Finance Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on finance — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Dec 2021
Weekly market outlook: Dec. 27-31st - putting a bow on 2021 markets
Peter Meyer and Jarod Creed separate supply rallies from demand rallies and push producers to stress test interest rates before spending a good year.
Dec 2021
Tax prep for year end
Paul Neiffer on the December checklist: valid prepaid invoices, why ordered equipment is not deductible, deferred payment contracts, and payroll credits.
Dec 2021
Equipment economics for 2022
Brent Judisch on three price increases in 12 months, used tractors up 20 percent, combines sold out until 2023, and when leasing beats buying a machine.
Dec 2021
Macro markets drive volatility
Chris Wilson explains how money flow creates violent moves in well-supported markets, and why locking input costs demands a matching revenue floor.
Dec 2021
Economic hurdles: inflation, interest rates, supply chain issues
Economist Bill Conerly expects 6 percent inflation, rates 3 points higher by 2023, and tells farms with extra cash to be patient before buying land.
Nov 2021
7 step strategic outlook plan for 2022
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk list seven planning steps for 2022: debt structure, capital priorities, market value balance sheets and margin goals.
Nov 2021
Weekly market outlook: Nov. 29 - Dec. 3rd - new month, new opportunities?
Jarod Creed reads an inverted cash corn market, questions cheap fertilizer assumptions, and frames a crop budget as a return on dollars invested per acre.
Oct 2021
Weekly market outlook: Nov. 1-5th - market fundamentals to watch
Joe Vaclavik on why unsold bushels need a floor, how fertilizer uncertainty drives the 2022 acreage fight, and what a Fed rate hike would do to grain.
Oct 2021
Weekly market outlook Oct. 18-22nd: time to reset price opportunity?
Duane Lowry argues the sales decision starts with what your bushels dollar up to for your operation, not with a price forecast or an inflation story.
Oct 2021
An economic outlook and how our businesses might be impacted
Economist Bill Conerly tells Chris Barron why energy inflation lingers, why short-term rates could jump 3 points in a year, and to lock in long debt.
Sep 2021
October is here: weekly market outlook Sep. 27 - Oct. 1
Jody Lawrence explains what record cash basis reveals that futures do not, and how to translate a basis anomaly into an ending stocks equivalent.
Sep 2021
Weekly market outlook: Sep. 20-24, risk vs reward
Paul Neiffer and Duane Lowry ask where the risk hides in a strong market, and why record input costs put more dollars on the table than ever before.
Sep 2021
Heading into harvest: weekly market outlook, Sept. 13-17th
Chris Wilson explains why locking input costs without locking revenue raises risk, how to read a report the market already sold into, and basis timing.
Aug 2021
Weekly market outlook: Aug 30th - Sep 3rd, pre-harvest market strategies
Grant Shimek on why open basis at harvest is an avoidable risk, judging storage by ROI, and covering revenue once you have locked expensive inputs.
Aug 2021
Markets under pressure - weekly market outlook: Aug. 23-27th
Clark Neighbors names the pre-fall fade, the habit of talking your own yield down, and shows how carry and export timing decide which crop you store.
Aug 2021
Beginning farmer 2: lending
Ag lender Tevis Mott explains what beginning farmers need before a loan: a business plan, a written cash flow, 3 years of tax returns, and collateral.
Jul 2021
Dad's wisdom with Roger Patterson
Roger Patterson bought his first farm at 22 in 1971 on a 20-year contract, tiled his own ground, and handed decisions to his sons early enough to matter.
Jun 2021
Dad's wisdom with Bruce Moody from Fremont, Indiana
Bruce Moody bought 1,000 Indiana acres from $250 to $1,500 an acre, then lost a partner overnight. What he wishes he had known about insurance.
Jun 2021
All eyes on inflation and interest rates
Brent Gloy explains why 4 to 5 percent inflation is the real risk, how to match long-term assets with long-term debt, and when to be careful buying land.
May 2021
Market horsepower: weekly market outlook May 10-14
Ryan Moe on beating seller's remorse: judge each sale by whether it would still make you happy as the worst sale of the year, then manage the average.
Feb 2021
Weekly market outlook Mar. 1-5: Don't panic
Jody Lawrence explains how China's hog rebuild and a lost US crop reset grain prices, and why insurance can lock a profit before planting starts.
Feb 2021
Financial planning for farmers: 2021
Josh Waite explains why equipment is not a retirement plan, how to diversify beyond land, and what term versus whole life insurance actually does.
Feb 2021
Weekly market outlook Feb. 22-26th: volatility marches on
Grant Shimek explains why a margin call can freeze your decision making, and how to size positions so protecting a 30 percent ROI stays possible.
Feb 2021
Are you ready for market volatility? - weekly market outlook: Feb. 8-12
Brian Splitt shows how to pick marketing tools by the margin call risk you can live with, and why locking in your insurance floor comes first.
Jan 2021
Weekly market and new year outlook with Joe Vaclavik
Joe Vaclavik explains why long-term market outlooks rarely help farmers, how record fund length distorts prices, and why incremental sales still win.
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