Mark, a dedicated corn and soybean farmer from Putnam, Il, is now channeling his passion for agriculture into his role as a director on the Illinois Soybean Association board. He’s building meaningful relationships with global soybean buyers and representing Illinois at high-impact events such as...

Tate Ulm of Farmington, IL, is Brand Ambassador for Black Band Distillery, a small-batch craft distillery nestled in Peoria’s vibrant Warehouse District who proudly sources its grains from local organic farmers. Once celebrated as the whiskey capital of the world, Peoria’s rich distilling legacy ...

Dave Bishop from Atlanta, IL teaches regenerative agriculture classes at Heartland College but for the past 40 years he has farmed. A drought in 1988 caused him to think about his farm differently and became certified organic in 2004 and highly diversify his farm. Finding ways to keep the wealth ...

Megan is a fourth-generation farmer from Geneseo, Illinois. She survived a head-on collision that almost took her life two years ago and is still healing. She is the Director of Conservation and Nutrient Stewardship at IL Corn. Corn check-off is a vital part of ensuring the best interests of IL c...

Sara is the fourth generation on the farm where her family grows corn and soybeans. From a young age, she developed a connection to agriculture, especially through her love of showing pigs—a passion that began at just 8 years old. Today, Sara continues to contribute to the farm she loves while al...

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Sawyer didn't grow up farming but dreamed of working in agriculture since he was little. With an entrepreneurial spirit and a lot of hard work, he and his wife founded Central Illinois Beanwalkers, where they employ local kids to weed fields while creating a positive workplace environment. They a...

With his harvest finally complete, Matt turns his attention to helping his neighbor get done harvesting. With 400 acres to go, Matt puts his CaseIH 7120 combine in the same field with a CaseIH 8250. Matt talks about the history of some of the farms he's helping harvest and how they were a part ...

With his harvest finally complete, Matt turns his attention to helping his neighbor get done harvesting. With 400 acres to go, Matt puts his CaseIH 7120 combine in the same field with a CaseIH 8250. Matt shows how seed beans are judged for quality and damage.

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) could become a game-changer for production agriculture, driving a surge in demand for corn and soybeans—two crops currently facing significant oversupply challenges. But will SAF truly take off? What policies, regulations, and incentives are necessary to make this ...

In this episode, Damian Mason hosts Temple Rhodes, Matt Miles of XtremeAg, and Tommy Roach from Nachurs as they get real about the next generation in agriculture. What excites them? What keeps them up at night? From kids who can out-Google us in seconds to a generation less keen on face-to-face ...

In this episode of The Granary, Damian Mason and the XtremeAg crew dive into the lighter (and sometimes not-so-light) side of being a farm dad. The big question: “How are you different from your dad?” The guys reflect on balancing tradition with change, the struggle to let go of control, and how ...

Just before Christmas 2024, the federal government unveiled a $31 billion aid package for American farmers—$10 billion in direct payments and $21 billion in disaster relief for the past two years. But here’s the twist: even more funding might be on the horizon. In this episode, Damian Mason is jo...

The light at the end of the tunnel is here. Harvest is almost complete with 110 acres left to go. But a red sky at sunrise and an early breakdown don't bode well for getting done before the next storm system arrives...

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After multiple rain events and short days upon them, it looks like the mud is here to stay and it's causing problems in the field. Matt, Kelly, and Andy are forced to deal with wet fields and wet beans in order to bring the 2024 season to a close...

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After multiple lengthy rainouts, Matt is desperate to find something dry enough to harvest so they can get harvest complete. Because the beans can't go yet, he decides to harvest the corn maze with his draper header. Later on, Matt pushes the boundries on how wet of beans he can harvest and sho...

With the season winding down, Matt, Kelly, and Andy get started cutting the doublecrop soybeans. With the hurricanes that came through in early September, Matt had hope that the rains would bring high yields. But he quickly finds out, like his other crops, that appearances can be deceiving. An...

Every farmer has that one field they’d rather forget—the rocky, swampy, or just plain stubborn "crappy ground." In this lively episode of The Granary, the crew from XtremeAg swaps stories, laughs, and practical tips for turning below-average ground into productive farmland. From spoon-feeding nut...

Chris Barron has weathered several Ag downturns as an Iowa farmer. He’s also helped hundreds of farming operations succeed despite farm economy downturns as an Ag consultant with his company, Ag View Solutions. Chris joins Damian Mason to discuss the Business of Agriculture at the farm level, lay...

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With cotton harvest over, only two things remain left to be done for the year, wheat planting and soybean harvest. In this video Matt races to get the last 250 acres of wheat planted in record time before the next storm system runs them out of the field. With the late planting and impending sto...

The end of cotton harvest is in sight! Matt, Kelly, and Andy are ready to get the below average cotton crop all wrapped up. But racing a weather system coming in, Matt has a breakdown that may keep them from finishing. Kelly pulls double duty moving modules and cutting cotton stalks. Matt tal...

Does ripping your soil pay??? That's the answer Matt tries to find out in this video as he harvests cotton off of ripped ground and not till ground on the same farm. But one thing is for sure. Matt, Kelly, and Andy are paying the price of ripping without any other tillage to smooth it back up....