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2023 (January-May) Question - What does success look like to you?

Our listeners want to be successful, which is why they choose to listen to our podcast.  We have the pleasure of interviewing experts from all over in the ag industry all year and now we get to recap what success means to them.

Jacquelyne Leffler – Former KSU athlete owner & founder of Leffler Prime Performance Beef (DTC).  Planted her first crop in 2020 – 4th generation farmer in Americus, Kansas @jaxlef14

Finding a passion or love and living that each and every day.  Old adage “You’ll never work a day in your life doing what you love”

5/11/23 – Thur – F4F – E220 (E280) Ethan Clark, first generation farmer, Washington, IN

Long term sustainability financially and environmentally. Do what you love, love what you do.  If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. 

5/4/23 – Thur – F4F – E219 (E278) Bushels & Barrels – Ryan Peter

            Happiness.  Find what you love and do it better than anyone else.

5/1/23 – Mon – F4P – E125 (E277) Young & Beginning Farmer Loan Options – Kaitlyn Niemeyer

I have my dream job and continue to educate people around me.Work hard and be a good person. Help whoever you can, whenever you can. It matters who you hitch your wagon to.  People who make you happy will make you a better person.

4/6/23 – Thur – F4F – E215 (E270) Dusty Berry – Coal Roller  Louisville, KY National Farm Machinery Show 

Being able to do what you like to do and get paid to do it.  Being able to leave something behind for your kids when you’re gone.  Legacy.

3/2/23 – Thur – F4F – E210 (E260) Badger State PullingLouisville, KY National Farm Machinery Show

            Emily Matzke, Avery Elsing, Mason Elsing

Emily: Having a business or work that fuels you.  There’s no point in working so hard, if you’re not going to enjoy life.  Success is balance between work and enjoying life.

Mason: Not always working 24/7, 365 days a year.  You need to have fun.

Avery:(The same as Mason) 

4/3/23 – Mon – F4P – E121 (E269) Taking the Pulse of the Equipment Market – Andy Campbell, Tractor Zoom 

If you wake up eager to do what you’re going to do.  You can’t wait to get at it.  And at night you go to bed smiling, fulfilled and accomplished.  Using those ‘bookends’ to your day, go out and do what you’re passionate about. 

It’s all about family and how you treat them.  Family can be whoever you make or want them to be.

1/5/23 – Th – F4F – E202 (E244) - Gavin Spoor - Popcorn Farmer (and girlfriend Farmer Grayce) Omaha – Define Success

            Grayce – Happiness.  If I’m happy, I feel I’ve been successful.

Gavin – 1) Having a huge crowd at your visitation and funeral.  People showed up to show your family how much they cared about you and how much you meant to them.

2) When it’s all said and done, leave something in better shape than when you found/got it…while also getting what you needed from it.  Successful farmers don’t just make a living off the land, they leave it for the next generation to get value from it as well. 

4/27/23 – Thur – F4F – E218 (E276) Tyne Morgan      Commodity Classic-Orlando, FL

            Being mom! Being present and giving back to my community.  Leaving a positive image of ag.  Strong work ethic. 

            Whatever you put your mind to, you will do or be.  With enough hard work, anything can be accomplished.

3/30/23 – Thur – F4F – E214 (E268) Farmland Mike  Louisville, KY National Farm Machinery Show

            Being a good person.When your kids are grown up, and they still want to hang out with you.

4/20/23 – Thur – F4F