Programs
Farm of the Future
Tim Hammerich hosts this show which explores the new ideas behind progressive farming and brings the trendsetters and their companies' ideas to the airwaves. Technology and innovative science are shaping the future of agribusiness. If you are curious about novelties in AgTech, rural entrepreneurship, agricultural sustainability, and food security, this is the show for you! Tim is a former National FFA President and a graduate of the University of California, Davis with a degree in Crop Science and Management, followed by a Masters of Agribusiness at Kansas State University. He and his family reside in Eagle, Idaho.
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California Ag Today
Focused on keeping local farmers, ranchers, agribusiness men, and women up to date on agriculture industry issues that affect California's rural economy.
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The Agribusiness Update
This news program gets cutting edge science, technology, corporate mergers and innovative farming activities out to today’s ag community. In addition the ag economy relies on breaking news on farm regulations and political announcements, information important to keeping our producers ahead of the game not only locally but on the world stage. Bob Larson is the newest member of the team. Bob grew up in Southeastern WA working in the fields as all rural kids do. He left the country life behind to pursue a career in broadcast journalism. He comes to us from the number one talk radio station in Seattle, KIRO, where Bob was the station’s news editor for eight years. This is a daily 2:30 minute program.
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California Tree Nut Report
This program focuses on the Tree Nut producers needs and issues who care for two million acres of Nut Orchards which represent an annual revenue stream of over $8 billion to the California farm economy. This program is hosted by Patrick Cavanaugh the most respected Agribusiness journalist in California. Whether it be radio news casts, magazines, podcasts or twitter, Patrick has been bringing farm news to California since 1985. The California Tree Nut daily radio report is a program which has the backing of the Almond Board of California, California Walnut Commission and American Pistachio Growers.
Line on Agriculture
In its 35th year, this award-winning program keeps farmers, ranchers and agri-business professionals informed. This program focuses on the cutting-edge issues of farming. Advances in technology farming with GPS and satellite imagery technology, use of drones and advancements in infield communications, Crop and Soil Sciences, new crop varieties, changes in tillage, new soil treatment options in addition to farm human interest stories. Host of the show is Lorrie Boyer who is motivated by an intense desire for Ag-Vocacy and telling the farming and ranching story, Lorrie expressed creativity in carrying out Ag news, market reports and special human interest stories, which won her awards not only with the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Association but with the Colorado Broadcasters Association as well. She was also named “Friend of Ag” for several youth and state-based Ag organizations, including 4H and regional FFA Chapters, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Colorado Association of Conservation Districts, and the Colorado Corn Growers Association.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The focus of this report is to keep local farmers, ranchers and agribusiness men and women up to date on agriculture industry issues which affect the Washington states rural economy. Bob Larson host of the program covers a broad array of topics; from farm human interest stories, to labor issues, state sponsored trade missions, crop outlook assessments, USDA risk management announcements and animal health stories are examples of the types of news topic categories covered each month.
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Land & Livestock Report
This program gives Russell Nemetz the freedom to cover stories important to a segment of the population that lives outside the city limits. Russell Nemetz speaks to those who grow crops for animal feed, and those involved with animal husbandry. Livestock relies on good land, healthy forage and a clean, plentiful supply of water, all topics Russell discusses in his report. Russel is no stranger to the beef industry as he appears on RFD TV’s Cattlemen to Cattlemen program as a regular. Russell has traveled not only all across the United States in search of pertinent agriculture news but also across the globe on trade missions to Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Russia and Taiwan. Russell Nemetz was raised in production agriculture along the Milk River Valley near Chinook, MT. It’s there his family continues to farm and ranch..
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Fruit Grower Report
Since 1993 this report has been covering tree fruit and grape industry news stories important to our growers. This has been accomplished through open channels of communications with the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, Washington Grape Growers Association, our land grant college scientists and USDA researchers Bob Larson host of the program has 20 years of news reporting experience and worked as News Editor for both KOMO and KIRO (the top radio stations in Seattle marketplace). Bob presents this industry’s information from an insider position talking one on one with the industries key newsmakers.
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Idaho Ag Today
This report covers important farm news, state legislature, local marketing and trade activities and human interest stories in addition to Dr. Sparks’ entertaining commentary. David Sparks Ph.D. is the voice of Idaho Agribusiness community.
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Fruit Bites
BL: Welcome back to another “Fruit Bites” brought to you by Valent U.S.A. With us again is Valent’s Allison Walston. And this week Allison, let’s talk about soil in the PNW?
AW: Undisturbed soil is typically air, water, organic matter and mostly mineral nutrients. When we relocate, plant into or compost our soil, it changes.
BL: why are nutrients important in the soil?
AW: In order for plant roots to uptake nutrients, they need to be there in a form that the plant can uptake. in low levels, plants won’t grow. We can add the big 3, nitrogen, phosphorus & potassium to help adjust for plant needs. We can plant legumes to fix nitrogen. And we can use mycorrhizae.
BL: We typically have low phosphorus levels in our soils, what then?
AW: this creates plant stress, which triggers the mycorrhizal spores to germinate. Their hyphae can grow further into smaller nooks & crannies to get more phosphorus, therefore the plant gets more nutrients.
BL: Well, thanks Allison. Join us again next time for Fruit Bites, brought to you by Valent. Until then, I’m Bob Larson.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Southeast Regional Ag News is focused on keeping local farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness men, and women up to date on agriculture industry issues that affect the Southeast’s rural economy. Haylie Shipp hosts the program covering a broad array of topics; USDA risk management announcements, labor and water issues, state-sponsored trade missions, crop outlook assessments, farm/ranch human interest stories, and animal health stories are examples of the types of news topic categories covered each month.
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