Made for Agriculture co-hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine interview MFA’s Jason Worthington and Matt Hill as they introduce MFA Connect. The new system MFA is launching helps customers do everything from manage their accounts, to search products and interact with key MFA personnel. March 18, 2024 is the official customer release of MFA Connect. Program key: 2 min – Intro of guests, Matt Hill & Jason Worthington 3 min – Ag needs more than a payment portal 6 min – The uniqueness of Agriculture allows and requires a personal touch 7 min – Network of trusted advisors 8 min – The flexibility of acting when you want
 9 min – MFA Connect in a nutshell 11 min – Communication tools included 13:50 min – Practical examples of MFA Connect usage includes communication & record keeping 15 min - request a quote for products or more info on services 17 min – searching for products 18 min – bids, advice & service available   20 min – one business day quotes 22 min – MFA Connect offers business efficiencies for MFA locations 23 min – Speed up service with timely communications 24 min – Record-keeping access, follow-up, time savings 26:30 min – Smooth reporting creates efficiencies 27 min – Other efficiencies for custom applicators like AgSync 29:45 min – The launch map: What’s next? 30 min – Updated launch date is March 18 31 min – Employees have been training on the MFA Connect since December. 33 min – Record keeping simplified. 34 min – App & Desktop logins make invoice review easy and improved tool. 35 min – Closing & thanks

 March 18, 2024 is the official customer launch of MFA Connect. Learn more at: https://mfa-inc.com/connect Contact the team with questions or ideas via email here: [email protected]

Made for Agriculture co-host Emily Beck interviews two folks from the National Resource Conservation Service on the latest programs and conservation practices available to farmers. District Conservationist Matthew Miller and Resource Conservationist Brittanie Deangelo tag-team the question-and-answer format where they talk about everything from loans to the Nine Steps of Conservation, to tips on how to navigate the application process most effectively. Listen to Emily, Matt, and Brittanie discuss EQUIP, CSP, RCCP and MDC programs. Intros of Guests 1:45 What is NRCS? 2:00 Programs available 3:30 The 9 Steps of Conservation 5:00 Examples large and small 8:00 Types of landowners served 9:00 The world of acronyms from EQUIP, CRP, CSP, cost shares 11:15 RCCP with MFA precision programs 12:00 EQUIP vs CSP- How they differ. 15:00 Geography matters 16:20 ACT NOW program 16:50 Native forages and pollinators 19:50 Forestry 20:25 MDC funding in some areas 20:40 Emily’s personal experience with funding on her farm 21:00 How long funding lasts and the process takes 24:00 More on contract length 25:00 Cut off Dates Thank you guests Offer suggestions to the host at [email protected].

Made for Agriculture podcast host Emily Beck interviews two experts on helping farmers access loans and programs available for agriculture. Beck interviews FSA county Director Debra Clevenger about programs that are available to new and existing farmers, then interviews USDA loan expert Caitlyn McFee. Learn more here: 1 min – Debra K. Clevenger Caldwell County Executive FSA Director 2 – Paperwork needed 3:50 – Available FSA programs 6 – New programs, application procedures, forms and plans 9:30 – Disaster payments – drought, flood 13 – Sign up for FSA Newsletters via email & text 15 – Types of CRP contracts 17 – Farmers.gov resources 20 – Interview #2 - USDA Farm Loan Officer Caitlyn McFee 21 – Operating loans, real estate loans for food and fiber 24 – Types of real estate loans 30 – Beginning Farmer programs 31 – Emily’s experience with FSA 33 – The process often takes 30 to 90 days 35:50 – Farm plans and other documents required 41 – Youth Ag loans for FFA & 4-H projects. 42:55 – Success story examples for FSA loans 44 – Credit counseling for ag and limitations on purchases

Emily Beck interviews two guests for this episode of Made For Agriculture. First, she speaks with Pam Hiller, coordinator of two foundations that give out scholarships and community grants. Scholarship deadline is Feb. 15th, 2024. 
Then Emily interviews Today’s Farmer Magazine editor Allison Jenkins about the MFA member magazine redesign then talks about the latest articles. - - Intro - The scholarship deadline is Feb. 15, 2024 3:30 - Apply at, MFAfoundation.com
 6:30 - Foundation History 7:00 - Types of charitable giving
 8:00 - MFA Charitable Foundation 
 8:50 - Funded Projects
 10:00 - Smaller grant focus and projects
 12:00 - How to apply, mfa-inc.com/charity
 15:10 - Today’s Farmer magazine editor Allison Jenkins 15:45 - Magazine History 116 years old
 17:00 - Stories, features, mission & values.
 20:30 - New design, New features 22:00 - February Issue stories
 23:00 - How to Subscribe

The Made For Agriculture Podcast starts 2024 with an introduction of its newest co-host. Past guest and conservation expert, Emily Beck joins the MFA podcast hosting team with big plans. Emily also talks about the latest developments in Agricultural Carbon Credits with co-hosts Adam Jones and Cameron Horine. Learn more at mfa-inc.com.

Hosts Cameron Horine and Adam Jones discuss crop protection and adjuvants with MFA's Sr. Director of Seed & Crop Protection Jordan Tomlinson, and Crop Protection Product Specialist Taylor Dennigmann. Jordan gives an industry outlook on product availability and price trends. Taylor specializes in adjuvants and micronutrients. She recently created a short explainer video that goes over the difference between types of adjuvants and just how to best use them. There is also a printed guide available for download on MFA's Crop Protection page. Check out the podcast at the links below, also now available on iHeart Radio. Note: the Apple Podcast link is free of interruption from outside ads. Issue 55 Adjuvants and a 2024 crop protection supply outlook. The Made for Agriculture podcast

Adam and Cameron host the final in a series of an in-season crop update. Agronomists Jesse Surface, Shannon Mcclintock, Kevin Moore, and Scott Wilburn each contribute to an end-of-growing season discussion as row crop harvest looms from southern Iowa, eastern Kansas, Missouri, and northeast Arkansas. The Made for Agriculture audio podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, and Google. Send feedback to [email protected].

Posted - Sep 1, 2023 – Podcast co-host Adam Jones shows cornfield root growth using a soil pit. The pit was dug into the claypan soils of central Missouri. Adam goes over the challenges the roots go through and the benefits of cover crops and management of these highly erodable soils. Subscribe to the Made For Agriculture podcast here, or the video version on Youtube.

The Made For Agriculture podcast was taken over by the agronomists for another episode. This time Cameron and Adam spoke with the Crop-Trak team about fields that have been under drought stress and are now enduring high humidity and heat across the territory. An audio-only version of Made For Agriculture is available on all major podcast systems. Email topic ideas to [email protected].

In this Made for Agriculture, the MFA agronomy team talks about how crop conditions have changed for better and worst over the last two weeks across the MFA trade territory. You can also find them on YouTube and as audio podcasts on most podcast systems.