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Dec 2019
Sunday night market outlook 12/15/2019
Duane Lowry explains why China's Phase One farm purchases should hold, and Chris Barron lays out how farmers rebuild a plan when working capital erodes.
Dec 2019
Dad's wisdom: Roger Rix
South Dakota farmer Roger Rix on growing from 2,800 to nearly 10,000 acres, exiting cattle, buying 800 family acres late, and handing his sons control.
Dec 2019
Dick Wittman: importance of managerial accounting
Dick Wittman on why many farms overstate cost of production by 15 to 20%, how to book government payments and custom work, and how to set margin targets.
Dec 2019
2019 comes to an end; how long will it take to sort it out?
Duane Lowry on keeping physical bushels, reowning sold grain on paper, and what USDA's January resurvey could mean for corn and soybean prices.
Dec 2019
Sunday night market outlook 12/1/2019
Duane Lowry explains why one-sided liquidation marks the end of a price move, and why a farmer with grain in the bin holds leverage he should keep.
Nov 2019
Important CDL, insurance, and safety information
Nicole Gentz on the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse starting January 6, why OSHA exemptions are a trap, and how to audit your farm insurance.
Nov 2019
Sunday night market outlook 11/24/2019
Duane Lowry explains why locking basis surrenders leverage, and why a thin hedged elevator inventory puts the farmer in the stronger position.
Nov 2019
You thought your harvest was tough
Marc Cartwright reports 20 to 25 percent of North Dakota corn harvested, moisture at 27 to 30 percent, and test weights stuck near 50 pounds.
Nov 2019
Farmer Veteran Conference kickoff 2019
Michael O'Gorman on founding the Farmer Veteran Coalition, the 2006 study that started it, and growing from nine veterans to more than 17,000 members.
Nov 2019
Sunday night market outlook 11-17-2019
Duane Lowry explains why demand is the market's default excuse, how firm basis and spreads reward patient sellers, and why margin targets rule.
Nov 2019
Farm emergency response planning: How to
A former Army Ranger shows farmers how to map hazards, brief fire and EMS crews, and grid-mark field entrances so responders find you fast in an emergency.
Nov 2019
Year-end tax planning
Paul Neiffer on filling the 10% bracket, paying kids under 18 up to $12,200 tax-free, deferred payment contracts, and the $11.4 million estate exclusion.
Nov 2019
Sunday night market outlook 11-10-2019
Duane Lowry explains why a USDA report that disappoints bulls and bears alike drains the selling energy, and how basis tells you what the market wants.
Nov 2019
Sunday night market outlook for the week of November 3rd
Duane Lowry walks through USDA baseline projections and why every farmer needs a plan for locking in profitable prices two and three years out.
Oct 2019
Peer group mashup: easy combine listen
A 12-minute compilation of Ag View peer group members describing what two days of opening their books to six other operations actually did for them.
Oct 2019
Sunday night market outlook: October 27, 2019
Duane Lowry shows why yields that beat expectations can still be low, and why last year's yield on your own farm beats APH as a comparison point.
Oct 2019
Harvest series: North Dakota, what a mess
North Dakota farmer Mark Belter reports zero acres harvested by late October, corn projected at 25 to 28 percent moisture on December 1, and drying costs.
Oct 2019
Harvest expands, but prices appear well supported
Duane Lowry and Chris Barron run the 2019 harvest math: yields off 10 to 15 percent, drying up $30 to $50 an acre, and the price needed to break even.
Oct 2019
What your farm needs to know: ag insurance with Mark Santas
Mark Santas on why one in two businesses fail after a major loss, peak season grain coverage, workers comp sole remedy, and shared equipment gaps.
Oct 2019
Sunday night market outlook
Duane Lowry explains why he refuses to name a resistance level when market dynamics shift, and why your own yield and cost math beat any forecast.
Oct 2019
Big impact report: what does it mean?
Duane Lowry breaks down the October 2019 USDA report: corn yield 168.4, carryout 1.929 billion, bean ending stocks cut to 460 million bushels.
Oct 2019
Ag View Solutions: who we are, what we do
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk trace Ag View Solutions from Profit Manager to equipment cost per pass, business structuring, and farm peer groups.
Oct 2019
Dad's Wisdom: Tom Husnik
Tom Husnik on the four side businesses his family ran, why delivering the product earned premiums, and the cost-of-production rule his banker gave him.
Oct 2019
Pre-harvest: what you're forgetting
A John Deere dealer of 32 years names the pre-harvest jobs most farmers skip: head calibration, tire pressure, auger wear, and concave settings.
Oct 2019
TEPAP: improving your farm business
Mark Welch, TEPAP director at Texas A&M, walks through the week-long Austin program, its $5,000 cost, and the 5 to 20% net income gains alumni report.
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