Equipment Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on equipment — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Aug 2020
Used and new equipment trends and pre-harvest inspections
Brent Judisch on gathering chain settings for down corn, running GPS one row narrow, rock traps, tire pressure, and calibrating heads before harvest.
Aug 2020
Farm economy conversation: a lender's perspective
Iowa banker Ben Pagel on running a living cash flow, refinancing to save 200 basis points, insuring grain setups at replacement cost, and the 4 Ds risk.
Aug 2020
Temporary storage post-storm and otherwise: grain bagging
Zane Erickson of North Star Ag prices grain bagging at 12 to 15 cents a bushel, explains moisture limits up to 30%, and how to site and unload a bag.
Aug 2020
The devastation of the derecho continues
An Iowa farmer lost his whole grain site to 114 mph winds. Grain bagging, a 30 percent corn yield loss estimate, and what basis does when bins vanish.
Aug 2020
Aftermath of the Iowa derecho firsthand from a farmer
All 2,500 acres of Brandt Fehl's corn took damage from 100 mph winds. He and Chris Barron talk storage, drying 30% corn, and where basis goes next.
Mar 2020
Farm flood health threats; 2019 lessons learned
AgriSafe experts on flood recovery: well testing and chlorination steps, flooded grain rules, PPE use, and the mental health timeline after a flood.
Feb 2020
Why university custom equipment rates are not enough, or are they?
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk show how to appraise equipment with two dealers, apply the 25% rule, and find your real cost per pass before bidding work.
Jan 2020
Equipment efficiency and utilization: Brent Gloy, Agricultural Economic Insights
Brent Gloy explains earns and turns, why idle machinery drags down return on assets, and how heavy leasing can leave a farm with no equity left.
Dec 2019
Lending relationships: importance, insight, considerations
Ag lender Paul Schrader explains the books, balance sheets, and ratios banks want, plus how to restructure farm debt without breaking your cash flow.
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.
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.
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.
Sep 2019
Dad's wisdom: on the farm with Mark Schaffer
Mark Schaffer started with a backhoe and a dump truck in 1977 and grew an 80-person excavating firm that funded 6,000 acres of wheat and soybeans.
Jul 2019
Quality of life, strip till, and fishing in Canada
Two Iowa brothers on strip till timing, rolling all their machinery into an equipment LLC with a neighbor, and why quality of life mattered most.
Jul 2019
The most rewarding thing you can do for your farm
Mark and Julie Schaffer intercrop soybeans into standing wheat in north central Ohio using FlexiFinger pans, and describe what a peer group visit changed.
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.
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