
Farm business advisors · United States & Canada
Transition planning, business structure, and cost of production.
Trusted by farm owners and operators making high-stakes business decisions across 25 states and Canada.
- of farm operations advised through transition and growth
- Thousands
- of farm operations advised through transition and growth
- plus Canada — operations of every size and structure
- 25 states
- plus Canada — operations of every size and structure
- of margin-management tools behind Farm Profit Manager
- ~30 years
- of margin-management tools behind Farm Profit Manager
What We Do
Business & Transition Planning
Multi-generational transitions planned and executed — ownership, management, and the hard conversations in between.
Strategic Business Growth
Expansion, acquisition, and diversification that pencils — with the numbers done before the commitment is made.
Collaboration & Business Structuring
Joint ventures, shared-equipment entities, and partnerships structured so everyone knows exactly where they stand.
Cost of Production
Breakevens you can act on, powered by the Profit Manager system corn and soybean producers use across the Corn Belt.
Speaking
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk bring practical farm-business strategy to your stage — keynotes, breakouts, and multi-day events.
Not sure which fits? Start with a conversation — we'll tell you honestly whether we can help.
How consulting works
Farm Profit Manager
For nearly 30 years, our margin-management tools have helped crop producers across the United States make planting, marketing, and capital decisions with real numbers instead of gut feel.
Peer Groups
We pair you with farms and ag businesses as serious about improving as you are — facilitated, structured, and honest. Numbers on the table, egos off it.
Join a Peer GroupRecent engagements
Guided a $20M, 1,200-acre row crop and 12,000-head pork operation through its transition to a non-family successor.
Led professional business development, management structure, and team health for a 40,000-acre North Dakota operation.
Integrated two junior partners into a five-crop production system with integrated livestock.
Aligned three farm operations, 250 to 1,500 acres, into a strategic shared-equipment and row-crop operating entity.
The Team

Chris Barron
Lead Consultant · Iowa

Shay Foulk
Consultant · Illinois
(309) 264-3090
Andy Hruby
Consultant · Indiana
(260) 687-8025
Joe Paulson
Consultant · Illinois
(815) 739-5437
Jeremy Doetch
Consultant · Illinois
(630) 569-3536
Alissa Barron
Business Manager · Iowa
(319) 231-8296
Hannah Foulk
Business Manager · Illinois
(309) 238-4666
Podcasts

Free podcast
The Ag View Pitch
Interviews and straight talk on farm business strategy, markets, and the decisions operators actually face.

Subscription podcast
19 Minutes
Nineteen focused minutes for serious operators — exclusive analysis and decision frameworks, every episode.
January 20–22, 2027 · Hollywood Beach, Florida
Three days. Stronger businesses. Better leaders.
The Ag View Executive Business Conference — limited to roughly 150 executive-minded operators. Registration opens September 8, 2026.
Talk to the Team
Tell us what you're facing — transition, growth, structure, or the numbers — and we'll tell you honestly whether we can help.