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
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Episodes
  • 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
  • Managing Aeration With the Grain Aeration & Storage App

    Managing Aeration With the Grain Aeration & Storage App
    Feb 22 2023

    Variable weather conditions can make managing grain aeration challenging, but a tool for fine tuning aeration is now at your fingertips with the Grain Aeration & Storage App. Join us as we chat with Dr. Dirk Maier, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University, and developer of the app. We discuss different tools within the app and how they can make fine tuning aeration a 'breeze'. Download the app at the Google Play Store
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=argentina.gob.ar.inta.grainaeration&hl=en_US&gl=US
    or the Apple Store https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/grain-aeration-storage-app/id1612701884 
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    17 mins

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