Communication Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on communication — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Episode 521
Mail bag: next generation in cow calf and row crop operation
Two brothers near 60 want to hand off 2,000 acres and a cow-calf herd. Shay Foulk and Chris Barron map the vision, retirement budget, and entity split.
Episode 507
Citizen data scientist program details and sign-up now open
Chris Barron, Shay Foulk, and Matthew Bertram lay out the 12-week citizen data scientist course: dates, the $1,500 fee, the 25-seat cap, and who fits.
Episode 492
Why is it so hard to keep people? Secchi founder Mike White
HR veteran Mike White explains why farms lose good people: undefined goals and roles, no documentation, and toxic workers who cut team output 40 percent.
Episode 489
Make the connection
Shay Foulk on using your ag network when a problem stonewalls you, plus a request for winter work for a trusted H-2A employee in North Dakota.
Episode 482
The Captain Patrick in Jamaica show: tips for success in life and business
Captain Patrick, 23 years with one Jamaican employer, tells Chris and Alissa Barron how love, honesty, and teaching keep good employees from leaving.
Feb 2023
State of the farm address
Shay Foulk walks through his 50-slide annual farm review: prior projections, year-end financials, equity trendlines, and next year's cash flow plan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Apr 2022
400 episodes! Spring outlook and commentary
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk on spring fieldwork prep: five-minute crew huddles, delegating at 80 percent, and 2022 corn costs pushing $1,000 an acre.
Mar 2022
Ego, insecurity, and control: the three-headed monster of farm communication
Shay Foulk and Chris Barron name the three things that break down farm communication, and give the fix: check the ego, be vulnerable, share control.
Feb 2022
8 farm equipment management strategies for the future
Shay Foulk and Chris Barron walk through annual fleet appraisals, 3-to-5-year replacement plans, cost per bushel rates and when a lease actually pays.
Dec 2021
Weekly market outlook, Dec. 13-17: navigating market opportunities
Ryan Moe explains why risk grows in high price environments, and how solving your grain buyer's February problem earns you a better basis today.
Nov 2021
7 step strategic outlook plan for 2022
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk list seven planning steps for 2022: debt structure, capital priorities, market value balance sheets and margin goals.
Aug 2021
Defining growth: a process, not a pill
Chris Barron walks through 8 factors that define growth on a farm: why, relationships, goals, leadership, education, risk, health, and reflection.
Aug 2021
Peer group perspective: Bringing value to the farm
Indiana farmer Brad Downing on hosting a 2.5-day peer group visit, the trust it takes to open your books, and the four pages of action items he left with.
Jul 2021
The boys are back in town: Totally unshucked
Chris Barron, his three sons and Shay Foulk talk about leaving home, deciding with partial information, and taking criticism from your own family.
Jul 2021
Team communication principles: Strong communication skills equals strong businesses
Chris Barron's three Rs for farm communication: reflection, defined roles and regular reviews, plus the identify, discuss, solve habit for meetings.
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.
Rewind
10 keys to farm transition success
Chris Barron walks through 10 transition steps: build your advisor team, write the vision, set core values, map both business structures, close gaps.
Sep 2020
Succession and transition to the next generation
Chris Barron lists 10 succession steps: build the advisor team, write the vision and core values, map current and ideal entity structures, update the will.
Jul 2020
Navigating through lease agreements
Mike Downey explains why 90% of his leases are flexible cash rent, how to reset a rent that is too high, and what landowners miss about breakevens.
Jun 2020
Land rental negotiation: key points and considerations
Chris Barron on four things to settle before you meet your landowner: a structured proposal, farm-by-farm numbers, competition, and fake rent numbers.
Apr 2020
The complexities of agriculture with Shay Myers
Shay Myers of Owyhee Produce on splitting crop expertise among family, a standing Tuesday meeting, and following the crop all the way to the sale.
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