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Engineering Your Farm

Engineering Your Farm

By: Field Agricultural Engineers
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 This podcast is produced and hosted by the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Field Agricultural Engineering Team. We are a group of agricultural engineers that work with farmers and agribusiness professionals to help improve the efficiency, profitability, and environmental outcomes on farms. This podcast will feature information and interviews with ISU Extension field ag engineers and others with expertise in engineering and environmental issues in agriculture. We will cover a variety of topics including grain drying, handling and storage issues, livestock facility design and ventilation, soil and water management, manure management, machinery management, composting, farm safety, and more. We will also discuss solutions to common problems with homes and farmsteads, including energy efficiency improvements, indoor air quality, and well water quality. You can find our episodes on many of your favorite podcast players. Please subscribe to the Engineering Your Farm podcast and stay tuned for new episodes. Email us at engineeryourfarm@gmail.com with comments and suggestions and follow us on Twitter @IAFieldAgEngrs© 2024 Engineering Your Farm Science
Episodes
  • Swine Barn Winter Readiness

    Swine Barn Winter Readiness
    Dec 10 2024

    Tony Mensing and Brett Ramirez discuss the importance of preparing swine barns for winter. Key steps include ensuring equipment functionality, particularly fans and heaters, and maintaining a tight barn to prevent air leaks. Regular maintenance and checks are essential for effective winter ventilation.

    Winter Ventilation Checklist AE 3553B
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    22 mins
  • Challenges During Soybean Harvest

    Challenges During Soybean Harvest
    Sep 25 2024

    In this episode of Engineering Your Farm, Tony Mensing discusses soybean harvest challenges with Dan Andersen. They discuss adjusting combine settings, measuring field and harvest losses, and ensuring the safe operation of equipment.

    Publications mentioned in the podcast are PM 573: Profitable Soybean Harvesting, PM 574: Profitable Corn Harvesting, and PM 1636: Soybean Harvesting and Drying.

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    20 mins
  • Biochar: A Multipurpose Tool for Improving Agricultural Sustainability

    Biochar: A Multipurpose Tool for Improving Agricultural Sustainability
    Mar 21 2023

    What is biochar and how can we use it to improve the sustainability of animal agriculture? In this episode we sit down with Carly Graves, a graduate research assistant in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering North Carolina State University.  Carly recently co-authored of a review paper evaluating the use of biochar to improve the sustainability of animal production and has also studied the use of engineered biochar as a poultry litter amendment. Listen in as we discuss agricultural applications for biochar and ways it can be used to improve agronomic and environmental outcomes. Access the review paper here. 
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    24 mins
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