Plow and Pencil

About Plow and Pencil

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field. –President Dwight D. Eisenhower A lot has changed in America since Ike’s presidency, including agriculture. Equipment, supply-chains, communication platforms – they’ve all evolved and adapted with the rise of technological advancements. Like Ike, HitchPin’s roots begin on a farm in Abilene, KS where the spirit of watching the original entrepreneurs – American farmers and ranchers – was planted in a young man watching his dad sell hay. As he, and their family farm grew, a belief was cultivated that one creates value by looking to solve problems for others. That conviction grew into an idea: the agriculture industry needed new technology to buy, sell, hire and find work. In 2019, founder Trevor McKeeman publicly launched HitchPin: the best digital marketplace for agriculture. HitchPin has been plowing new ground ever since, providing a platform at the fingertips of farmers and ranchers to securely, efficiently and easily transact – all from their computer or mobile device. And today’s consumers? It’s safe to say they’ve changed over the decades too. Growing in number and now generations-removed from production agriculture, they are truly curious about where their food comes from. It’s an incredible opportunity for agriculturalists to bring the cornfield to the consumer, and with the help of technology, it too is easier than ever. The Plow & Pencil podcast will paint a picture of American Agriculture today. It will tell the stories of the producers, the products, the policies and the platforms that provide feed and fuel to our nation and world.

Publisher

HitchPin

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Mar 2025

Latest episode

2 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

2 of 22 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   2 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Building Trust in Land & Legacy: Heck Real Estate + HitchPin

   Brian Pine of Heck Real Estate discusses his farming background and transition to agricultural real estate with Jess Smith from HitchPin, highlighting family legacy and technology's impact on the industry in this interview.

2. 

   18 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How Dan Rasure is Building a Business from the Ground Up—Literally

   DAN RASURE, founder of Fed N Happy, discusses building a regenerative agriculture business using worm castings and compost to improve soil health and reduce waste in this interview episode.

3. 

   3 Jul 2025

   Built to Last: How M3 Welding & Fabrication Is Supporting Show Barns Across the U.S.

   Entrepreneurs Hunter Maike and Stephanie Maike discuss how their welding and fabrication business grew from a hobby into a company that supports show barns across the U.S., offering custom solutions and serving families and fairgrounds; this is an interview.

Inside a recent episode

Building Trust in Land & Legacy: Heck Real Estate + HitchPin

Published 2 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But if you're going to utilize an agent whether buying or selling. Sit down and talk to them. Don't just look online. Don't just talk to them on the phone. Meet them face to face and make sure they are in this for the right reason. Make sure you can trust them and yet faith in them. We for the most part, I hate to say that we all sell stuff and advertise stuff in very similar places and different styles. But you've got you need to find somebody you can work with that you trust and you believe in and that has your best interest in mind. And especially if you're young, you know what this you really needs a good guide to process a lot and especially in these agriculture properties. […]

Who has been a guest on Plow and Pencil

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

• Brian Pine
• Jess Smith
• Dan Rasure
• Hunter Maike
• Stephanie Maike

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 12 / 100

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

Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0