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Jan 2023
75 Hard for the farmer: not the faint of heart
Four farmers who ran 75 Hard through harvest on the gallon of water, the night walks, the books they read, and what discipline did for their decisions.
Jan 2023
2023 risks and rewards: weekly market outlook, January 3rd-6th
Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain reviews 2022 and makes the case that grain prices always revert to cost of production, so budgets drive marketing.
Dec 2022
Retirement plans: a paradigm shift for farm operations and employee retention
Travis Martinek breaks down 401(k) versus SIMPLE IRA limits for 2023, the Roth option farms lose with a SIMPLE, and why plan fees deserve a hard look.
Dec 2022
Agriculture's top ten issues and opportunities for 2023
Chris Barron lists the ten issues he tells clients to plan around for 2023, from land rents and equipment values to lenders, transition and labor.
Dec 2022
High stakes poker, or just another year of decision-making for US agricultural producers?
Duane Lowry on why December 2022 grain prices sit below harvest and spring highs, what Argentina's drought could do, and why average sale price matters.
Dec 2022
Equipment, inflation, and fleet management considerations
Brent Judisch on why used tractors jumped 20-30 percent, when leasing beats buying, and how to judge a $90,000 combine trade on a per-bushel basis.
Dec 2022
Basis, volatility
Clark Neighbors explains his doughnut model of basis, what wild cash swings mean for negotiating, and the real monthly cost of holding grain in the bin.
Nov 2022
Weekly market outlook: Nov. 28th-Dec. 2nd - time to put a bow on 2022 sales?
Jarod Creed argues for finishing 2022 sales early so attention shifts to 2023, where knowing costs and setting margin targets decide the year.
Nov 2022
Heading into the holidays 2022
Joe Vaclavik on the extended Ukraine grain deal, China COVID demand fears, and why funds held a huge long corn position through every bearish headline.
Nov 2022
Managing opportunities: weekly market outlook, Nov. 14-18th
Mark Welch of Texas A&M on judging a price by whether it works for your operation, the demand lag after a short crop, and cost control as advantage.
Nov 2022
Margin management math - weekly market outlook: Nov. 7-11th
Jarod Creed prices the interest on grain in the bin and shows how insurance coverage plus a third of the crop sold makes a margin nearly bulletproof.
Oct 2022
Halloween and markets could both be scary: weekly market outlook, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4th
Duane Lowry explains why a market that ignores bullish news is fragile, how other commodities warn you first, and why complacency costs farmers most.
Oct 2022
How might the 2022 election impact your farm tax situation
Paul Neiffer on the 2023 estate exemption of $12.92 million, use-it-or-lose-it bonus exemption, prepay rules, and bonus depreciation dropping to 80%.
Oct 2022
Weekly market outlook: Oct. 24th-28th - technical and fundamental market movers
Grant Shimek of Black Oak Financial on decade-pattern seasonals, why basis and futures trade off each other, and defining the price that proves you wrong.
Oct 2022
Dream big
Hannah Foulk explains the dream manager role: a 100-dream list, categories, every-other-month check-ins, and how it cut turnover in the book's case study.
Oct 2022
Weekly market outlook Oct. 17th-21st: the heart of a harvest market
Jarod Creed explains why harvest decisions hinge on basis, storage cost and insurance math, and Chris Barron lays out a six-step plan for next year.
Oct 2022
Macro and micro market drivers discussed
Joe Vaclavik starts marketing decisions with financial position and storage, not price forecasts, and warns that high prices start to feel permanent.
Oct 2022
Weekly market outlook Oct. 3-7: harvest markets
Duane Lowry revisits 2013 to explain why the forward sale that looks too cheap next to today's spot bid is often the best sale a grower makes all year.
Sep 2022
Road ready: Semis and farm equipment DOT discussion
An Iowa DOT officer covers covered farm vehicle paperwork, the 26,001 pound CDL line, 28,000 pound grain cart axles and what puts a truck out of service.
Sep 2022
Tug of war price movement
Peter Meyer explains the tug of war between bearish macro forces and tight corn supply, and why the answer sits on your own balance sheet, not the news.
Sep 2022
Safe and efficient harvest communication
Chris Barron's pre-harvest meeting agenda: phone roster, speed limits, seat belts, DOT training, assigned roles, and a post-harvest scorecard.
Sep 2022
Micro and macro market management - weekly market outlook: September 19-23rd
Clark Neighbors treats basis as a logistics problem, showing how to price an empty pipeline and judge whether stored bushels beat the cost of money.
Sep 2022
Time to manage risk: the clock is ticking for margin protection
Steve Johnson and Jarod Creed explain margin protection for the 2023 crop: the cost trigger, the $6.09 corn price, premiums, and the September 30 deadline.
Sep 2022
Mid-week market update: September 12 USDA report review
Jarod Creed explains why a surprise USDA acreage revision matters less than the cash market, and how tight spreads quietly raise a farmer's risk.
Sep 2022
Labor Day 2022: pre-harvest outlook
Garret Brown breaks a marketing plan into trigger, method, and volume, then reads basis, the forward curve, and Brazil heading into 2022 harvest.
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