About this episode

The episode discusses the safety of glyphosate, the challenges facing American farmers, and the impact of urban sprawl and deer populations on agriculture.

Is glyphosate really safe? What happens if it's banned? Is modern American farming under attack? This week on Talk Dirt To Me, we're joined in studio by Tennessee State Representative Rusty Grills and Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council Executive Director Stefan Maupin for one of our most candid and hard-hitting conversations yet. We kick things off by tackling an issue that rarely makes headlines but is costing farmers millions every year: deer damage to crops. As urban sprawl continues to expand, exploding deer populations are creating a growing crisis for row crop farmers across Tennessee and the United States. Then we dive headfirst into the biggest controversy in agriculture today: glyphosate . We break down the recent Supreme Court ruling involving Bayer/Monsanto, what the decision actually means, and answer the questions everyone is asking: • Is glyphosate safe? • Could modern agriculture survive without glyphosate? • What would food prices and crop production look like if it were banned? • If glyphosate is outlawed, what's next? • Is the MAHA movement helping farmers or hurting them? We also discuss the growing divide between farmers and consumers, why it feels like…

People in this episode

Host: Logan Hanks

Guests: Rusty Grills, Stefan Maupin

Topics covered

• glyphosate safety
• American farming
• deer damage to crops
• MAHA movement
• agriculture controversy
• farmer-consumer divide

Keywords

• glyphosate
• American farming
• deer damage
• MAHA movement
• crop production
• food prices
• agriculture criticism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council, Bayer, Monsanto

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