Recent Episodes
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Wheat Quality and Flour Milling: Lessons from Brian Walker
January 21, 2026
Just six weeks after finishing high school, Brian Walker wasn’t aiming for a high-powered job. He worked full-time at a gas station, living week to week, until a surprise phone call changed his path.
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Old-School Milling, New-School Baking - WOYM 329
January 20, 2026
Brian Walker didn’t start in a corner office-he started six weeks out of high school as a “sample jockey” in a flour mill, learning the business from union millers, lab mentors, and long days when…
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2025 Review: Kansas Leads the Wheat Fight Again
January 6, 2026
The Official Podcast for Kansas Wheat Hosted by Aaron Harries 2025 didn’t fit in a neat box for Kansas wheat farmers—it was “variability,” from a dry start to long stretches of wet weather that…
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WOYM 327 - Weather Pivots, Wheat Profits and What’s Next
December 23, 2025
Meteorologist and climatologist Brian Bledsoe joins Wheat’s On Your Mind to reflect on the surprising weather turns of 2025 and what Kansas wheat producers should be watching as 2026 approaches.
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WOYM 336 - From Classroom to Capitol: Flinchbaugh’s Legacy Lives On
December 9, 2025
In this episode, host Aaron Harries visits with Jay Armstrong of Armstrong Farms and Dana Woodbury, executive director of the Barry Flinchbaugh Center for Ag and Food Policy, about the man behind the…
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WOYM 335 - Farmer-Owned, Community Strong: Modern Co-ops
November 26, 2025
The Official Podcast for Kansas Wheat
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WOYM - Water, Wheat & What’s Next for Kansas
November 12, 2025
The Official Podcast for Kansas Wheat Hosted by Aaron Harries Senior Director of Advocacy at Kansas Farm Bureau—and sixth-generation producer—Ryan Flickner sits down with Aaron Harries to talk…
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Wheat Scoop: Kansas Agriculture Works Better Together
October 29, 2025
At a round table in the Wheat’s On Your Mind studio at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center, four Kansas commodity CEOs traded notes that sounded a lot like the conversations happening at kitchen…
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WOYM - Why Wheat Still Matters: Economic Realities with Tanner Ehmke
September 30, 2025
When crop prices are down and input costs are still sky-high, how are farmers deciding what to plant? In this episode of Wheat’s on Your Mind, host Aaron Harries talks with Tanner Ehmke, Lead…
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WOYM - Farm to Pharma: Biotech Roots in Rural Kansas
September 16, 2025
The Official Podcast for Kansas Wheat Hosted by Aaron Harries T