing in real estate in rural communities where they work to impact the region positively. In 2019, the Langston family launched the SCORE Store, a non-profit thrift store in Erickson that is a driving factor in the rejuvenation of the community. Langston is the founder of the Riding Mountain National Park Film Festival, author of Canada by Bicycle, and a TedX Winnipeg alumni. Steve believes that cooperative values make rural communities great places to live.More Steve:WebsiteInstagram TwitterFind More of Us Here: WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookTikTokYouTube
Sep 15, 2023
30 min
QuickDickMcDick sits down to disuss what's actually important in life and the reality of farming. Delorme works as a farmer, based in Tuffnell, Saskatchewan. He previously worked in Albertan oil fields in Brooks and Grande Prairie, mostly as a self-employed truck operator. More QuickDickMcDick:WebsiteYouTubeInstagramTwitterTikTokFind More of Us Here:WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookTikTokYouTube
Sep 5, 2023
36 min
Our host Jeremy Matuszewski is joined by Tommy Ryman our podcast manager to give you the jist of AgWarriors; a podcast meant to shine the spotlight on agriculture and the unsung heroes of the industry.
Aug 3, 2023
17 min