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Hosted by Damian Mason, XtremeAg’s Cutting the Curve podcast is where you’ll hear from some of America’s most innovative, yield setting, ROI driven, large-scale farmers who cut your learning curve through their experiences. The place for advice and guidance that you can apply to your farming operation immediately for bigger yields and greater success.

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Striving For Stress-Free Plants with Kevin Matthews

Striving For Stress-Free Plants with Kevin Matthews

K. Matthews
If you’re losing yield to preventable stress (and trust us, you are!), this is the episode for you. Kevin shares the practices and products he depends on to keep his plants from getting stressed out.

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Damian Mason

Damian Mason, Host

Damian Mason hosts XA’s “Cutting the Curve” podcast, produces informative Ag-video content, and provides personality and hosting duties at XtremeAg live events and appearances.

In addition to his work with XtremeAg, Damian speaks at Agricultural meetings throughout North America. He also produces and hosts “The Business of Agriculture” podcast, and runs the Business of Ag Success Group - a network of Ag professionals.

 

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Damian Mason

Damian Mason hosts XA’s “Cutting the Curve” podcast, produces informative Ag-video content, and provides personality and hosting duties at XtremeAg live events and appearances.

In addition to his work with XtremeAg, Damian speaks at Agricultural meetings throughout North America. He also produces and hosts “The Business of Agriculture” podcast, and runs the Business of Ag Success Group - a network of Ag professionals.

Damian is the author of multiple books. His two most recent are: “Do Business Better” and “Food Fear.” He’s also extremely active on social media and various media outlets including Fox News, NewsMax and Cheddar News spreading information and dispelling misinformation about the world’s most important industry: Agriculture.

Damian was raised on a dairy farm, owns and manages 300 acres of farm and timber land, and has a degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. He also studied comedy writing and improvisation at The Second City–Chicago. When Damian isn’t on an airplane or stage, he lives with his wife, Lori, and their dogs, Jack and Rosa. They split time between their Indiana farm and a winter home in Arizona.

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Feeding The Biology of the Soil

Feeding The Biology of the Soil

T. Rhodes | K. Garrett
We don’t do garden plots at XtremeAg, we do legit, large scale trials. This year, Kelly and Temple each have 40 acre lab trials with AgXplore — Temple is doing soybeans and Kelly is doing corn. The guys explain what they are trying to find, what they are using, what they are already seeing, and most importantly, what they will deem as success.

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FARMING IN QUEBEC WITH SAM "OF THE NORTH"

FARMING IN QUEBEC WITH SAM "OF THE NORTH"

S. Coutu
Sam “Of The North” Coutu talks about how Agriculture differs in Quebec, navigating environmental regulations (anhydrous is illegal), and what he’s excited about heading into the 2023 crop season.

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Preventing Crop Stress Before It Occurs

Preventing Crop Stress Before It Occurs

K. Garrett
Kelly explains the products, the placement, the practices, and the reasons for why he’s doing what he’s doing — to prevent crop stress before it occurs.

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Looking Beyond Fertility At Time Of Planting

Looking Beyond Fertility At Time Of Planting

K. Garrett | K. Matthews
Make no mistake, getting fertility to your plants is critical to producing a big yield. But let’s look beyond fertility. What additional products at time of planting can give you a huge boost?

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Sam "Of The North” Goes To Iowa - What Did He Learn?

Sam "Of The North” Goes To Iowa - What Did He Learn?

S. Coutu
Sam Coutu took a trip to Iowa to pick up some supplies for his farm. While hanging with Kelly Garrett, he gleaned some insights and inspiration which he shares in his sit-down with Damian.

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Why Calcium Should Be A Bigger Part of Your Fertilizer Budget

Why Calcium Should Be A Bigger Part of Your Fertilizer Budget

K. Garrett | K. Matthews
Kelly Garrett’s Iowa farm fields are saturated with calcium, whereas Kevin Matthews’ North Carolina fields are calcium deficient. Yet, they both apply a quart of calcium per acre. Why? Because calcium is a limiting factor for both farmers. Kevin and Kelly discuss with Damian Mason, the role of calcium as a mover of nutrients and more importantly, talk about what they are doing to get it into the plant.

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Switching From a Dry Fertilizer Program to Liquid & Making It Profitable

Switching From a Dry Fertilizer Program to Liquid & Making It Profitable

M. Miles | L. Miles
Matt Miles admits, when it comes to his fertility program, he wasn’t an early adopter. “It was old school, it was easy…and easy isn’t always the best.” He now uses frequent liquid fertilizer applications — in-furrow, via Y-drop, and over the top foliar. Matt and Layne Miles explain their fertility program evolution with Damian Mason on this episode of the Cutting The Curve Podcast.

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Correcting Planter Problems to Save Time & Money

Correcting Planter Problems to Save Time & Money

K. Matthews
Kevin explains how he’s going to modify his planter to eliminate inefficiencies. Is your planter set up ideally for how and where you farm?

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