HeyJaredOhio Field Leader Podcast
The Ohio Field Leader Podcast is a production of the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean checkoff. Podcast host, Dusty Sonnenberg, visits with agricultural leaders and researchers to discuss soybean production, best management practices, precision agricultural technology and…
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Sep 15, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 15, 2026
Latest episodes
Episode 80, Grain Merchandising in Turbulent Times (opens the original)
Read excerpt
On this episode of the Field Leader podcast, Dusty is joined by Dwayne Wilson, Grain Merchandising Specialist at White Commercial Corporation. Dusty and Dwayne discuss the current grain markets and some of the changes that have impacted grain marketing over time. Dwayne explains the role that basis plays in marketing decisions. They also discuss using on-farm storage as a marketing tool and some of the current Geo-political events that are factoring into the current demand. To conclude, they loo
Episode 79, Ohio Soy Hometown Tour Review and FSR Preview (opens the original)
Read excerpt
On this episode, Dusty is joined by Brandon Kern, Deputy Executive Director and Senior Policy Director of the Ohio Soybean Association and Ohio Soybean Council as well as Julia Brown, Communications and Education Director and Mackenzie Joseph, Communications Manager for the Ohio Soybean Council. The Ohio Soybean Hometown Tour made three stops in August with an action-packed agenda. The team will review how each of those stops went and what some of the takeaway's were. They will also look ahead t
Episode 78, The 2026 Ohio Crop Tour (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The 2026 Ohio Crop Tour, Sponsored by Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Checkoff, was a four-day crop tour that covered roughly 37 counties across the Buckeye state. Tour participants scouted a corn and soybean field in each county and reported on the crop conditions, any weed, disease or insect pressure, and a yield estimate. This episode of the Field Leader Podcast is a combination of those reports from the field scouts and their commentary. In summary, the Corn yield estimates avera
Episode 77, Ralph Farms, growing crops and a family farm in Marion County (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The story is told that when Perry Ralph switched from horses and started using a tractor to farm, he tied lanterns on the front so he could see as it got dark and was able to farm later into the evening. From lanterns on a tractor to GPS guidance and a grain facility monitored with a cell phone, Ralph Farms has grown and changed with the times, including making time to serve the larger agricultural industry. In Episode 77, Dusty visits with Mike Ralph, a third generation family farmer in Marion
Episode 76, Soybean Disease Management with Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora and Dr. Taylor Dill (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The disease triangle is a tool pathologists use to explain the three factors that must coincide in a field for a disease to negatively impact a crop. They include a virulent pathogen, a suceptible host, and a favorable environment. From the time a soybean seed is planted until the crop is harvested, these three factors are on the mind of growers and pathologists alike as they monitor the crop. In Episode 76, Dusty visits with Dr. Horacio-Lopez Nicora, OSU Extension Plant Pathologist and Nematolo
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Not enough subject data for this period yet.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.