Farm Tales Unplugged - Daily Farm Brief
A fast, funny, no-nonsense daily podcast for farmers, ranchers, truckers, growers, equipment operators and everyone connected to agriculture.
Each episode delivers fresh farm news, commodity and futures updates, harvest and planting progress, trucking and freight developments, ag technology, dairy and livestock updates, seasonal weather impacts, and the stories shaping rural America.
We also mix in This Day in History, the Farmer’s Almanac Corner, unusual stories in You Don’t Hear That Every Day, a Farm Fact of the Day, and short jokes for both farmers and truckers.
The goal is simple: useful information, current agriculture news and a little humor — without turning your morning into a 45-minute lecture.
Whether you’re in the tractor, the truck, the barn, the shop or headed down the highway before sunrise, Farm Tales Unplugged gives you a quick daily look at what matters across farming, freight and the food supply chain.
Presented by World TradeX — The Future of Food.
Farm Tales Unplugged - Daily Farm Brief
Latest Episodes
Fertilizer Prices Rise, Dairy Co-op Concerns & Strawberry Plant Armor | Daily Farm Brief
Fertilizer costs are climbing, dairy farmers face questions about cooperative consolidation, and new “Plant Armor” technology more than tripled strawberry yields in field trials. Rick Portanova breaks down what these developments mean for agric...
Egg Prices Crash, U.S. Sugar Growers Struggle & Farm Drones Go Autonomous | Daily Farm Brief
Egg prices are plunging as U.S. production rebounds, American sugar growers face drought, pests and rising imports, and the newest agricultural drones can spray, refill and return to work almost entirely on their own. Rick Portanova covers the ...
China Farm Tariffs, Soybeans, Beef Labor & Harvest Progress | Daily Farm Brief – Sept. 29, 2026
China is cutting tariffs on a broad range of U.S. agricultural products — but American soybeans are being left out. On today’s Farm Tales Unplugged — Daily Farm Brief, Rick Portanova breaks down what the latest U.S.-China agriculture tra...
Fresh Farm News, Ag Tech & the Week Ahead | Daily Farm Brief – Sept. 28, 2026
Start your Monday with the latest from American agriculture on Farm Tales Unplugged — Daily Farm Brief.Rick Portanova breaks down the fresh farm stories worth knowing, what’s happening across the fields as harvest season moves for...
AI Crop Pest Detection, Virtual Fencing & Christmas Tree Prices | Daily Farm Brief
Artificial intelligence is learning to listen for crop pests, cattle are being managed by fences you can’t see, and America’s Christmas-tree growers are heading toward the 2026 holiday season with relatively stable wholesale prices.Rick...
