Discover Toyota's Growing Tomatoes, MAHAs Glyphosate Win & Kentucky Derby History Was Made

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This episode covers Toyota's entry into agriculture, updates on the Farm Bill and glyphosate, and a discussion on changing country bar culture, featuring an interview with Zach Lawless of Hyer Boots.

Ep 259 | Toyota is now farming? Add in a major Farm Bill update and a Kentucky Derby history-making win, and it's been quite the week in ag. On this week's episode of Discover Ag , Natalie and Tara cover Toyota's surprising jump into agriculture, the amendment that's shaking up the glyphosate fight, and why country bars don't feel like country bars anymore. Zach Lawless, CEO of Hyer Boots and the great-great-grandson of the man credited with inventing the cowboy boot in 1875, also joins the show to share the brand's incredible history and the exciting new chapter they're writing today. What We Discovered This Week 🤠 🪩 The Farm Bill's massive glyphosate fight 🪩 History was made at the Kentucky Derby 🪩 Country bar culture has changed (and Tara has thoughts) 🪩 Toyota is growing fruit in their factories CHAPTERS: (00:00) Introduction (01:39) The Farm Bill + Bayer (17:50) Cherie DeVaux Makes History (27:20) Country Bars (39:29) Toyota's Farm Lab (48:33) Hyer Boots Interview with Zach Lawless 🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher —…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tara Vander Dussen, Natalie Kovarik

Guest: Zach Lawless

Topics covered

• agriculture
• glyphosate
• Kentucky Derby
• Toyota farming
• country bar culture
• Farm Bill

Keywords

• Toyota
• glyphosate
• Kentucky Derby
• Hyer Boots
• Farm Bill
• country bars
• agriculture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Toyota, Bayer

Books & works: Discover Ag

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