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Join Joe Sampson and guests as we explore the intersection of agriculture, business and innovation. With nearly two decades of expertise in agricultural equipment and scaling businesses, this podcast delivers actionable insights, inspiring stories, and strategic advice to…
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One Awkward Conversation Could Change Your Life (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Germinate Podcast , Joe Sampson sits down with Lon Stroschein for a deeply personal conversation about career success, identity, purpose, and what happens when the life you’ve worked so hard to build no longer feels like the life you’re supposed to be living. Lon speaks directly to professionals who appear to have everything they once wanted. They have successful careers, financial stability, families, respected titles, and years of accomplishments behind them. Yet somewhe
From Microsoft to John Deere: Betting on an AgTech Idea (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Germinate Podcast , Joe Sampson sits down with Casey Niemann, founder of AgriSync and former Microsoft and John Deere leader, for a conversation about entrepreneurship, agricultural technology, customer experience, and what it really takes to build a company from the ground up. Casey’s story begins on a Kansas farm, takes him through a 15-year career at Microsoft, and eventually leads to his basement, where he took a leap of faith to build a technology company focused on s
Ag Done Different: Why Incremental Thinking is Holding Agriculture Back (opens the original)
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This episode is a recording of The Momentum Network Webinar, originally recorded on July 31, 2026, and has been repurposed for The Germinate Podcast . In this special episode of The Germinate Podcast , Joe Sampson and Jeremy Groeteke welcome Daniel Schultz, founder of Schultz Collaborative, for a conversation about challenging conventional thinking in agriculture and why the industry may need more than incremental improvements to move forward. Daniel introduces the idea behind “Ag Done Different
Rethinking Iowa Agriculture: Water, Farming & What’s Next (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Germinate Podcast , Joe Sampson sits down with Chris Jones, an Iowa scientist, author, and candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, for a wide-ranging conversation about water quality, the changing economics of farming, agricultural policy, and what the future of Iowa agriculture could look like. With a background in chemistry and contaminant hydrology, Chris has spent much of his career studying the relationship between agriculture and Iowa’s water systems. The conver
The Future of Farm Risk, Markets & Decision Making (opens the original)
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In this special episode of The Germinate Podcast , hosts Joe Sampson and Jeremy Groeteke welcome Drew Jensen, co-founder of Tredas, for a conversation focused on one of the biggest challenges facing agriculture today: managing risk in an increasingly unpredictable marketplace. As margins tighten and market volatility becomes the norm, the discussion explores how farmers can make more confident, coordinated decisions that strengthen their operations for the long term. Drawing on his experience in
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