Feedstuffs in Focus

16:18

Satellite crop intelligence

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/10/09

Billions of dollars swing on a few key questions: How big is the crop, where is it thriving, and where is it under stress right now? We sit down with Gabby Nizri and David Shoaf of SatYield to unpack how satellite crop monitoring is changing commodity market intelligence for corn, soybeans, wheat, and more and why timing can matter as much as accuracy. We talk about what SatYield actually delivers: independent crop and physical supply intelligence built from satellite imagery, weather and so...

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11:01

Dairy policy flashpoints include labor, trade,...

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/10/02

Dairy policy can feel like Washington noise until it hits the farm gate. From the World Dairy Expo, we sit down with Gregg Doud, CEO and president of the National Milk Producers Federation, to name the pressure points dairy producers are facing and what could realistically change in 2026 and 2027. We start with immigration reform and the uncomfortable truth dairy lives with every day: the work is year-round, but U.S. immigration policy has not kept up. Doud explains why H-2A does not fit dai...

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11:01

National Pork Board turns producer priorities into...

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/09/24

Producer dollars power the pork checkoff, so the big question is simple: how do we make sure those dollars solve real problems on real farms? We dig into the National Pork Board’s producer-led advisory committee model and why the shift to “advice only” is meant to tighten focus, improve accountability, and keep decisions grounded in daily barn realities. Jamie Burr, Chief Sustainability Officer, and Chad Herring, a NPB board member and advisory committee chair, walk us through the We Care ad...

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12:51

The regen ag learning curve

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/09/18

Regenerative agriculture sounds simple until you’re the one changing practices, sharing field data, and taking the risk on yield and cost. We sit down with Paul Scheetz, Director of Regenerative Agriculture at ADM, to get specific about what they’ve learned since launching regenerative ag efforts and why the hardest part is often not the agronomy, but the trust. Farmers routinely ask, “Why do you want this data?” and we break down how that concern gets answered in real life through incentives...

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19:50

Business reality behind today's beef headlines

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/08/27

The U.S. cattle industry can handle a lot, but the New World screwworm situation has forced hard, practical decisions across the supply chain, especially in Texas feedyard country. Our Clint Peck sits down with Laphe LaRoe, Chairman of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, to get a clear-eyed look at what’s actually happening as the border reopens to Mexican feeder cattle and why the return to “normal” volumes may be slower than many expect. We talk through the business reality behind today’...

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20:49

Supply chain collaboration to drive regenerative...

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/08/07

Four organizations can sit in the same supply chain and still act like they live on different planets. We wanted to see what changes when they stop acting alone. Sarah Muirhead talks with Paul Scheetz, Director of Regenerative Agriculture at ADM, about a new collaboration with General Mills and Walmart designed to accelerate regenerative agriculture on 40,000 wheat acres across Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri. We dig into why this cross-industry partnership matters for scaling regenerative f...

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27:40

What's the real cost of the U.S.-Mexico border shutdown

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/07/22

A border closure can feel like a single policy switch, but the beef industry experiences it like a chain reaction. We sit down with Alvaro Bustillos, cattle rancher and founding partner of Vaquero Trading LLC, and president of the Chihuahua Cattlemen’s Association, to unpack what happens when the U.S.-Mexico feeder cattle trade stops moving, why the shutdown tied to New World Screwworm keeps returning, and how the economic shock spreads from ranches to feedlots to packing plants. If you care ...

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7:18

Setting the agenda for better swine health

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/07/10

Endemic disease already steals margins, but a foreign animal disease outbreak could rewrite the rules overnight. From the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, we sit down with Marisa Rotolo, Director of Swine Health for the National Pork Board, and pork producer Paul Ayers to explain why the industry is building a National Swine Health Strategy and why it starts with one simple idea: let producers define the real problems and the practical fixes. Our Ann Hess digs into what we keep hearing across ...

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13:59

Agribusiness under pressure

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/06/11

Margin pressure in agriculture is not a headline, it is a daily operating constraint. When diesel swings, fertilizer tightens, and geopolitics disrupts supply chains, agribusiness leaders have to make decisions fast, often without the ability to simply raise prices and move on. Host Sarah Muirhead sits down with Jim Clark of Granite Creek Capital Partners to map the biggest challenges to growth in agribusiness in 2026 and the real-world choices operators face when input costs surge. They dig...

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9:52

New World screwworm alert

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/06/05

A parasite the US eliminated decades ago is back on the radar, and the clock starts the moment someone notices a “not quite right” wound. We sit down with Dr. Patrick Webb, Assistant Chief Veterinarian with the National Pork Board, to unpack what a confirmed New World screwworm case in southern Texas signals for pork producers and the wider livestock industry, and why early reporting beats waiting for certainty every time. We walk through how a suspected case typically moves from farm observ...

