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Smoke & Mirrors: Ag Policy Unfiltered, 53 episodes.

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1

Dairy Desperately Needs Workers. Can Policy Make a Difference? | Trey Forsyth

2

How The Nature Conservancy Works with Farmers and Ranchers | Kris Johnson & Bridget Collins​

3

Challenges Facing Farm Employers and Employees In California | Ali Hill

4

When and Why Rural Communities Push Back on New Development | Rich Stedman

5

Making Sense of the Beef Checkoff: How It Works in Kansas​ | Scott Stebner and Randall Debler

6

Exploring the Food Is Medicine Movement | Marianna Wetherill​

7

How Farm Employers Are Adapting to a Changing Labor Market | Rich Stup​

8

How Global Trade and Policy Shape Fertilizer Supply | Veronica Nigh​

9

Who keeps rural America working? | Peter Ozazem​

10

How Economic Data Is Shaping the Next Round of Farm Policy Decisions | Shawn Arita

11

How Agriculture Policy Actually Gets Made | Seth Meyer

12

Turning the Mic: Risk and Reality in Farm Policy | Trey Malone

13

A Conversation With EWG | Anne Schechinger

14

Trade exposure isn’t equal. Commodity prices lead, but inputs matter too | Wendong Zhang, Seungki Lee and Shelby Varner

15

Will there be a new farm bill anytime soon and does it even matter? | Tara Smith

16

Smoke & Mirrors: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom in Ag | Nick Paulson, Jonathan Copppess, and Gary Schnitkey

17

Exploring Renewable Energy Development on Farmland | Greg Brophy

18

Working Lands, Shared Goals: Conservation for Waterfowl | Billy Gascoigne

19

From Corn To Carbon | Brad Lubben, Scott irwin, Mark Edelman and Eric Atkinson's

20

Crypto: What You Actually Need to Know | Dr. Youwei Yang

21

Local Food: What’s Driving the Movement? | Becca Jablonski

22

Understanding the 45Z Opportunity for Farmers | Mitchell Hora

23

Where Agriculture Meets Healthcare | Paul Lee

24

Inside PERC and Virtual Fencing | Katie Doyle

25

Policy’s Role in a Secure and Affordable Food System | Mickey Paggi

26

Conservation as a Mindset | Josh Ifft

27

The Food Assistance Landscape | Charlotte Ambrozek

28

Conservation Policy: How did we get here? | Jonathan Coppess

29

When Politics Meets Economics | Brad Lubben, Joe Glauber, Mark Edelman, and Eric Atkinson's

30

A Discussion with K-State Economists and the Regenerative Agriculture Program | Nathan Hendricks and Nicholas Detter

31

Storytelling is Policy Power | Michael Torrey

32

The Pat and Dan Show 2.0: Relationships Behind Decades of Agricultural Policy | Pat Roberts & Dan Glickman

33

Feeding the Future: Student Voices on Nutrition and SNAP | Andrew Lee, Carson Rudd, and Aaron Munoz

34

The LCFS and American Agriculture | Andrew Swanson

35

Farm Financial Management and AD Hoc Payments | Shelby Varner & Brady Brewer

36

Behind the Healthcare Curtain | Alex Hollingsworth

37

CRP On The Move: How Grassland Expansion Turned 1/3 of Acres into Grazing Lands | Zach Ducheneaux

38

Meeting Farmers Where They Are | Greg Mruk

39

Data at the Core: How Policy, Markets, and Technology Shape Agricultural Statistics | Mark Schleusener

40

Competition in Agriculture: Why It Matters and How Policy Shapes It | Dr. Jim McDonald

41

Policy and Pesticides: How Products Reach Farmers | Kimberly Nesci

42

A Familiar Season: Large Harvests Amid Lean Years | Dr. Carl Zulauf

43

When Food Becomes Medicine: Exploring the Food–Health Connection | Dr. Thea Sakata

44

Ag Productivity and Policy in a Hungry World | Rich Sexton

45

MAHA, Health, and the Direction of Farm Policy | Ray Starling

46

Public Perceptions and Policy: The Ripple Effect Beyond the Farm | Dr. Maria Kalaitzandonakes

47

Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Real Solution or Just Hype? | Matt Gammons

48

Why Can't the Seemingly Popular E15 Policy Be Passed? | Dallas Gerber

49

Is Data the Unsung Hero of the Market & the Realities of Forecasting | Chad Kuethe & Todd Fiechter

50

What Is Financial Regulation & Should I Care? | Ty Kreitman

51

How Kansas Farm Management Association Supports Farmers in Managing Ag Policy

52

Behind the Scenes of Ag Policy Decision Making | Pat Roberts

53

S1 E1: How Ag Policy Relates to the Family Farm | Kendall Peterson