Agri-Pulse Open Mic Interview

About Agri-Pulse Open Mic Interview

In-depth interviews with ag policy leaders. New episode every Sunday!

Publisher

www.agri-pulse.com

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jan 2000

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 685 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026

   Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Devin Mogler - NOPA

   This week's Open Mic guest is Devin Mogler, President and CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association. Current demand for renewable diesel as well as state and federal regulations calling for increased production have processing plants operating at capacity. Mogler says processors, including some energy companies, have invested over $7 billion dollars in new plants to meet current and expected demand. Soybeans dominate the industry, but he says additional crops with higher oil content are showing excellent potential.

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Dave Puglia - Western Growers Association

   This week's Open Mic guest is President and CEO of Western Growers Dave Puglia. Specialty crop producers are weighed down by high prices for crop inputs and labor, as well as an astronomical regulatory burden, underscoring the need for a broader national discussion about U.S. food production. Puglia says Canada and Mexico are important trading partners, but outlines changes needed to the USMCA trade accord. He also discusses specialty crop provisions in the pending farm bill and shares how his members are adopting robotics and other advanced technologies.

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   27 Sept 2026

   Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Kasey Cronquist - North American Blueberry Council

   This week's Open Mic guest is Kasey Cronquist, President of the North American Blueberry Council. The blueberry industry has a vision of blueberries as the world's favorite fruit that is consumed beyond breakfast. While it's a lofty goal, there is plenty of evidence that consumer demand for the healthy and tasty fruit is growing rapidly both domestically and globally. Even better blueberries are on the way, thanks to more research and breeding. He says trade is key to satisfying growing consumer demand and adding value.

Inside a recent episode

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Michael McAdams, President, Advanced Biofuels Association

Published 10 Nov 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But there's no question that at this point in time, advanced biofuels and biofuels writ large can we can grow that significantly from where we are today? And that seems to be the lowest cost strategy for carbon reduction and it's also the lowest cost in terms of people who have older cars who can't afford the electric vehicles to continue to do what they need to do to go to the grocery store and to do other things in their lives. So our association recognizes that we need in all of the above energy strategy that the electric vehicle has a role to play but it's probably going to take a little more time to get to where people wanted to go than originally thought. […]

Who has been a guest on Agri-Pulse Open Mic Interview

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Lisa Lazarus
• Shirley Bloomfield
• Jeff Rowe
• Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
• Andy LaVigne

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

57

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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