Harvest Trail Podcast: Recent Episodes
Harvest Trail Podcast
With host Jeff Michaels, the Harvest Trail Podcast follows the heroes of the harvest in North America with discussions and stories from farmers, custom harvesters, ag equipment dealers and service techs as they navigate their harvest.
Joshua Staley and Danny Hickox from Chrisman Farm Center in Chrisman, Illinois call in to discuss the long harvest with little downtime, supply chain issues gradually getting better, Chrisman Farm Center’s unique and historical dealership building, and the younger generation’s farming practices.
Wade Symons from Plevna Implement Company in Nappanee, Indiana joins Jeff to discuss Plevna’s long history with Fendt, waste management, technology bottlenecks, equipment costs, and the American farmer’s adaptability.
Driving to visit a customer, Jason Deike of Deike Implement in Waverly, Iowa recounts the story of Mr. Hibbs. They guys also discuss corn-based beer, Jason’s love for the Fendt tractor and demoing a new Gleaner S97.
Jeff calls shotgun with Lane Robinson of Robinson Implement in Irwin, Iowa. The guys take a drive while discussing harvesting terraces, visiting hog barns, tile plows and the new and used equipment landscape.
Jeff sits down with Kyle Smith of Midway Farm Equipment in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. The guys discuss harvest progress in the area, take a very deep dive into manure, Midway’s current and newly arriving inventory- all while watching Midway customers Trent and Troy Harder wrap up a corn field in their Gleaner S97.
Bryan Manzer from Manzer Equipment in Osmond, Nebraska calls in to talk about this year’s fast harvest, input costs, recruiting and training technicians, and new and used equipment availability.
Jeff visits with Heath Laker of Laker Farm Implement in Rushville, Indiana. They discuss the very dry and now very cold conditions in Heath’s area, farmers south of Rushville that are still waiting to start harvest, a brand-new showroom, and expanding the family’s already vast Allis-Chalmers collection.
Bryce Ebel, farmer, agronomist, and cattle company owner out of Falls City, Nebraska joins us from the cab of his Massey Ferguson 9545. The guys discuss this year’s harvest, soil sampling in the fall, fungicide planning and dealing with corn residue.
Midway Farm Equipment customer Andy Meyer from Sisseton, South Dakota calls in to discuss wrapping up his family’s 50th harvest in a Gleaner, flying on fungicides, wheat cover crops, marketing strategy, and tales from his tile plow operation.
Jeff talks with former Gleaner Test Engineer, Bob Honas as he looks back on his 40+ year career tuning and testing Gleaner combines. The guys discuss everything from the Gleaner S Series development, to running the Gleaner in high moisture corn, green-stem beans, milo and grass seed, and finally, Gleaner maintenance and retrofittable upgrades to […]
Mitch Merz from Merz Farm Equipment in Falls City, Nebraska calls in to talk about his soybean experiment, better than expected yields in the area and the ag equipment market.