AgWarriors

Connecting growers and showcasing the latest agriculture technologies are a focus for one of Brazil's largest cooperatives, Coopercitrus Rural Producers'. At the latest Coopercitrus Expo —  spanning many hectares of innovation — Chairman of the Board of Directors Matheus Marino shares with Jeremy Matuszewski how the cooperative supports farmers in Brazil and the similarities to agriculture in the United States. The event’s family-friendly atmosphere and excitement contribute to its continued success. Year after year, Coopercitrus welcomes members from across its operating area, connecting them with leading business opportunities, technologies and sustainability initiatives, establishing the expo as one of the most important agricul...

In 2008, Mike and Kim Burkhart’s son, Travis, was involved in a near-fatal auto accident. They share their experience and reflections from that time, along with the difficult journey that followed. Travis’s road to recovery was anything but easy, but his parents knew they wanted to help others facing similar challenges. That’s why they created the Travis Burkhart Foundation, dedicated to raising awareness about traumatic brain injury and supporting people in all medical conditions. 

Learn more about the Foundation: https://www.travisburkhartfoundation.com/.

In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Tim Young, of Young's Equipment. At only 18, Tim began working for Case, driving a tractor and cultivator 4,500 miles across Manitoba and Saskatchewan, demonstrating equipment to farmers. Tune in to hear the valuable life lessons he learned about human kindness, hard work, and being aware of one's surroundings. 


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Joe Gardiner, a third-generation farmer from Clearwater, Manitoba, about his transformative journey into regenerative agriculture and community building. Gain insights into how a small rural community thrives, the challenges of modern farming, and one farmer's passionate transition to more sustainable agricultural practices through cover cropping and soil health. The episode offers a personal, inspiring look at agricultural innovation and the importance of rural community connections.


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Tanner & Corey of the Farm4Profit Podcast about the struggles farmers are facing in today's economy, how to start a podcast and the people that have helped make the biggest difference along the way.  


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Kristen Phillips - Farmer, 4-H Member, MB AgDays General Manager - about her journey from Travelling the country as a competitive curler to running Canada's Biggest indoor Farm Show and saving lives along the way. 


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with The Farm Babe, an ex-Gucci employee turned international farm advocate, and discuss her journey around the world, finding love and putting on the world's first farm cruise. 


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with AgWarriors Producer and Co-Founder Tommy Ryman. The two discuss 2024's best episodes, successes and plans for 2025. 

Thank you for watching and listening to AgWarriors in 2024--we truly appreciate your support!


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Pat Scherman, one of the inventors of the ScherGain Drop Pan Solution System, father and long time farmer. They discuss Pats 50+ years of farming experience and his philosophy behind helping people and grain loss. 


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Vincent Pawluski: farmer and inventor of RC Farm Arm - a remote control system for tractors and machinery; to discuss Vince's early retirement and how it led him to starting RC Farm Arm. 


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Dan Aberhart of Aberhart Ag and discusses his journey to building an Ag Empire. 


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Bobby sits down with Ag Salesman, brother and much less handsome counterpart TJ Matuszewski to talk about life and the family business.

In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Logan Wemyss of Aricks Australia. They discuss Logan's rich past including competitive Shooting politics, Drill Rebuilding, and his time in the Australian army. 


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Steve Kastning the inventor of the Duck Foot Paddle Tines and discusses Steve's life journey. 


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with John Penning, a Californian Rice Farmer about what the current state of California Agriculture, Family Farms and the Future of North American Agriculture.


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In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski speaks with Cody Garrison of Apexx Drones about how Drone technology is going to change the future of Cover Crops and Spraying for farmers. 


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Bobby sits down with Ag Salesman Terry Wall for Thunderstruck Sales and Marketing to discuss his life before Thunderstruck. They talk past jobs, trade shows, and how he started in Ag Sales.

In this episode, Jeremy Matuszewski reconnects with longtime friend and business owner Valerie Froese. They dive into the early days of Thunderstruck, reflecting on its evolution and challenges. Valerie also shares how working with Jeremy has shaped her journey and influenced the growth of her business, Indigo Bookkeeping. Join them for a candid conversation filled with insights and memories.


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Bobby sits down with the Client Success Manager for Thunderstruck Sales and Marketing to discuss what his "thing" is. They talk past jobs, biggest losses and share laughs over who the scariest super villain client would be. 

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This week on the podcast, Jeremy Matuszewski is joined by Chris Beaudry, former assistant coach of the Humboldt hockey team. Chris offers a firsthand perspective on the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash, a tragic event that deeply affected the sports community. 


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Jeremy sits down with Jacob Smith, one of the inventors of the Spoked Gauge Wheel and current face of MudSmith, America's Gauge Wheel. Jeremy and Jacob talk farming, family and changing the farming game. 


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Jeremy and his son Bobby talk about what it's like to work together in Ag. This is episode 1 of the AgWarriors Internal Episodes - taking a look into the team behind AgWarriors.

