All Episodes

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

Navigating Cattle Prices & Trucking Hurdles 50 Episodes Later

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

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

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

Leadership, Failure & Faith with Adam Steen

Trucking Stories & Racy Escapades

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter Truck Prep, Debt Strategy, & Measured Risk

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

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

Trucking Truths: Ownership, Paychecks & Unwritten Rules

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

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

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

Conservation, Cattle, and Confidence with Ashley Brincks

Are Handshake Deals in Agriculture Over?

Wedding Countdown Meets Fall Run

Got Milk? Heiman Farm Brings Raw Milk to Iowa

Cows, Chaos, and Rural Summer Stories

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

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

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

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

Cattle Markets, Cheap Corn and Life Lately

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Will Epperly: From Rural Roots to World Champion Auctioneer

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stories with Smoke: The Road to Resilience

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

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