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Episode 646
The Equipment Expense Report: Current Value Trends and Tips
Brent Judisch of P&K Equipment reports which tractors and combines have dropped 10-15%, why sprayers hold value, and when leasing beats buying.
Episode 645
The Joes talk grain markets and other stuff
Joe Vaclavik explains how fund positioning overshoots in both directions, why old and new crop are separate markets, and how to shrink marketing errors.
Episode 644
45Z economics: crunching the numbers and practical insights
Paul Neiffer runs the 45Z numbers by county: no-till corn pays about 51 cents a bushel in Iowa and $1 in Missouri, before the farmer's one-third cut.
Episode 643
Part-time CFO for your farm?
Paul Bergschneider on what a part-time farm CFO does, when entity count justifies one, and why paying off fixed loans early can strand your options.
Episode 642
Post report winner: old crop
Jarod Creed explains why a rally in old crop corn stalls new crop sales, and how interest, basis and insurance decide what waiting really costs you.
Episode 641
Have we lost market momentum? Weekly market outlook, January 6th-10th
Matt Bennett explains why asking how much more a rally has left is the wrong question, and how flexible floors protect a margin you can actually bank.
Episode 640
Strive to thrive in 2025: navigating the financial hurdles
A farm CPA, a lender and a risk manager explain how to plan for tight 2025 margins: lock in a small loss, track debt service, talk to your banker early.
Episode 639
New year's marketing resolution - weekly market outlook: Dec. 30 - Jan. 3rd
Jeff Fichtelman explains why crowded trades and recency bias wreck marketing plans, and how three breakevens turn a rally into a decision you can act on.
Episode 638
Get out alive in 2024: weekly market outlook Dec 23rd-27th
Joe Backlovich explains why locking in a loss ten months before harvest is bad business, and why a fluid balance sheet drives every good marketing call.
Episode 637
Breaking news: Congress to provide $31 billion in farm aid
Paul Neiffer breaks down the $30.78 billion package: about $10 billion in economic assistance at $43.80 an acre for corn, plus $20 billion in disaster aid.
Episode 635
Stress less yield more: new biological options
Dan Uppena of Corteva explains how supplemental auxins, cytokinin, and gibberellic acid keep growth hormones ahead of crop stress and add bushels.
Episode 634
Tariff talk: weekly market outlook, Dec. 9-13th
Duane Lowry explains why a market that stops earning its carry has a ceiling, why crude oil worries him more than tariffs, and when to stop waiting.
Episode 632
Brazilian farmer struggles: Weekly market outlook Nov 25-29
Angie Setzer reports what Brazilian farmers actually face, and why selling when it feels counterintuitive is how the commercial side always plays it.
Episode 631
Lessons from the ethanol boom: weekly market outlook, Nov 18-22
Jeff Fichtelman reads cash markets against the USDA balance sheet and explains why knowing your own lean, and your own numbers, beats predicting price.
Episode 627
Recalibrate your marketing plan - weekly market outlook: Nov. 4-8th
Jim McCormick asks producers to rebuild breakevens after harvest and bracket stored bushels with options instead of hoping for a summer rally.
Episode 626
Big bushel, little demand
Peter Meyer argues production problems fix themselves fast, so the price question is demand, and he explains how to define a range and sell inside it.
Episode 625
Post harvest price opportunities - weekly market outlook: Oct. 21-25th
Jarod Creed explains why cheap option volatility argues for turning grain into cash and buying the upside back, and how fast harvest distorts basis.
Episode 623
October sales opportunities?
Jim McCormick traces a grain rally back to Fed policy rather than yield, and explains what a flat fund position means for the rest of harvest.
Episode 621
Part I: How to get your financial house in order
Jeremy Doetch shows the two August steps: pin down next year's cost of production, then build the marketing plan with target prices your banker can read.
Episode 620
Are harvest sales a good idea? Weekly market outlook: Sept. 23-27th
Chad Hart of Iowa State on separating futures from basis, using carry deliberately, and why smaller, more frequent sales build a better average.
Episode 619
Early harvest price action: weekly market outlook, Sept. 16-20th
Peter Meyer explains why USDA's record yield leaned on satellite imagery over ear and pod counts, and which reports can still move the number.
Episode 618
Margin protection 101 explained
Jarod Creed explains margin protection: the 95 percent county revenue floor, 120 percent payment factor, 35 percent subsidy, and the September deadline.
Episode 617
Are the harvest lows in already? Weekly market outlook: Sept. 9-13th
Ryan Moe explains why the old farmer selling calendar broke, how to price the cost of hope, and why interest rate risk belongs beside basis risk.
Episode 616
Farm buying toolbox with Grant Wiese: Farm 640
Grant Wiese explains why working capital per acre beats plain working capital, and what to line up before you bid at your first farmland auction.
Episode 615
Record demand for this week
Greg McBride explains rolling hedges only to full commercial carry, why basis stays wide in back-to-back big crops, and when not to make a catch-up sale.
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