Podcast Extra: Why Corn Is Dying Early with John Kempf & Brody Benton
In this Podcast Extra, Brody Benton of Six B and John Kempf, founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, dig into why plants are shutting down weeks before black layer, what top dieback is actually telling ...
24 Sep 1h 29min
Episode 189: Why Your Nitrogen Program Is Costing You 50 Bushels with Ed Baumgartner
Ed Baumgartner is a corn breeder and co-founder of Bass Hybrids in Olivia, Minnesota. His family has been in the seed corn business since the late 1930s, when his great uncles began producing hybrid s...
17 Sep 1h 43min
Episode 188: Eliminating Ground-Applied Urea with Mike Omeg
Mike Omeg is a fifth-generation farmer who grew up on a diverse family farm in Oregon, initially producing cherries, hay, cattle, apricots, apples, and wheat. Over time, he honed in on fresh cherry pr...
11 Sep 1h 19min
Podcast Extra: Building High-Efficiency Fertility Systems for Row Crops
Join us for a discussion led by Heather Poutre of Agronomy Diversified LLC, Jeff True of True Potential Ag Consulting, LLC, and John Kempf, founder of Advancing Eco Ag. With nitrogen management remain...
4 Sep 1h 17min
Episode 187: Clearing Nitrogen "Constipation" in High-Yield Corn with Brody Benton
Brody Benton is an agronomist and no-till farmer in Guthrie County, Iowa, specializing in continuous corn rotations and hoop-barn hog manure management . Brody works with growers in Iowa and the midw...
27 Aug 1h 14min
Episode 186: The Power of Precision Management and Multi-Species Covers with Mike Thompson
Mike Thompson is a fifth-generation farmer in West Texas who grew up in conventional "cotton-on-cotton" country. After leaving the farm for 16 years, he returned to face the region's harsh climate, ho...
13 Aug 52min
Podcast Extra: John Kempf on Soil Biophysics, Plant Immunity & Foliars on the Permaculture Orchard Podcast
In this Podcast Extra episode, John Kempf joins Stefan Sobkowiak and his son, Zach, on the Permaculture Orchard Podcast . During the course of the episode, they discuss John's background growing up o...
31 Jul 1h 44min
Podcast Extra: Ask Me Anything with John Kempf - July 10, 2026
In this Podcast Extra, Join John as he answers a wide range of grower-submitted questions covering challenges in agriculture. The discussion focuses on managing high summer leaf temperatures, optimizi...
23 Jul 1h 13min