This week on AgWarriors we take a very open and personal look into the battle of sobriety as Jeremy is joined by his good friends Terry Aberhart and Bryan Wrigley. No topic is off limits as the three of them share a very honest and vulnerable conversation giving us a look at the amazing changes it has made in their lives both personally and profesionally. A can't miss episode for our amazing listeners.

Life on the farm is never easy, we know that. Growing an Agricultural parts company from the ground up isn't easy either. Now imagine doing both of those while the business is a 100 yards way from the family home and raising a family on top of that all. In this episode of AgWarriors we brought on the matriarch of MudSmith Gauge Wheels, Dixie Smith to talk about just that.

Jacqui Wemyss along with her husband Colin are the owners of Aricks Australia. Aricks has been built from the ground up starting with Colin's love for innovation and agriculture along with the hard work of Jacqui and the rest of the Aricks Crew bringing high end, quality no-till seeding parts to market in Australia and the rest of the world.

Robert Saik has forty years of experience as a Professional Agrologist, entrepreneur and an international consultant who's worked with a wide variety of agriculturalists and currently the CEO and Founder of AGvisorPro. He was also named one of Canada's 50 most influential people in Ag.

This week on Ag Warriors we are joined by Robert Ruwaldt. Robert let us in on what its like farming in Australia, the challenges they face in the agricultural world and what led him to life full of innovation.

Kinan Meyer is a young Australian farmer with a passion for all things in the agricultural world. He joins us on Ag Warriors this week as we discuss some of the differences and similatrities of farming in Australia vs North America.

Gina is the sales and marketing coordinator for Highline Manufacturing. She has a great story to tell us and a wealth of knowledge to share in the marketing world of agriculture.

This week on Ag Warriors we are joiined by Steve Martin owner of Martin-Till. Steve talks about his humble upbringing on the family tabacco farm and how his love for innovation has lead to Martin-Till becoming a stand out in agricultural world.

John Kowalchuk is a Canadian farmer and social media influencer who uses his platform to promote positivity and community on his socials. John joins us this week to talk the changes in the agricultural world during his time, his love for being part of farmshows and how he ended up becoming an agricultural influencer.


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Emily Sharkey is the executive producer of the Shark Farmer Sirius XM Radio and wife extraordinaire to SharkFarmer. Emily has dedicated her adult life to being a mother, wife and business woman - she sat down with us to talk about her journey from homeschool principal to Executive producer of one of the top Ag Podcasts in the world.

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Benjamin Omet sat down with us to discuss his origins and path from student in France to business owner in the USA.

Benjamin Omet and his wife Elizabeth Omet, run Protexia, a company that provides "The Best Farm & Ranch Supplies both sides of the Mississippi". Their products and customer service is truly unmatched and it was a pleasure to have an opportunity to sit down with a friend and chat.

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The financial difficulties of the 1980s forced Marion to find more efficient and profitable ways of farming in order to stay in business. In 1985, Marion founded Calmer Agronomic Research Center, an independent, self-funded research center, with the goal of finding ways to reduce input costs and increase profitability for himself and other farmers. After a visit to then-world-record-holder Herman Warsaw’s farm in 1985, Marion became interested in narrow row corn due to the potential yield increase and input cost reduction. He would go on to build the world’s first 15-inch corn head in 1994, the world’s first 12-inch corn head i...

Kevin Berg sat down to talk with us about how he went from small California garage startup to Top 10 manufacturer in South Dakota.

First Manufacturing began part time in January 2003, in Rocklin, California, with a manual mill and a manual lathe. In October of 2003, the business moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and began expanding its machining capability. From May 2004 through the present, capital equipment has been added to increase productivity and efficiency, and expand capability. First Manufacturing became a full-time venture in August of 2006. Now, with a full staff of machinists and operators and a wide range...

Rob Sharkey is a risk taker and out-of-the-box thinker. Better known by his digital alias, The SharkFarmer, Rob is an Illinois grain farmer, owner of a whitetail deer hunting outfitter, podcast & radio show host, and host of multiple TV shows on RFD-TV and PBS.

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Eric Jenkins sits down with us to talk about the process of going from being a college drop-out to creating an internationally renowned brand.

When it was Eric’s turn, he headed to NDSU, but after 5 days he determined that school wasn’t for him, so he packed up and headed back home and started working with Marty in the shop on the family yard.Being from Minnesota, a number of people were in the market for Snow Bucket attachments for their skid steers. Eric figured he could do that, so he got to work welding hand-cut attachments. When...

Farmer Grayce and Popcorn Farmer (Gavin Spoor) joined us at Farm Progress to talk about their very different journeys to becoming full time farmers.


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Veteran, Hunter, Business Owner, Sales Manager, All-State Chorus & much more; Jake Jass is a truly special individual. Jake sat down with us to tell his story and shed some light on his journey from Iraq Veteran to Leading the charge on pushing Ag Innovation.

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Mehrdad Bagherzamani the inventor of Prairie Grain Analyzers sat down to talk about School vs. Entrepreneurship and following your dreams.

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