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Dad's wisdom rewind: On the farm with Jerry Meissner
Jerry Meissner on growing a 2,600-cow Wisconsin dairy with low equity, buying land at $1,200 an acre, and hiring help before he could afford it.
Episode 516
Weekly market outlook July 17-21st: weather and volatility
Peter Meyer explains why supply rallies get sold and demand rallies get respected, and how to hold price targets when algorithms drive the tape.
Episode 515
A buyer's market on combines
Brent Judisch counts 1,400 used Deere Class 8 combines three years old or less, plus interest waivers, 2.9% money, and a tight tillage and planter market.
Episode 514
Weekly market outlook, July 10-14th: $5 corn is the top with more than 10% stocks to use
Clark Neighbors shows how stocks to use above ten percent has capped harvest corn near five dollars, and why crop insurance stalls farmer selling.
Episode 513
Weekly market outlook - July 3-7th: USDA sticker shock
Grant Shimek separates the basis decision from the futures decision, and explains why a report shock trades for three days before weather takes over.
Episode 512
Weekly market outlook June 26-30th: weather and civil war in Russia
Joe Vaclavik argues yield uncertainty outranks demand in a drought market, and explains why locking a strong return is business, not a bad call.
Episode 511
Dad's wisdom with Gary Monson in Colfax, Washington
Gary Monson on getting his first lease in 1978, splitting the ranch in 2007, the equipment he kept too long, and letting his sons make their own decisions.
Episode 510
Weekly market outlook: June 20th-23rd - extreme localization
Ryan Moe splits board risk from basis risk, warns that your local buyer may already be full, and explains when accumulators actually make sense.
Episode 508
Weather vs sluggish demand
Jarod Creed splits farmers into two camps by insurance coverage and shows why the right marketing move depends on which side of that line you sit on.
Episode 507
Citizen data scientist program details and sign-up now open
Chris Barron, Shay Foulk, and Matthew Bertram lay out the 12-week citizen data scientist course: dates, the $1,500 fee, the 25-seat cap, and who fits.
Episode 506
Sharpen your pencils: Sunday market outlook June 5-9
Garret Brown on why knowing your breakeven lets you execute, and why a two-year margin outlook should drive fertilizer and grain sale decisions.
Episode 505
Internships matter
Shay Foulk and intern Tim Moon on shaping an internship around the student, what it costs for a summer, and why the payback is not free labor.
Episode 504
Weekly market outlook May 30 - June 2nd: bullish weather markets?
Brian Splitt maps 2023 against 2013 to show how analog years guide sale targets, then explains scaling bushels up as price climbs and using puts.
Episode 503
Weekly market outlook May 22-26th: are the lows in?
Grant Shimek explains how to read an inverted seasonal, where value zones sit, and why panic among the worst marketers is a signal to get optimistic.
Episode 502
Weekly market outlook May 15-19th: USDA report and market fundamentals
Mark Welch reads a WASDE the way a marketer should: question the trendline yield, doubt the demand rebound, and keep your own breakeven current.
Episode 501
Weekly market outlook: May 8-12th - planting season continues
Jarod Creed explains how the insurance guarantee sets your real downside, and why a recession bet in the futures market is not a fundamental signal.
Episode 500
Stand establishment and planting conditions
Replant decisions in early May: count leafed-out corn as dead, weigh kernel flex before tearing up a stand, and add down pressure in dry tilled soil.
Episode 499
Weekly market outlook, May 1-5th: markets under pressure
Matt Bennett on why aggressive sales still need flexibility, how crop insurance sets your floor, and why final yield changes your true breakeven.
Episode 498
To plant, or not to plant
Troy Deutmeyer on cold soils: why the first 24 to 48 hours matter, when to switch to soybeans, and how late corn can go without yield loss north of I-80.
Episode 497
Slow planting pace
Duane Lowry reads spreads and relative value to argue a sell-off was a flush, not a trend, and explains where to park new crop offers ahead of planting.
Episode 496
Maximize the value of your data: become a citizen data scientist
Scott Klososky and Matthew Bertram explain how to train someone on your farm to turn scattered data into decisions, in about 50 hours over 12 weeks.
Episode 495
Weekly market outlook: April 17-21, planting progress and market movers
Peter Meyer explains how China buys value, why funds wait for momentum, and what to ask when energy companies come recruiting your acres for feedstock.
Episode 494
Spring planting best practices
Pioneer agronomist Troy Deutmeyer gives planting depths, soybean populations by yield zone, and the 24-hour rule before a cold rain hits your seed.
Episode 493
Weekly market outlook, April 10-14th: macro price pressure
Ryan Moe of StoneX explains why standing open orders beat watching the screen, and why funds skip corn when a risk free CD pays five percent.
Episode 492
Why is it so hard to keep people? Secchi founder Mike White
HR veteran Mike White explains why farms lose good people: undefined goals and roles, no documentation, and toxic workers who cut team output 40 percent.
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