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Aug 2022
Part two: five additional best practices of top tier operations
Washington wheat farmer Jason Monson on a three-person board of directors, core values that drive hiring, and making decisions without analysis paralysis.
Aug 2022
Crop tour? What now?
Jarod Creed reports from the 2022 Pro Farmer Crop Tour: Nebraska losses worth 2 to 3 bushels nationally, and why he pairs fertilizer buys with sales.
Aug 2022
Dad's wisdom from North Dakota with Del and Lloyd Gates
Lloyd Gates started farming in 1948 and his son Del in the late 1970s. They talk lender relationships, land debt and handing a seed business to grandsons.
Aug 2022
2023 risk management update: margin protection explained
Steve Johnson explains margin protection: an area-based add-on with an August to September price discovery and a September 30 sign-up deadline.
Aug 2022
Weekly market outlook, Aug. 22-26: it's time to plan your pre-harvest marketing strategy
Jarod Creed explains pre-harvest what-if revenue math, how a lower price changes an insurance claim, and pairing fertilizer buys with grain sales.
Aug 2022
Weekly market outlook, Aug. 15-19: WASDE
Peter Meyer explains what the August crop report actually measures, why crop tours still matter, and how fund money leaving changes what a rally needs.
Aug 2022
A big corn and soybean crop?
Ryan Moe explains how to read basis by thinking like the grain buyer, and why a bullish view belongs in the futures market rather than in your basis.
Jul 2022
It's not too late: market outlook August 1-5
Jarod Creed explains the one-to-one habit of pairing each input buy with an equal dollar of grain sold, and why a mid-year review beats a year-end one.
Jul 2022
The most important piece of equipment on the farm
Gym owner Chris Dunne and Chris Barron cover farmer health basics: safety, 20 to 60 minutes of exercise 3 to 5 times a week, sleep, and nutrition.
Jul 2022
Weekly market outlook: July 25-29 - summer weather continues to heat up market volatility
Duane Lowry on resetting price targets after a break, why the Fed moved corn more than weather did, and where he would place his catch-up sales.
Jul 2022
Weekly market outlook Jul. 18-22nd: weather and market volatility
Jarod Creed explains how to pull your schedule of insurance in July and price risk against guaranteed bushels when production confidence is low.
Jul 2022
The 5 best practices of top-tier operations
Chris Barron names the five things top farm operations do well: meeting rhythms, accrual financials, yield focus, disciplined marketing, and growth plans.
Jul 2022
Weekly market outlook, July 11-15: crazy train market ride
Grant Shimek explains how a liquidity unwind overrides crop fundamentals, and the mid-July close that would force him to cover sales and look higher.
Jul 2022
July 5th market outlook and YouTube Live announcement
Joe Vaclavik explains why recession fear is a poor marketing tool and how budgets and leverage, not price predictions, should decide forward sales.
Jun 2022
Summer volatility heats up: weekly market outlook, June 27 - July 1st
Peter Meyer explains how to tell whether the inflation trade is over, why he listens to markets instead of talking at them, and what the funds watch.
Jun 2022
Flyover Whiskey
Joe Knobbe turns a farmer's own corn into six custom-labeled bottles of whiskey for $350, and explains why shipping laws still make it tricky.
Jun 2022
Weekly market outlook: Jun. 21-24th, navigating risk and uncertainty
Duane Lowry weighs record input costs against historic prices, and argues volatility now cuts harder to the downside than the upside for farmers.
Jun 2022
Tax and financial management 201
Paul Neiffer and Mike Finley break down HSAs, Roth versus traditional plans, fee-only advisors, and holding working capital near 50% of operating needs.
Jun 2022
Weekly market outlook: June 13-17th - keep attention on 2023
Jarod Creed shows why 2023 breakevens near $5.50 corn demand that you market inputs and grain together, and why moving grain fast cuts borrowing costs.
Jun 2022
Weekly market outlook: June 6th-10th - summertime market volatility
Joe Vaclavik explains why a weather rally needs only the perception of a threat, and how to handle bushels you have no room to store at harvest.
May 2022
Weekly market outlook: May 31st - June 3rd, summer weather market headed your way
Grant Shimek on why a dryness narrative needs 30 to 40 days to build, capping cash sales near 60 percent, and having a plan for being wrong.
May 2022
Weekly market outlook, May 23rd to 27th: how will economic turmoil drive the markets?
Mark Welch of Texas A&M explains how per capita consumption, global GDP and copper prices reveal when high commodity prices start rationing demand.
May 2022
ERP emergency relief program: $10 billion in relief aid
Paul Neiffer walks through ERP Phase 1: a 10 to 25 point bump on your crop insurance coverage level, premium added back, then multiplied by 75 percent.
May 2022
Planting progress improves slightly
Jarod Creed reframes crop insurance as guaranteed bushels you must price, and gives old crop a calendar deadline instead of a hopeful price target.
May 2022
Retirement 101
Mike Finley walks through four retirement questions: yearly expenses, fixed income, portfolio size, and the 4% rule, plus 401k, SEP, and SIMPLE setup.
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