FP Next

About FP Next

Introducing FP Next – the latest offering from the award-winning team at Farm Progress. Co-hosts Curt Arens and Sarah McNaughton dive into all aspects of the agriculture industry from the field to the feedlot, and pasture to policy.

Publisher

Curt Arens, Sarah McNaughton

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Dec 2023

Latest episode

2 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

5 of 56 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   2 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How to unlock cover crops benefits for profits and soil

   Keith Berns, co-founder of Green Cover weighs in with practical advice to optimize cover crops on your farm. Episode links Link to Green Cover (https://greencover.com/) Listen to the Green Cover podcast (https://greencover.com/green-cover-podcast/) Cover crop secrets: Practical ways to overcome challenges (https://www.farmprogress.com/cover-crops/cover-crop-success-depends-on-clear-goals-proper-management-and-understanding-water-concerns) Check out cover crop demonstration plots at HHD (https://www.farmprogress.com/husker-harvest-days/cover-crop-plots-at-husker-harvest-days-showcase-soil-health-benefits) Contact Sarah (http://Sarah.McNaughton@farmprogress.com) Contact Curt (mailto:curtis.arens@farmprogress.com) Find video episodes of FP Next (mailto:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEE4E5kO4cAmQIdKQWGRbtGQpvXq-ltnu) Check out other episodes of FP Next, including From the Field (mailto:https://www.farmprogress.com/program/fp-next)

2. 

   4 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Will the “bird flu” impact holiday dinners this year?

   With the holidays right around the corner, Curt and Sarah dive into all things poultry, pork and biosecurity with The Farmer editor Kevin Schulz. Minnesota is the turkey production capital of the U.S. (and maybe more), and 600 farmers produce around 38 to 40 million birds annually. Episode Links Minnesota turkeys receive Presidential pardon in 2024 (https://www.eatturkey.org/meet-peach-blossom/#:~:text=After%20much%20anticipation%2C%20Peach%20and,that%20help%20feed%20the%20world) Kevin’s latest stories (https://www.farmprogress.com/author/kevin-schulz) Laser deterrent is latest tool against HPAI (https://www.farmprogress.com/management/laser-deterrent-is-latest-tool-against-hpai) Contact Sarah (https://www.farmprogress.com/author/sarah-mcnaughton) Contact Curt (https://www.farmprogress.com/author/curt-arens) Find video episodes of FP Next (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEE4E5kO4cAmQIdKQWGRbtGQpvXq-ltnu&si=88WhFsSI81ytCK6x) Other episodes of FP Next, including From the Field (https://www.farmprogress.com/program/fp-next)

3. 

   21 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ethanol surges corn prices, supercharges engines

   On this Deep Dive episode of FP Next, powered by John Deere, Curt and Sarah connect with Scott McPheeters of Gothenburg, Neb., where he shares all about his journey with ethanol on his farm. Episode links Scott’s From the Field episode (Video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8epTf033PRA) Nebraska Ethanol Board (https://ethanol.nebraska.gov/about/people/board-members.html) Contact Sarah (https://www.farmprogress.com/author/sarah-mcnaughton) Contact Curt (https://www.farmprogress.com/author/curt-arens) Other episodes of FP Next, including From the Field (https://www.farmprogress.com/program/fp-next)

Inside a recent episode

How to unlock cover crops benefits for profits and soil

Published 2 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And if we're only growing crops, you know, three, four months out of the year, what are they supposed to eat the rest of the year? You know, they, they, you know, you're going to severely hurt your populations. And so, we see cover crops as a way to not only increase, but to sustain long -term the biological communities of our soil. And we're going to learn a lot more about that over the next five, 10 years as DNA testing. And there's, there's, there's lots of good sensing and testing things that I see on the horizon that I think will fundamentally change how we look at the soil. And it will fundamentally change decisions that farmers make, because now we can see the biological effects at decisions that we're making have on the soil, whether they're good or bad. […]

Who has been a guest on FP Next

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

• Mitchell Hora
• Matt Jungmann
• Mike Pearson
• Gene Kowell
• Tom Bechman

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

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

Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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Does not typically book guests

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