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The Rural Dispatch — 59 episodes

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The Greiner Guide to Business, Family, Wellness & Everything in Between

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How to Build a Career Doing What You Love with Truck Show Joe

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Building a Career & Personal Brand in the Trucking Industry | Emily "Chrome Girl" Bonham

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More Money Doesn't Mean Easy Money: Inside Today's Trucking & Cattle Business

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From Quebec to Texas: Custom Building the American Dream

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A Business Built to Last: Lifetime Nut Covers & JR Schleuger's Legacy

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Beef Logistics, Trucking Policy & What's Changing in Agriculture

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Hope & Hardship in Agriculture: How Disappearing Family Farms Impact Every American

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Navigating Cattle Prices & Trucking Hurdles 50 Episodes Later

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Life Rolls On: Turning Adversity into Purpose for the Trucking Community

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Inside Iowa Agriculture: What the Secretary of Ag Wants You to Know

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How Livestock Haulers Get Started: First Load Stories & Lessons from the Road

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Leadership, Failure & Faith with Adam Steen

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Trucking Stories & Racy Escapades

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From Farm Kid to Full-Time Entrepreneur Building a Custom Business

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Using What You Know to Grow: How an Iowa Farm Family Built a Diversified Ag Business

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2025 Wins & Wrecks: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly from Our Year in the Trucking Business

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Record Keeping that Pays: How Better Data Leads to Smarter Decisions for Today's Cattle Producer

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Veal Calves, Market Pivots & Amish Barns — Lessons for Livestock Producers

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Trucking Safety Systems that Actually Work: How Small Fleets Can Improve the Bottom Line

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Winter Truck Prep, Debt Strategy, & Measured Risk

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Inside the Trucking & Cattle Industries: Real Numbers, Real Frustrations

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From Life on the Ranch to Life on the Road with Olivia Harms

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Trucking Truths: Ownership, Paychecks & Unwritten Rules

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Making Hay While the Sun's Shining: Marriage, Markets & Messy Desks

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From Hauling Livestock to Hauling a Bar: Trucking Meets Wedding Week

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Slow Busy Season in Trucking + a "Break" from Buying Cattle

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Conservation, Cattle, and Confidence with Ashley Brincks

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Are Handshake Deals in Agriculture Over?

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Wedding Countdown Meets Fall Run

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Got Milk? Heiman Farm Brings Raw Milk to Iowa

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Cows, Chaos, and Rural Summer Stories

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97 Years on the Farm: Maury Eickman on Iowa History, Hogs & Hard Work

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Livestock Trucking Meets Tech: Inside the Beef Hub App with Brandon Roering

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Building a Livestock Hauling Business & Passing the Torch: The Agar Transportation Story

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Reno Rundown: Western Video Market Insights & Real-Time Rancher Updates

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Cattle Markets, Cheap Corn and Life Lately

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A Small-Town Startup Story with the Nelsons: From No Shovel to Concrete Business

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Living Forward: A Farm Kid’s Story of Hope, Humor, and Holding On with Mark Handlos

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Hedging 101 for Cattle Feeders: Real World Risk Management with Zach Tindall

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From the Ground Up: How Justin Heiman Built a Thriving Cattle Operation from Scratch

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Dad Always Said... Lessons from Rural America's Hardest Workers

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Life, Love & Livestock: The Real Side of Rural Business and Marriage

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93 Years in the Cattle Business: Wisdom from a Lifelong Cattleman

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From Hauling Livestock to Car Lots: Howard Curry on Trucking, Business, and the Power of Good People

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From $300 to Owning Agar Transportation: Buying Blue Sky, Dispatching Through Slowdowns, and the Mental Load in Trucking

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Turning Iowa Farmland into Grass & Building a Seed Business from Scratch with James & Megan Holz

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Truckin' Through Trouble: Marty Wilken on Lot Lizards, Border Runs and Jail Time

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Small Steps, Big Impact: Josh Snyder on Nutrition, Movement & Community

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Will Epperly: From Rural Roots to World Champion Auctioneer

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Old-School Trucking Stories: Denny Kluver on 40+ Years of Hauling Livestock

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From Broke to Business Owners: Smoke Behrens and Mark Toms Unfiltered

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Master of Trades: Mark Toms on Trucking, Coyotes, and Hard Work

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Trucking Talk: Peterbilt vs. Kenworth, Wilson vs. Eby & the Current Cattle Market

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CDLs, ELDs, and Independent Trucking: Real Talk with Jeremy Behrens

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Cattle Feeding Realities: Cash Flows, Hedging & Passion with Jeff "Bug" Schroeder

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Stories with Smoke: The Road to Resilience

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From Corporate Hustle to Rural Roots: My Journey into Rural Business Life

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