Leadership Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on leadership — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Feb 2021
Ag perspective with Ken Root
Ken Root on why China stays a key market, how 1970s land decisions soured by 1988, and what farm families should do about transition planning now.
Feb 2021
Market volatility ahead? Weekly market outlook, Feb 15-19
Joe Vaclavik explains how to read fund positioning, why the 2020 balance sheet tightened on production, and how to plan sales before a weather scare hits.
Feb 2021
5 dysfunctions of a farm
Shay Foulk maps Patrick Lencioni's five dysfunctions onto farm teams: loosen the reins, welcome conflict, and write down who decides what and when.
Jan 2021
Weekly market outlook, Jan. 25th-29th: welcome to market volatility
Mark Welch of Texas A&M tests whether a rally has a demand story behind it, and builds price and time targets that take emotion out of the sell decision.
Dec 2020
Dad's Wisdom with Mark Schaffer: Ohio farmer
Mark Schaffer built an excavating company and later a 9,000-acre Ohio farm. He explains why his father refused to hire him and how patience shaped both.
Nov 2020
February: end of soybean price strength?
Joe Vaclavik explains why US soybeans lose their edge once Brazil ships, why fund length matters, and why long range forecasts are not actionable.
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.
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.
May 2020
Sunday night market outlook, May 3, 2020
Duane Lowry shows how to spot a new market narrative early, and argues for locking basis first when a short-covering rally could take it back.
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
Podcasts you should listen to
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk name the ag and business podcasts they listen to in the tractor, from DC Signal to Noise to Grain Markets and Other Stuff.
Apr 2020
Farm health series #3: Nutrition
Chris Barron's five nutrition principles for farmers: water, fewer simple carbs after 4 p.m., eating every two hours, portion size, and knowing yourself.
Apr 2020
Sunday night market outlook 04-05-2020
Duane Lowry argues that choosing not to decide is a real decision, and explains why sales made in a panic rarely look good a few months later.
Mar 2020
Farm health series #2: Working out
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk on fitting three to five workouts a week around planting and harvest, building the habit, and measuring progress.
Mar 2020
Farm health series #1: sleep
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk on sleep: adults need over 7 hours, teens 10, plus wind-down routines, dark rooms, and cutting screens before bed.
Mar 2020
Fear, markets, and opportunities
Chris Barron and Duane Lowry on March 2020: refinance while rates drop, stretch amortization, avoid panic sales, and watch crude oil over the virus.
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
Farmers need seed business partners, not more friends
Shay Foulk on why growers want a seed business partner instead of barbecues, and how product knowledge and transparent pricing win the order.
Feb 2020
Time tracking and its importance on your farm
Chris Barron explains why labor is 15 to 25 percent of production cost and how tracking hours by profit center shows where your farm really makes money.
Rewind
On our way to TEPAP: learn more about the program
TEPAP director Mark Welch details the week-long Texas A&M executive program: 7:45 a.m. starts, 90-person classes and a $5,000 all-in cost per person.
Dec 2019
Sunday night market outlook 12/15/2019
Duane Lowry explains why China's Phase One farm purchases should hold, and Chris Barron lays out how farmers rebuild a plan when working capital erodes.
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
Farmer Veteran Conference kickoff 2019
Michael O'Gorman on founding the Farmer Veteran Coalition, the 2006 study that started it, and growing from nine veterans to more than 17,000 members.
Nov 2019
Farm emergency response planning: How to
A former Army Ranger shows farmers how to map hazards, brief fire and EMS crews, and grid-mark field entrances so responders find you fast in an emergency.
Oct 2019
TEPAP: improving your farm business
Mark Welch, TEPAP director at Texas A&M, walks through the week-long Austin program, its $5,000 cost, and the 5 to 20% net income gains alumni report.
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