Episode Library
The Ag View Pitch, organized — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts. Filter by what your operation is working through, or search for a guest by name.
Jun 2019
What the hail?!
Duane Lowry on 3 million prevent plant bean acres, funds still short beans, and how to re-own bushels on paper without blowing up your cash position.
Jun 2019
Small victories with Wisconsin dairy Norm-E-Lane
Jerod Schmidt on planting 4,700 acres in a wet spring, a 60-foot three-point planter that leaves no ruts, and holding out for 18 tons of silage.
Jun 2019
Corn price reality check, and where do beans go from here?
Duane Lowry breaks down 77% bean planting, 19.4 million unplanted acres, and why he would reward corn rallies now but sit on his hands in soybeans.
Jun 2019
Strategic planning discussion: weekly market outlook
Duane Lowry explains why the moment everyone finally turns bullish is the moment to advance sales, and how to build a gross revenue target per acre.
Jun 2019
Mid week market update
Duane Lowry on why a USDA report that punts is still a direction, how to size sales against your insurance guarantee, and why basis keeps rising.
Jun 2019
Start me up
Duane and Chris Barron run the numbers on 2019 prevent plant, late planting yield loss, and why strengthening basis pointed to real corn demand.
Jun 2019
Don't stop believing
Chris Barron and Duane on the 2019 corn correction, 10 million prevent plant acres, and why a 20 percent yield cut pushes breakeven to $4.67 cash.
Jun 2019
Global agriculture: perspective, community, and eternal optimism with Anthony Lackore
Corteva's Anthony Lackore on the 40/70 rule for deciding with incomplete information, planning three months ahead, and what seed production faced in 2019.
Jun 2019
Spirit in the sky
Duane Lowry sizes up 2019 prevent plant at 6 to 15 million acres, reads the Mexico tariff scare, and argues soybeans may surprise on the upside.
May 2019
Steve Johnson, Iowa State: Discussion on prevent plant rules and regulations, do's and don'ts
ISU Extension's Steve Johnson explains the four-year acreage rule, the 55 percent corn payment, and the paperwork that decides if your claim gets paid.
May 2019
Details on MFP, the Market Facilitation Program, with Paul Neiffer
Farm CPA Paul Neiffer explains the 2019 MFP county rate formula, the 125,000 dollar payment limit, AGI tests, and why prevent plant acres get nothing.
May 2019
Hold on loosely
Chris Barron and Duane Lowry weigh prevent plant against late planting, why to keep physical ownership of grain, and how to sell in increments.
May 2019
Danger zone
Strategic account manager Jeff Cole reports 30 percent of corn and 10 percent of soybeans planted in Indiana, plus when to switch off 113-day hybrids.
May 2019
Taking care of business
Duane Lowry breaks down 2019 corn and soybean planting progress state by state, record prevent plant odds, and how to recheck your percent sold.
May 2019
From the heart of Indiana
Indiana agronomist Brad Downing on running prevent plant numbers, switching hybrid maturities before June 15, and checking on growers who are struggling.
May 2019
Crazy train
Duane Lowry raises his prevent plant estimate to 6 million acres, argues $5 corn is plausible, and tells growers to slow down on new corn sales.
May 2019
NE Illinois: control what you can
Pioneer's Alyssa Abbott on holding 111 day hybrids into June, GDU math for late planting, and running prevent plant numbers for your own farm.
May 2019
Upper Midwest update
Zane Erickson on prevent plant in eastern North Dakota: cover crops to pull moisture, weed control, and why unmanaged PP acres compound wet years.
May 2019
Farm aid package
Chris Barron and Duane Lowry break down USDA's $14.5 billion trade aid payment and why the guaranteed first third will not change prevent plant math.
May 2019
Agronomy update
Pioneer's Adam Brinker on 2019 stands after a wet spring: corn four weeks in the ground, mid-20s populations, and 70% yield potential for late-May corn.
645 episodes in the archive · page 26 of 26