Underdog Ag

By: Kerry Hoffschneider
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  • We're having a heart to heart with the countryside, let's talk.
    Hosted by Kerry Hoffschneider
    Copyright Kerry Hoffschneider
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  • Breaking Generational Cycles w/ the Heine Sisters - Kerry & Jenny

    Breaking Generational Cycles w/ the Heine Sisters - Kerry & Jenny
    Nov 19 2024
    This Underdog Ag Podcast features sisters, “the Heine girls.” Known in their formative years as Jenny and Kerry Heine, we will discuss life growing up in the 1970s, 80s, and early 90s on a York County, Neb. farm. You may be surprised by this interview. You might cry. We hope you laugh. Mostly we hope you too can find healing and move on from what you need to as well.

    Jenny has a long list of experiences:

    While serving as a very talented farm hand at the “Heine Circus,” Jenny drove a tractor at age eight, and was doing field work at 12 years old. She was doing whatever was asked on the farm, and did it well.

    She balanced teenage jobs in food service at Dairy Queen and Hardee’s.

    Sun Theatre in York was also a high school position.

    Jenny also served as a circulation manager and more at two newspapers.

    She was a much-loved teacher for 12 years.

    Today, Jenny helps people with disabilities understand and navigate Social Security, as well as state and federal benefits systems.

    Jenny and her husband Casey Mentink love their grandchildren and are full of life. Jenny especially is proud of her daughter, BreeAnna Hoff, her husband Kyle, and their beautiful daughter, Evangeline (sweet Evie).

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    HOST: Kerry Hoffschneider

    GUEST: Jenny (Kerry's Sister)

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    CREDITS:
    Mitchell Roush, Producer
    Bibi Luevano, Cover Art
    Purple Planet Music, Theme
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Faith, Renewal, & Water - Kylen Hunt

    Faith, Renewal, & Water - Kylen Hunt
    Oct 29 2024
    “Living Water,” we’re all living because of it. Kylen Hunt has a story of self-discovery and faith. The center of that story is the incredible, divine element that is the foundation of all life, “living water.” You will be surprised by some of the twists and turns in his testimonial. Surprised, and filled with, HOPE.

    About Kylen Hunt:

    Kylen’s background in Precision Agriculture began as a teenager working with his grandfather in the fields of Central Nebraska. He was taught to love the land and respect its natural resources.

    It wasn't until 2001, that Kylen began his career in Precision Agriculture. While operating a local farm service business and working alongside local farmers, he became intrigued by auto steer and variable rate technology. This caused him to sell his business and transition into a Precision Ag Operator role for a local Cooperative.

    By the mid-2000s, Kylen began to see several issues developing within the precision industry. Learning how important data analytics would become in the future, he began to focus a considerable amount of time on the subject.

    Through personal research and study, Kylen learned that 87% of the time, water management was the cause for yield variability, crop production limitations, and even consistent profit management. Through this process of learning, Kylen developed a passion for data analytics and data interpretation on irrigated acres.

    Today, Kylen has the privilege of working alongside industry partners, and farmers, to help them fully adopt real-time and predictive water management. He’s learned his real gifts and talents are not in the technology or analytics, but in helping industry leaders and producers fully adopt precision technology along with annual and real-time data analytics.

    Kylen lives in Corning, Iowa with his wife Rebecca, his biggest fan for 31 years. They travel together and look forward to investing time in their four grandchildren.

    Kylen is also a DISC Certified Personality and Behavioral Trainer and Consultant as well as a certified speaker, trainer, and business coach with the John Maxwell Team.

    In his "spare time," Kylen engages in leadership, public speaking, and business training events, where he challenges individuals to seek truth, gain wisdom, and serve others. A formula he has found to be very successful in both his personal and business life.

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    HOST: Kerry Hoffschneider

    GUEST: Kylen Hunt

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    CREDITS:
    Mitchell Roush, Producer
    Bibi Luevano, Cover Art
    Purple Planet Music, Theme
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    51 mins
  • Farming for Life - Gail Fuller

    Farming for Life - Gail Fuller
    Sep 25 2024
    This Underdog Ag Podcast features my friend Gail Fuller of Circle 7 Farms near Severy, Kan.

    Gail Fuller grew up just north of Emporia, Kan. on the Neosho River.

    "The inner child in me had known all my life that we were farming wrong.
    But it took me from 1979 to 2003 to really start to question things."

    Fuller was always a hardworking farmer, dedicated to his tasks. In 2000, he was farming 3,200 acres of Roundup Ready® corn and soybeans.

    "I was the fourth largest farmer in my county. But I came to know a change was needed."

    "All farmers, I think in some fashion, grow up with a conservationist mindset," he said. "There was the little creek behind my parents' house where we would look for raccoon tracks, you know, all of those things farm kids do. And with those experiences, grew my affection for the trees, wildlife, and all those things."

    "But then, when I became a farmer, suddenly we needed insecticides and those insecticides could kill some of the birds and insects too, but there I was needing to make money and grow corn to ‘feed the world,’” Fuller admitted. "The government had a big role to play in this mindset change. They quit talking about farmers as producers of food and changed the language from food to commodities. I think that language desensitized us into using all the chemicals."

    Gail and Lynette are bringing senses and common sense alive in their many pursuits. Join them Oct. 3-4 at Fuller Field School for a life-changing conversation with Dr. Nasha Winters, who found a path to recovery from cancer by focusing on a new mindset about healing and a life’s mission fueled by the soil. Learn about the event and register here: www.fullerfieldschool.com

    Read Gail’s full story in “Hope Stories for the Heartland.” You can find the order link here: www.grazemastergroup.com/hope-stories

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    HOST: Kerry Hoffschneider

    GUEST: Gail Fuller - www.fullerfieldschool.com

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    CREDITS:
    Mitchell Roush, Producer
    Bibi Luevano, Cover Art
    Purple Planet Music, Theme
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    37 mins

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