Welcome to our special 3-part Spokesman Speaks podcast series featuring three farmers who are receiving Iowa Farm Bureau’s 2025 Young Farmer Leadership Award: Devon Murray of Floyd County, Randy Francois of Buchanan County and Blake Anderson of Adams County. Part 1 (released December 8) features Devon Murray. Part 2 (released December 9) features Randy Francois. Part 3 (released December 10) features Blake Anderson.

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Part 1: Devon Murray (released December 8)


Part 2: Randy Francois (released December 9)


Part 3: Blake Anderson (released December 10)

Register to join farmers like Devon, Randy and Blake at Iowa Farm Bureau’s 2026 Young Farmer Conference, January 23 and 24 in Des Moines. 


About The Spokesman Speaks Podcast

Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman has been Iowa’s leading agriculture news source, and today it has the largest readership of any ag newspaper in Iowa. While The Spokesman newspaper is available exclusively to Iowa Farm Bureau members, The Spokesman Speaks podcast is available publicly, providing the ag news and farmer education that matter most. You can find episodes of the podcast here or subscribe and listen in your favorite podcast app, such as Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Audible, TuneIn Radio, Audacy, YouTube or AgriAmerica.com.