How to overcome adversity in 2025 | The Spokesman Speaks Podcast, Episode 179

Welcome to Episode 179 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Iowa Farm Bureau President Brent Johnson discusses agriculture’s challenges and opportunities in 2025, and motivational speaker John O’Leary shares the inspiring story of how he overcame seemingly impossible odds (surviving burns on 100% of his body, when doctors gave him a 1% chance of survival). No matter what obstacles you’re facing in 2025, John O’Leary has helpful advice for you.

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode 

• Register for Iowa Farm Bureau’s Ag Market Outlook Meeting Series in February. 
• Register for Iowa Farm Bureau’s Acres of Opportunity Conference, February 15 in Cedar Falls.
• Register for Iowa Farm Bureau’s “How to Write a Pre-Harvest Marketing Plan” webinar, January 16.
• See other upcoming Iowa Farm Bureau events and webinars.
• Learn more from motivational speaker John O’Leary at JohnOLearyInspires.com. 

About The Spokesman Speaks Podcast

Since 1934, The 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.