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Feb 2021
Weekly market outlook Mar. 1-5: Don't panic
Jody Lawrence explains how China's hog rebuild and a lost US crop reset grain prices, and why insurance can lock a profit before planting starts.
Feb 2021
Sticker shock: crop insurance decision time
Steve Johnson breaks down 2021's $4.57 corn and $11.82 bean prices, higher volatility factors, and why cutting coverage to save premium backfires.
Feb 2021
Financial planning for farmers: 2021
Josh Waite explains why equipment is not a retirement plan, how to diversify beyond land, and what term versus whole life insurance actually does.
Feb 2021
Ag perspective with Ken Root
Ken Root on why China stays a key market, how 1970s land decisions soured by 1988, and what farm families should do about transition planning now.
Feb 2021
Weekly market outlook Feb. 22-26th: volatility marches on
Grant Shimek explains why a margin call can freeze your decision making, and how to size positions so protecting a 30 percent ROI stays possible.
Feb 2021
Market volatility ahead? Weekly market outlook, Feb 15-19
Joe Vaclavik explains how to read fund positioning, why the 2020 balance sheet tightened on production, and how to plan sales before a weather scare hits.
Feb 2021
Are you ready for market volatility? - weekly market outlook: Feb. 8-12
Brian Splitt shows how to pick marketing tools by the margin call risk you can live with, and why locking in your insurance floor comes first.
Feb 2021
Are you ready for capital gains tax at death?
Paul Neiffer on losing the step-up in basis, capital gains at death, LLC discounts of 25 to 40 percent, and gifting excess assets before the rules change.
Feb 2021
5 dysfunctions of a farm
Shay Foulk maps Patrick Lencioni's five dysfunctions onto farm teams: loosen the reins, welcome conflict, and write down who decides what and when.
Jan 2021
Weekly market outlook: Feb. 1st-5th - first week for spring insurance price discovery
Jarod Creed on judging marketing by your all-in average, pairing 30 to 50 percent sold with insurance, and using the February discovery window.
Jan 2021
ARC and PLC election discussion
Steve Johnson says PLC will not trigger for 2021, ARC County is the likely choice, and the March 15 deadline collides with crop insurance decisions.
Jan 2021
Crop insurance decisions: a commodity crop alphabet soup - RP, SCO, ECO
Steve Johnson breaks down revenue protection, SCO and the new ECO for 2021: how they stack, why premiums rise, and what to settle before March 15.
Jan 2021
Weekly market outlook, Jan. 25th-29th: welcome to market volatility
Mark Welch of Texas A&M tests whether a rally has a demand story behind it, and builds price and time targets that take emotion out of the sell decision.
Jan 2021
Equipment cost management: pay me now or pay me later
Chris Barron shows why depreciation near 11% and 2.8% equipment inflation belong in your cost of production, and how to get a real annual valuation.
Jan 2021
Marketing perspective for Jan 19-22nd and the weeks ahead
Clark Neighbors separates demand led markets from investor led ones, and explains why a new crop hedge belongs in the new crop month, not the old one.
Jan 2021
Weekly market outlook with Jarod Creed: Jan. 10-15th
Jarod Creed shows how the February insurance price turns crop insurance into a marketing floor, and why incremental sales beat waiting for a top.
Jan 2021
Weekly market and new year outlook with Joe Vaclavik
Joe Vaclavik explains why long-term market outlooks rarely help farmers, how record fund length distorts prices, and why incremental sales still win.
Dec 2020
Dr. Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois: 2020 review, 2021 outlook
Gary Schnitkey on why 2020 grain income beat 2019, why he sees interest rates staying low, and where to put the money: land, tile, and grain storage.
Dec 2020
Cutting through the fluff: 2021 chemical programs
Ben Blair breaks down the 2021 FMC, BASF, Bayer Plus and Corteva chemical rebate programs, plus 0% JDF financing and how to compare net cost per acre.
Dec 2020
Goodbye to 2020: weekly market outlook
Jarod Creed of JC Marketing rejects percentage-sold targets in favor of selling the exact bushels that lock a profit, then covering the rest.
Dec 2020
Will Santa leave a marketing present under the tree?
Mark Welch explains why a December rally deserves a decision, how fund premium can vanish, and what the top 20 percent of corn farms do differently.
Dec 2020
Dad's Wisdom with Mark Schaffer: Ohio farmer
Mark Schaffer built an excavating company and later a 9,000-acre Ohio farm. He explains why his father refused to hire him and how patience shaped both.
Dec 2020
Enhanced coverage option
Scott Pedigo explains ECO, the 86 to 95 percent county band added for 2021, what it costs per acre in Stark County, and when it triggers a payment.
Dec 2020
Weekly market outlook: Dec. 14-18th
Grant Shimek explains how markets correct in time as well as price, why crowded assumptions about China are dangerous, and how to protect a strong ROI.
Dec 2020
The used equipment market today
Brent Judisch on why 1 to 4 year old machines turned brisk in late 2020, sub-3% used financing, and a 10 month wait for a new tractor from the factory.
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