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13:16

Simplifying Meat Industry Reporting

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/05/29

An excessive number of questions can turn “reporting” into a full-time job. So what happens when an industry decides to cut the noise and keep only what actually drives improvement? Sarah Muirhead sits down with Kristi Block, lead for the Meat Institute’s reporting strategy, to unpack the newly updated Meat Institute Reporting framework and what it means for packers, processors, and the wider meat and poultry supply chain. We walk through how the framework started as a proactive way to gathe...

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8:06

Right bug, right drug, right time

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/05/13

Antibiotics can save pigs and protect performance, but only when we stop treating “a problem” and start treating the right pathogen at the right moment. We sit down with Dr. Megan Hindman, swine technical consultant with Elanco Animal Health, to break down what smart antibiotic use actually looks like on farm and why so many disappointing outcomes trace back to one issue: mismatch. Wrong bug, wrong drug, wrong time. We walk through the real-world decision tree producers face, starting with d...

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10:56

Layer immune health control programs go beyond single...

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/04/30

Immune health is one of those topics everyone agrees matters, yet it’s easy to oversimplify until a flock starts slipping in ways you can’t explain. We’re joined by William Stanley, senior key account veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim, to get practical about what “strong immunity” really means for layer flock health and day to day decision making on farms. We start with what Stanley calls the immune health triad (also known as the disease triad): the host bird, the pathogen and the envi...

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17:52

Smart bets in uncertain ag markets

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/04/24

Uncertainty in agriculture is hitting differently right now, not because we have never dealt with risk, but because so many forces are moving at the same time. Commodity price volatility, stubborn input costs, geopolitical shocks, tighter regulation, and fast-changing farm technology are stacking up and making it harder to know what to do next. So we sit down with Emily Sword, Vice President at Inspire, to get practical about how farms and agribusiness leaders can plan without pretending the ...

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13:45

Ceasefire does little to ease fertilizer market woes

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/04/09

A ceasefire can change the mood overnight, but it cannot instantly move ships, lower insurance, or restore trust in a trade lane that suddenly feels risky. We sit down with Chris Vlachopoulos, fertilizer specialist and senior editor at ICIS, to unpack what the U.S. and Iran two-week ceasefire really means for the fertilizer market and for anyone watching input costs ahead of planting season. We dig into the disconnect between improved sentiment and stubborn reality: reports of no inbou...

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16:38

AI for early poultry disease detection

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/03/27

In a poultry barn, disease does not wait for the next walk-through. We sit down with Dr. Guoming Li of the University of Georgia to talk about a practical question every grower and integrator faces: how do you catch health problems early enough to protect animal welfare, reduce losses, and safeguard food safety when time and labor are limited? We explore precision poultry farming tools that turn everyday signals into early warnings. Dr. Li breaks down how thermography and machine learning ca...

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11:02

Is your message clear and understood or just loud?

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/03/18

A lot of farm problems look like “people problems” until you zoom in and see what’s really happening: unclear expectations, mismatched communication styles, and feedback that never gets said out loud. We sit down with Dr. Brent Sexton of Suidae Health and Production to talk about communication on farm and why it stays challenging even when we’re always on our phones, computers, and email. From quick instructions in the barn to high-stakes decisions in livestock production, the message you sen...

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11:58

Early-life respiratory disease shapes dairy-beef...

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/03/13

BRD doesn’t always announce itself with a dramatic crash in gain. Sometimes it shows up months later where nobody expects it: on the rail, as lower marbling and a worse carcass grade. That’s the unsettling thread we pull on with Dr. Melissa Cantor of Pennsylvania State University, as we unpack what early-life respiratory disease means for beef on dairy, beef, and crossbred calves. We start where lifetime health really begins: colostrum management. Dr. Cantor explains how immunoglobulin...

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15:49

Inside the feed supply chain: How nutrient shortages...

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/02/18

The proper nutrients can make a big difference but what happens when they aren't available or are priced out of the diet formulation? We sit down with IFEEDER’s Laura Moody and Dr. Yuan-Tia Hong to unpack new species-level reports that reveal how disruptions in feed-grade vitamins and amino acids ripple through broilers, layers, turkeys, and swine operations. The conversation connects precise on-farm impacts—like average daily gain cut in half when lysine runs short and broiler meat yie...

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31:49

Akralos to deliver advanced feed and nutrition solutions

Feedstuffs in Focus ·

2026/02/06

Akralos Animal Nutrition, a new North American animal feed and nutrition company, officially launched Feb. 1. Formed through a joint venture between global agriculture leaders ADM and Alltech, Akralos combines Alltech’s U.S.-based Hubbard Feeds and Canada-based Masterfeeds businesses with ADM’s U.S. feed operations. Operating an extensive network of more than 40 feed mills across North America and supported by more than 1,400 team members, Akralos delivers reliable, high-quality feeds, minera...

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