Ohio Field Leader Podcast

Ohio Field Leader Podcast

Dusty Sonnenberg

Episodes 70
Avg. Duration 25m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since Oct 2020
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Monthly
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Episodic
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87%
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About This Podcast

The Ohio Field Leader Podcast is a production of the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean checkoff. Podcast host, Dusty Sonnenberg, visits with agricultural leaders and researchers to discuss soybean production, best management practices, precision agricultural technology and environmental and water quality topics.

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Recent Episodes

Episode 68, Science for Success Panel Discussion

Mar 15, 2026 21m

In Episode 68, Dusty visits with soybean researchers involved in the Science for Success program. Science for Success provides timely, cutting-edge best management practices by coordinating the…

Episode 67, Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora, Soybean Disease Update

Mar 01, 2026 48m

From Red Crown Rot to Brown Stem Rot to Sudden Death Syndrome, Ohio soybean farmers have their work cut out for them as they scout fields and attempt to identify the diseases causing stress to their…

2-1-26 Episode 66, Taylor Dill, Ohio Soybean Council Director of Research

Feb 01, 2026 28m

Taylor Dill was recently named Director of Research for the Ohio Soybean Council. Dusty visits with Taylor to discuss what led her to this role with the OSC and more about her background in…

1-1-26 Episode 65, Crops, Cattle and Direct to Consumers, Harbage Farms

Jan 01, 2026 30m

On the first episode of the OFL Podcast for 2026, Dusty travels with the Ohio Field Leader Roadshow to Clark County. Dusty visits with Brian, Jennifer, Lane and Aidan Harbage at Harbage Farms. The…

S6E64 Ohio Soybean Research and Education with Tom Fontana

Dec 01, 2025 16m

For two decades Tom Fontana has been at the forefront of Ohio soybean research and educational initiatives for the Ohio Soybean Council. Working with land grant university and industry researchers,…

Episode 63, Soybean Production and Disease North of the Border, Albert Tenuta

Nov 01, 2025 17m

While we do not often think about soybean farmers in Ontario, Canada, the challenges they experience are often very similar to ours in Ohio. Much can be shared and learned from one another. Agronomic…

Episode 62, The SCN Coalition (Phase 3)

Oct 01, 2025 28m

Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) is the most destructive pathogen of soybeans in the United States with annual yield losses due to SCN estimated at more than $1 billion. Yield losses caused by SCN are…

OFL Podcast, Episode 61, Late Season Soybean Disease Management

Sep 01, 2025 20m

In a time of low commodity prices, late season soybean disease management is important as growers make decisions to help reduce plant stress and potentially increase or simply preserve soybean yield…

OFL Special Episode, Red Crown Rot Confirmed in Ohio

Aug 19, 2025 18m

Red Crown Rot has officially been confirmed in Ohio. Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora joins Dusty on this special episode to discuss the finding and what it means to Ohio soybean growers going forward. They…

Episode 59, Taking lemons and making lemonade in agriculture

Aug 01, 2025 26m

When life gives you lemons, it has been said that the best thing you can do is to make lemonade. That is exactly what Sheldon and Samantha Miller of Ottawa County have done on their farm after a…

S4E58 Farming the same ground for generations

Jul 01, 2025 25m

On Episode 58 of the Ohio Field Leader Podcast, Dusty visits with Jon, Joe, Tim and Tyler Everett of Everett Farms in Shelby County. The brothers and their sons have been farming many of the same…

S5E57 6-1-25 Episode 57 Ray Van Horn

Jun 01, 2025 20m

In this podcast episode the Ohio Field Leader Roadshow made a stop in Morrow County at the farm of Ray Van Horn. Dusty and Ray discuss the current planting season, and unique aspects of farming some…

S4E56 5-1-2025 Episode 56, Keith Dennis, Rolling Hills Co.

May 01, 2025 31m

There is more than the topography that is "rolling" at Rolling Fields Company in Perry County. When Keith Dennis and his wife Jane purchased the farm in 1976, this rolling farm ground had water…

S4E55 4 1 2025 Episode 55, Matt Reese, A passion for Agriculture and its' people

Apr 01, 2025 33m

For over a quarter century Matt Reese of Ohio's Country Journal has been covering the story of Agriculture and its' people. In those years Reese has seen a number of major changes in the soybean…

3-1-25 Episode 54, Forecasting the future of agriculture

Mar 01, 2025 31m

In this episode, Dusty visits with a farmer, podcaster, boilermaker, professor, meteorologist, grain marketer, and canoe livery owner, all rolled into one - Ryan Martin. For decades, Ryan has been…

S5E53 2-1-2025 Episode 53, The continued spread of SCN in Ohio and across the nation.

Feb 01, 2025 19m

It is known as the invisible yield robber. Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) is a leading cause of lower yields in soybean fields across the country with no noticeable symptoms above ground on the plant.…

S4E52 1-1-2025 Episode 52, The 2024 Year in Review for Soybean Disease with Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora

Jan 01, 2025 27m

The first Ohio Field Leader Podcast for 2025 features Dusty visiting with Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora, OSU Extension Soybean Pathologist and Nematologist. Dusty and Horacio take a look back at the 2024…

S4E51 12 1 2024 Episode 51, Conservation Efforts with Todd Hesterman

Dec 01, 2024 20m

In Episode 51, the final OFL Roadshow of 2024 visits the Century Farm of Todd Hesterman in Henry County. Todd has been extremely active in conservation efforts for over two decades and has served on…

11 1 24 Episode 50 Matt Spillman

Nov 01, 2024 21m

In episode 50, the Ohio Field Leader Roadshow travels to Stark County and the Spilman Farms. Dusty visits with Matt Spillman about their multi-generational family farm and the unique challenges and…

S4E49 10 1 24 Episode 49 Leadership and Relationships in Agriculture

Oct 01, 2024 23m

In Episode 49, the Ohio Field Leader Roadshow traveled to Fairfield County to visit with John Hummel. John and his wife Kacy farm with John's Uncle and Father growing Corn and Soybeans in Southern…

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