Family Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on family — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Nov 2020
Mark Bowen talks lumber, grass-fed beef, and the 2020 conference
Mark Bowen left active duty in 1999 and built Meadowdale Farm: grass-fed beef, pastured poultry, hay, maple sap, and a sawmill feeding construction.
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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.
Sep 2020
Dad's wisdom with Richard Seamans
Richard Seamans farmed up to 2,500 acres with his wife Shirley as bookkeeper and combine operator. His advice: keep good books and get out of debt.
Aug 2020
Dad's Wisdom with Mike Grover
Mike Grover's father fed 2,000 hogs a year, then grew to over 3,000 acres debt-free. Mike explains the frugality, risk-taking and work ethic behind it.
Jul 2020
Dad's wisdom with Mike Paulson
Mike Paulson on surviving the 1980s land purchase, why people matter more than iron, and the last words his father gave him: we did the best we could.
Apr 2020
Talking safety with Pioneer
Grain entrapments rose 27% in 2019 to 38 cases. Traci Rodemeyer of Corteva on bin entry, rescue tube donations, and keeping kids safe during planting.
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.
Apr 2020
2020: More kids on the farm than any time in modern ag history
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk on keeping kids safe when school closures put more children around the farm: ground rules, walkthroughs, and liability.
Mar 2020
Learning when to put the work away as farmer veterans and veteran farmers
Shay Foulk, an Army Ranger turned farm consultant, names why veterans cannot stop working and gives daily habits that make stepping away stick.
Mar 2020
Dad's wisdom: on the planter with Rick Childs
Rick Childs started farming in 1978 at 23, survived the 1980s with no land debt, and explains why knowing your numbers still decides who makes it.
Dec 2019
Facing adversity head on: mom's wisdom
Vance Yelm farms 1,500 acres near Lake Park, Iowa. She describes taking over after her husband's death, the 1980s debt fight, and letting her son lead.
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.
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.
Sep 2019
Dad's wisdom: part 2 with Dave Nelson (son)
Dave Nelson came home to 800 acres and a family business. He explains what his father's refusal to file bankruptcy in the 1980s taught him about business.
Sep 2019
Dad's wisdom: Part 1 with Gary Nelson
Gary Nelson rented 80 acres in 1973, hit bottom by 1977, and rebuilt to 4,700 acres. What he learned about borrowing, marketing and off-farm income.
Sep 2019
Dad's wisdom: On the farm with Mark Rust
Mark and Laura Rust took over a central Illinois farm in 1981 after her father died at 44, survived 1988, and are now transitioning to their sons.
Aug 2019
Dad's wisdom: on the farm with Jerry Meissner
Wisconsin dairyman Jerry Meissner on buying land at $1,200 an acre, a 15-year deferred-comp buyout of his parents, and hiring before you can afford it.
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.
Jun 2019
3 keys to a successful farm transition or collaboration
Chris Barron maps farm transition in three stages, splits machinery and trucks into their own LLCs by net equity, and builds a workable exit strategy.
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