About this episode

Logan and Bobby discuss soybean planting, movie quotes, and major agriculture topics including equipment costs and imported beef.

In this episode of Talk Dirt To Me, Logan officially wraps up soybean planting, the earliest he's ever finished planting, and gives an update on how the crop is looking across West Tennessee. Bobby Lee talks about cutting hay, getting fertilizer spread, and how somehow spreading fertilizer managed to keep the rain away long enough to save his hay from getting ruined. The guys also break down their Top 5 Movie Quotes of All Time, featuring plenty of Arnold Schwarzenegger classics and some legendary one-liners from iconic movies. After that, the conversation shifts into some major agriculture topics. They discuss E15 fuel and whether using corn for ethanol is helping or hurting American agriculture, the debate over farm payments and subsidies, and whether farmers who structure operations to maximize payments can really say they don't want government support. They also dive into rising equipment cost per acre, what machinery expenses are doing to farmers across the country, and why lowering overhead may be one of the biggest keys to surviving in today's ag economy. Plus, they discuss imported beef and what bringing more foreign beef into the U.S. could mean for cattle producers and…

People in this episode

Host: Logan Hanks

Guest: Bobby Lee

Topics covered

• agriculture
• movie quotes
• E15 fuel
• farm payments
• equipment costs
• imported beef

Keywords

• soybean planting
• E15 fuel
• farm subsidies
• equipment costs
• imported beef
• Arnold quotes
• ag economy

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