Kip E. Tom
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Oct 9, 2026
Tommy GrisafiGUEST
What I'd like to do and I'd like to see you do is, you had on a few months ago, and we could ...
Tommy GrisafiGUEST
If folks wanna go out and Google it, Kip Tom was on the show.
Davis MichaelsenHOST
Oh, yeah.
Tommy GrisafiGUEST
And Kip Tom is a, a farmer in Indiana, and he's now been appointed to the USDA to help clean up these numbers.
Tommy GrisafiGUEST
And he had talked about releasing numbers more often, using all types of what seems to be far-out technology, but not that far out technology when you think about what's available out there in the world.
Tommy GrisafiGUEST
I'll give you example.
Maui GastinoHOST
There is a new USDA.
Maui GastinoHOST
We've talked about this where Brooke Rollins has picked Kip Tom to fix it.
Maui GastinoHOST
That could be more of a 2027 story, but I'm hoping it gets better from here on in.
Maui GastinoHOST
So when I die, I want the USDA to lower my coffin so they can let me down one last time.
Ryan MartinHOST
No, I, I think that's right.
Ryan MartinHOST
Well, look, I mean, who we probably should ask about that is, uh, is, is Kip Tom, the guy who's supposed to be revolutionizing now the NASS, National Ag Statistics Service, and how they use and get all that data.
Ryan MartinHOST
So he should know.
Ryan MartinHOST
We should ask, we should ask Kip whether he's gonna- whether they're- he's gonna allow NASS to hack into c- into combine computers.
Ryan MartinHOST
No, I, I think that's right.
Ryan MartinHOST
Well, look, I mean, who we probably should ask about that is, uh, is, is Kip Tom, the guy who's supposed to be revolutionizing now the NASS, National Ag Statistics Service, and how they use and get all that data.
Ryan MartinHOST
So he should know.
Ryan MartinHOST
We should ask, we should ask Kip whether he's gonna- whether they're- he's gonna allow NASS to hack into c- into combine computers.
Leo BastosHOST
I'm Leo Bastos, your host today, assistant professor in integrative precision agriculture at the University of Georgia.
Leo BastosHOST
Today, we'll welcome our guest, Kip Tom.
Leo BastosHOST
He is the chairman of Tom Farms and chairman of Farmers in Rural America, America First Policy Institute.
Leo BastosHOST
Kip, it's great to have you here with us today.
Jeff AllenHOST
And Trump touts potash deal with Belarus.
Jeff AllenHOST
Kip Tom, Indiana farmer and the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. food agencies, is pushing back on corn growers' rhetoric in the fertilizer price debate.
Jeff AllenHOST
In a letter sent yesterday to the National Corn Growers Association CEO, Neal Kasky, and leaders of 10 other corn associations, Tom warns that calls for export controls, profit margin caps, and antitrust actions risk steering farmers away from free market principles.
Jeff AllenHOST
Too much of the recent conversation has turned into public attacks on the fertilizer industry.