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Episode 695
Managing people, plants, and urban markets
Karl Shlagel farms 150 acres of fresh market vegetables 23 miles from Capitol Hill. He walks through H-2A crews, farmers markets, and family transition.
Episode 694
Farming, family and strip-till
Three generations of the Foulk family on anhydrous-only strip-till, soil structure after 5 inches of rain, sharing equipment, and handing a farm over.
Episode 692
Friday rewind: strategic resource teams for your farm
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk cover 10 roles every farm needs on its strategic resource team, from lender and CPA to attorney and peer advisory board.
Episode 689
I'm undersold, now what?
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk cover five moves for undersold farms: overrun bushels, harvest basis, logistics, lender cash flow talks and aid checks.
Episode 688
Strong crop, weak market: weekly market outlook July 14-18
Jeff Fichtelman explains why fundamentals stop driving price when farmers are undersold, and how crop insurance scenarios should shape your sales.
Episode 687
Opportunity management
The Ag View team on sizing up 1,000-acre opportunities: capacity, culture, collaboration with neighbors, debt service in a trough, and what you say no to.
Episode 686
Friday rewind: 4 D's, threats to farm businesses
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk on updating the will, buy-sell agreements, disability coverage, and matching insurance carriers before you share equipment.
Episode 685
WHIN for the farmers
Josh Parshin explains how the Wabash Heartland Innovation Network vets ag technology, runs pilots on member farms, and negotiates prices for growers.
Episode 684
History rhymes: weekly market outlook, July 7th-11th
Duane Lowry explains why uniform crops point to a big yield, and how to test whether price times yield still makes the season a survivable one.
Episode 682
Friday rewind: Dad's wisdom part II, the retirement years with Dean Fehl, Iowa farmer
Dean Fehl retired in 2015 and explains the three phases of transition, why he started early, how hobbies filled his days and what he does on the farm.
Episode 680
The path to prosperity: building wealth that lasts
Mike Finley on custodial Roth IRAs, $100 a month index investing, avoiding 2 percent advisor fees, and teaching kids money before they leave home.
Episode 679
Update your cost of production! Weekly market outlook June 23rd-27th
Shay Foulk and Joe Paulson show why June is the right time to rebuild your cost of production and place target orders well ahead of delivery.
Episode 678
Post WASDE thoughts: weekly market outlook, June 16th-20th
Greg McBride of Allendale explains how ending stocks, fund positioning and seasonal rally windows tell a farmer when a price spike is worth taking.
Episode 677
The risks in this growing season
Jim McCormick explains why supply-driven rallies are vicious and short, and why the order has to be working before the weather map changes on you.
Episode 672
Jeremy Doetch joins Ag View Solutions
Jeremy Doetch spent 20 years as an ag lender before joining Ag View Solutions. He explains working capital, bank questions farmers avoid, and hog barn ROI.
Episode 670
Strong exports, record yields?
Garret Brown builds a corn balance sheet from measurable export data, questions the stocks report, and argues the trade's carryout cut is far too light.
Episode 668
Dad's wisdom: Lessons from the farm and the ledger with Paul Neiffer
Paul Neiffer explains why splitting a farm is not failure, how to track deferred tax liability every year, and how 5% yearly gains compound over a decade.
Episode 665
Planting pace: will markets react?
Texas A&M economist Mark Welch shows how to price corn during planting season: run yield scenarios, set layered offers, and manage risk you control.
Episode 663
Farming, Family, and Mental Health
Researcher Josie Rudolphi shares farmer anxiety and depression data, warning signs to watch for, and practical boundaries between farm and family life.
Episode 661
Agronomic insights: Keys to a successful planting season
Pioneer agronomist Troy Deutmeyer covers mid-40s soil temps, checking planter depth on every row, full herbicide rates, and flag tests for emergence.
Episode 656
Farm business policy brief
Paul Neiffer on the March 21 beneficial ownership deadline, the House budget's $4.5 trillion tax math, and expected per acre economic aid rates.
Episode 652
Will DOGE come after USDA next? - weekly market outlook: Feb. 10th-14th
Peter Meyer explains why a momentum-driven fund long is borrowed strength and why no marketing plan should depend on a government check arriving.
Episode 651
Evergreen crop insurance grain marketing 101
Steve Johnson and Jarod Creed show how to turn a revenue protection guarantee into pre-harvest sales, and why an insurance election is a marketing call.
Episode 649
Building wealth beyond the farm: a conversation with Mike Finley
Mike Finley on diversifying beyond land: low-cost index funds, custodial Roth IRAs for working kids, and why a 1% fee costs hundreds of thousands.
Episode 648
Farmland investment: challenges, opportunities, and the future with Fractal
Ben Gordon on why farmland is hard to cash flow, the long-term supply case, and how Fractal's minority stake of up to 45 percent complements bank debt.
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