I grew up on a crop and dairy farm in Southern Minnesota. After graduating from Wells Easton High School, I earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education from the University of Minnesota. After graduation I returned to the family farm consisting of 600 acres of corn, soybeans, alfalfa, sweet corn, peas and 100 dairy cows. In fall of 1995, after 18 years, I traded the milking parlor for a radio microphone. I still get up at 3:15AM every day. In addition to Farm Broadcasting, covering the farm news, weather, markets, meetings, county fairs, FFA conventions and so on, I continue to farm our land in Southern Minnesota. I am on the air from 5:00 to 7:00 with Mornings on the Farm and then reports through out the day. My wife of 40 years, Louise, is an Occupational Health Nurse for the Jennie-O-Turkey Store. We have two children: Laura who finished Graduate school in Michigan and now is in Burnsville and Steve received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. He works for Eli Lilly in Indianapolis.
Jerry Groskreutz
Region 8 FFA Winter Leadership Day
Friday the annual Region 8 FFA Winter Leadership Day was help at Riverland Community College in Austin.
MN Broker Markets Worried About Fed Meeting & Interest Rates
Commodity Broker Gordy Kralovetz said we began last week with the grain markets worried about losses in the stock market and the Fed meeting.
MN Commissioner of Agriculture Discusses Dicamba June 12 Cutoff
While at the MN AG Expo Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Peterson discussed the dicamba June 12 application cutoff date.
Will A Deadly ‘Bird Flu’ Affect Minnesota Producers Again?
It was in 2015 that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza decimated the turkey industry in Minnesota, the same strain earlier this month was identified in the Carolinas!
Brand Loyalty Even In Death This Minnesota Farmer Was Buried In a John Deere Casket
If you loved being a farmer and John Deere equipment, it is not surprising you would want to be buried in a John Deere Casket!
MN Broker Weird Week But Beans and Corn Breakout Higher
Commodity Broker Gordy Kralovetz with Chiodo Commodities said it was a weird week but beans broke out higher and corn was in breakout territory too!
MDA Updates Maps for Groundwater Protection Rule
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has updated the Groundwater Protection Rule maps restricting fall application of nitrogen.
Great Day at MN AG Expo
It sure appeared that everyone enjoyed the first day of the MN AG Expo at the Mayo Health Clinic Event Center in Mankato!
Minnesota Broker It Was an Odd Week [Listen]
Commodity Broker Gordy Kravoletz with Chiodo Commodities said it was an odd week in the ag markets as the weather was very friendly in South America.
Men Over 45 Years Old Don’t Shovel Snow!
Men over 45 years old should not shovel snow, that is what I heard on the National News from ABC at the top of the hour!