Josh Snodgrass: Finding the Fun in the Chaos
Josh Snodgrass is a farmer in Crosby County. We talked about how he got started farming, the goals that he has for his operation, and daily...
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Farming on Mars
This is Farming on Mars, a podcast that tells the stories of agriculture on the South Plains of Texas. // As someone who grew up on a cotton farm in the world's largest contiguous cotton pro...
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Melba Ware: Go West
Melba Ware moved to Cone, TX with her parents and siblings (one of them being my dad's dad) in 1920. She recounts moving to the plains,...
Chaney Light: Be In It For the Long Haul
Chaney Light is a farmer in Lubbock, Hale, and Floyd County. We talked about why he loves farming dryland cotton, farming on his own at such...
Katy Jane Seaton: Bringing Something to Fruition
Katy Jane Seaton owns Farmhouse Vineyards in Meadow, TX, along with her husband and his sister and their brother-in-law. We talked about how...
Greg Mattocks: Enjoy What Each Day Brings
Greg Mattocks is the owner of Crosby Co. Pump & Machine in Crosbyton, TX. We talked about how he got into the pump business, making recommen...
Dusty Cornelius: Entrepreneur Extraordinaire
Dusty Cornelius has a diversified operation in Crosby County. He owns a drip irrigation business, farms, and is a partner in Blanco Gin, amo...
Luis Sanchez: As the Gin Turns
Luis Sanchez is the Owens Coop Gin Superintendent and a farmer in the Owens area. He talks about how he started out working for the gin, far...
Gary Evitt: Peaks and Valleys
Gary Evitt is a recently retired farmer from the Idalou area (Lubbock County). We talked about how he started using cover crops on his field...
Kevin Brinkley: Getting Plains Cotton to the Right People at the Right Time
Kevin Brinkley is the president and CEO of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA), which is a marketing cooperative based in Lubbock o...
Walt Norris: A Legacy of Pristine Fields
Walt Norris is a farmer in Crosby County. We talked about his farming operation, how rain influences his mood, the good and bad years from h...
Dr. Murilo Maeda: A Whole Different World
Dr. Murilo Maeda is the extension cotton specialist and assistant professor for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Lubbock. We talk...
Brady Raindl: It’s Our Cotton, We Should Wear It
Brady Raindl is a cotton trader for ECOM USA in Lubbock. He and his wife also own Cotton Row Clothier, which is a cotton-based apparel compa...
Jerry Cave: Home is Where the Sand Is
IMPORTANT NOTE: Interview recorded on August 22 Jerry Cave is a farmer from the Flower Grove-Ackerly area. He talks about coming back to the...
Sam Stanley: Think Differently
Sam Stanley is an entirely no-till cotton and corn farmer in the Levelland area (Hockley County). He talks about his decision to switch to a...
Dwight Roye: From the Golden Years to the Tech Years
Dwight Roye is a farmer in the Ralls area and along with his two sons, he is the co-owner/operator of Beta Ag, Inc., a custom application bu...
Dr. Peter Dotray: Keeping Mars Weed-Free
Dr. Peter Dotray is a professor of weed science at Texas Tech University and holds a joint appointment with Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Ex...
Jennifer Blackburn: The Ties That Bind
Jennifer Blackburn is the External Affairs Director for National Sorghum Producers and the Sorghum Check-Off. We talked about some of the in...
Emory Geye: It's More Than Just Farming
Emory Geye is a senior plant and soil science student at Texas Tech from Rising Star, where he and his family farm cotton and peanuts. He ta...
Janet Thornton: A New Crop Every Year
Janet Thornton is an education specialist for the Region 17 Education Service Center and has lived on the South Plains her entire life. We t...
Kody Bessent: Voice for the Plains
Kody Bessent, who is the vice president of operations and legislative affairs for Plains Cotton Growers, talks about being a voice for cotto...