• Deep in the Kernel: Episode 4
    Sep 2 2025

    In this episode Rich and Brandon are joined by Michael Weidner, Scott Stoller, and Matt Weaver.

    We discuss

    Marketing with the 2025-2026 cropDroughts in the Midwest & hedging against them
    What to do without storage bins & huge facilities
    - Bags & baggers
    Crop insurance
    Big Beautiful Bill / Government Subsidies / Prepping for claims
    Michael Weidner is the GROW Grain Lead for Landus. He has experience consulting individual farm operations, developing tailored marketing plans, educating growers on hedge strategies, and originating grain across Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. He possesses crop insurance licenses in Illinois and Indiana while also holding Series 3 and 30 licenses. Michael graduated from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois with Management & Marketing degrees in 2014 and played four years for the nationally ranked football team. His passion lies in simplifying decision making for farmers with a distinct focus on profitability, historical probability, cash flow needs, and local cash markets all of which drive execution, deliver ROI, and remove emotion


    Scott Stoller is a Grain Merchandiser and Originator for Lanuds. He has spent over 25 years in the grain business in variety of Midwest states, but namely Illinois and Indiana. Growing up in Central Illinois on a grain and livestock farm, Scott saw first hand the implications of risk management after the 1988 drought and the flood of 1993. After graduating from Illinois State University, he worked for ADM in the eastern cornbelt, lastly selling Non-GMO soybeans off of export of Baltimore for tofu and miso. After leading growth at a country elevator system in Northern Illinois for 10.5 years, Scott helped start an all off the farm, direct ship grain business in Illinois and Indiana thru AgPerspective. By 2021, he purchased the grain business from AgPerspective and rebranded as Stoller Grain Solutions. In 2023, Scott sold his grain business to Landus and became a full time Landus employee. He has been married to his wife of 24 years, Aimee, and has two college aged daughters, Kyra and Kate.



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    31 mins
  • Deep in the Kernel : Episode 3
    May 28 2025

    Join Rich Mort and Brandon Shreves from Modern Ag Solutions as they talk with Sean Nettleton from BW Fusion and Travis Burnette from Becks Seeds as they discuss crops and planting progress so far this spring.

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    51 mins
  • Deep In The Kernel: Episode #2
    Apr 7 2025

    For our second episode, Rich and Brandon are joined with Devin Baker and Bodie Kitchel, with BW Fusion. We discuss a lot for this episode, ranging from planting in March, to the chemistry behind BW Fusion.

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Deep in the Kernel: Episode #1
    Feb 21 2025

    In our very first episode, Rich and Brandon are joined by Craig Benedict, with Reynolds Farm Equipment, to discuss the importance of equipment maintenance and future innovations of farming equipment.

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    1 hr and 4 mins