We in Agriculture love production! For example, we’re producing about 50% more corn, soy, and pork than we did just a quarter century ago here in the U.S. The playbook for decades has been: find more global markets to peddle our commodities so we can keep doing what we like doing, which is produc...

1/22/24 | After last years success of getting some equipment ceramic coated, Matt brings back Brian and Front Row Detailing to make some more equipment look like new! But is the paint on the combine too far gone to restore??? Brian dispels some popular myths about ceramic coating.

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1/22/24 | With a frigid winter temperatures located over West TN, Matt and Andy have to deal with some icy conditions in order to get grain hauled only to get shut down from hauling a couple days later due to very different weather conditions. Matt finally gets his shop back and reveals what his...

Not my ordinary farm visit! For this episode we took a detour from farming and ranching and onto an Alpaca Farm! Join me as we visit and see how Alpaca Farming still plays into the world of Agriculture!

It’s setting up to be a challenging year for farm economics. Add to that: it’s an election year, Washington DC is as dysfunctional as ever, and we still don’t have a Farm Bill — which was supposed to have been passed last year. What’s the outlook financially for farms. What about trade policy? Do...

Temple Rhodes is concerned that his planting window is shrinking due to impending weather. Kevin plants his contest corn. Matt Miles tries to outsmart the summer heat with an early planting strategy and Kelly Garrett's wallet is a little lighter thanks to an Iowa DOT officer.

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It’s a combination perhaps more iconic than Tom and Jerry, more delicious than peanut butter and jelly, and more impactful than Tommie Frazier and Brook Berringer in the 1994 national championship.

Nebraska native Alexa Carter has created the Midwest duo of a lifetime: the Chili Roll.

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Welcome to my short Veggie Minute episodes! During Veggie Season I will teach you about all the veggies grown along the Texas/Mexico Border.

Nationally, between 30 and 40% of farmland is rented to an operator from a land owner. But how are rental rates for this hugely valuable asset class determined? Are the rental rates fair? What causes variability in values? Howard Halderman of Halderman Real Estate and Farm Management explains the...

In this video, Matt not only reveals the final yields from a record 2023 crop, but also shows how much each crop cost to put in, how it compared to previous years, and most importantly, how much profit was made from each crop!

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1/15/24 | Lot's of stuff goin on at Griggs Farms! Soybeans being hauled, truck being fixed, ice being broken, a major winter storm, and a combine makeover! Matt talks about the problems caused by unnecessary cold starts.

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1/8/24 | 2024 has arrived and that means it'[s time for some winter projects to begin. But work can't begin without a clean shop. In addition to that, soybeans need to be hauled and equipment needs to be upgraded. Matt attends a frigid auction hoping for a good deal, but will others have the s...

Kyle Beaver is a self-admitted Jack-of-all-Trades who, at age 25, turned a Google search into a mushroom business. Six years later he’s refining Ten Mile Mushrooms and launched a subsidiary. The business still grows some fungus for consumption but has morphed into a supplier of ready-to-fruit sub...

As a fall calving herd, we AI breed our cows and place embryos in late November. See a snippet of this process and also learn more about what shoppers consider "important" when it comes to purchasing beef.

A new study from the University of Georgia showed that farmers and ranchers are stressed but that one particular demographic is stressed to the max. On the ranch, we clip and prep bulls for their sale images and get a short tour of our new barn!

After preparing all winter, North Carolina farmer Kevin Matthews is ready to kick-off planting season, but his equipment has other ideas. Kelly Garrett takes a unique approach to raising cattle on his western Iowa farm, while Chad Henderson thinks he knows the key to success on his tough Alabama ...

The Imiflex forage sorghum from Advanta Seeds is ready to be chopped and we got some great footage with a drone. Also, are you a gatekeeper to agriculture or a gate-getter?

Agricultural trade events can be a lot of fun, but are they always valuable? And who are they valuable to? Brandon Wipf, South Dakota farmer and co-chair of Commodity Classic 2024, joins Damian Mason and XtremeAg’s Kelly Garrett to talk trade events. How do these two business-minded farmers get v...

We mounted a 32in Roku TV in our John Deere 8330. Tractors drive themself these days so farmers have plenty of time to watch their favorite shows from the comfort of the tractor cab. Highlights from season 1 of Let's Get Nuts and more.

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12/21/23 | December is a busy month around Griggs Farms...but even more so this year. Not only is there a record amount of grain to be hauled and all the equipment to wash, but Matt also gets a call about someone wanting to deliver a very valuable input for next year...one that he had big proble...

12/1/23 | Harvest is over!!! But that doesn't mean that there's not plenty of work to do on the farm! Corn hauling, bushhogging, and equipment cleaning all needs to be done, but unfortunately, equipment breakdowns continue to plague the crew at Griggs Farms, culminating in a bad mistake by Matt...

11/18/23 | After a one-day rain delay, Matt, Kelly, and Andy make a final push to wrap up the massive 2023 crop. First, matt cuts the corn maze with a draper head and then, with the last rows in sight, potential disaster strikes...

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11/16/23 | With wheat planting done and fall harvest close to the finish line, Matt gets his combine back from the shop where he had what he thought would be some major repair work done on it...However the breakdown was not as it seemed...

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11/14/23 | With the plugging issue of the Bourgualt CD872 air seeder solved, Matt puts in some long days planting wheat and could get finished planting the 2024 winter wheat crop in record time, just sliding in front of the crop insurance planting deadline. Kelly and Andy get the wheat crop fert...