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Episode 490
Weekly market outlook April 3-7: April fools or April facts? The latest USDA numbers
Joe Vaclavik explains why the acreage number deserves doubt, how spring seasonals usually behave and what high interest rates cost you to store grain.
Episode 489
Make the connection
Shay Foulk on using your ag network when a problem stonewalls you, plus a request for winter work for a trusted H-2A employee in North Dakota.
Episode 487
Farm to freight: blurry logistics made clear with Michael Steeke, Rocket Shipping
Michael Steeke bought his family farm outright, then built Rocket Shipping to 29 people. He explains LTL, partner carriers, and freight bill audits.
Episode 486
Funds go risk off: weekly market outlook March 20-24th
Clark Neighbors reads a corn break through fund liquidation, defines patience as 60 to 90 days, and prices storage as interest per acre per month.
Episode 485
March madness: weekly market outlook March 13-17th
Jarod Creed argues margin objectives beat price targets, explains why a blended average matters more than your last sale, and plans before planting.
Episode 484
Is the H-2A program dead for farmers?
Paul Neiffer explains proposed H-2A rules that push a tractor driver who also drives a truck from $13.32 to $22.55 an hour, plus $15,000 filing fees.
Episode 482
The Captain Patrick in Jamaica show: tips for success in life and business
Captain Patrick, 23 years with one Jamaican employer, tells Chris and Alissa Barron how love, honesty, and teaching keep good employees from leaving.
Episode 481
Don't raise 230 bu corn to break even
Matt Bennett on the corn market dropping 27 cents in a week, $5.94 and $13.75 insurance prices, and why 240 bushel corn can still lose money in 2023.
Episode 480
Ten topics for the weekly market outlook, Feb. 21-24th
Duane Lowry ranks ten market forces against the balance sheet and argues that record fixed input costs should skew every decision toward protecting margin.
Feb 2023
State of the farm address
Shay Foulk walks through his 50-slide annual farm review: prior projections, year-end financials, equity trendlines, and next year's cash flow plan.
Feb 2023
Valentine's Day and soybean sales: Sunday market outlook
Jarod Creed tells Shay Foulk why farmers should market for revenue rather than price, and why holding unsold bushels is a bet you chose to place.
Feb 2023
Urgent: CCC-860
Shay Foulk flags FSA form CCC-860 for beginning, veteran, women, and socially disadvantaged farmers, and says fill it out and call your FSA office.
Feb 2023
Mailbag: A 1,200-Acre Farm Transition
Shay Foulk walks through a 1,200-acre buyout: equipment valuation, 15-30% discounts, long-term leases, and the tax hit of a retiring farmer's final crop.
Feb 2023
Macro matters that move markets - weekly market outlook: Feb. 6-10th
Grant Shimek weighs cycle lows, basis flow and sovereign debt, and argues farmers should hold both tails rather than commit emotionally to one direction.
Feb 2023
Progressive farm outlook with Kristjan Hebert
Kristjan Hebert explains his time, brains and money split, monthly draws for parents, a known $780,000 burn rate, and keeping equity out of equipment.
Jan 2023
A powerhouse conversation at the Ag View Executive Business Conference
Joe Vaclavik, Ryan Moe and Jarod Creed break down corn versus soybean acre economics, the swing acres that actually move, and sticky cost structures.
Jan 2023
AI, tech, and farming
Scott Klososky on why farm technology now outruns the people using it, what machine intelligence means for equipment, and how to keep up daily.
Jan 2023
What's up in DC?
Jim Wiesemeyer on 2023 farm bill timing, why Title I is falling behind, the $1.1 trillion price tag, and waiting on the Supreme Court WOTUS ruling.
Jan 2023
Everything you don't want to know about ERP and PARP
Paul Neiffer explains who qualifies for ERP Phase 2 and PARP, the $2,000 initial cap, payment limits, and why he leans ARC over PLC for 2023.
Jan 2023
Risk management navigation in 2023: crop insurance
Jon Scheets breaks down ERP Phase 2 filings, stacking ECO and SCO above an 85% RP policy, and how falling volatility could trim your 2023 premiums.
Jan 2023
Margin management marketing: weekly market outlook, Jan. 23-27
Matt Bennett of AgMarket.net explains why he markets off breakevens instead of forecasts, and how floors on half the crop protect a tight 2023 margin.
Jan 2023
Financial navigation for 2023: a lender's perspective
Ag lender Jeremy Doetch lists the six documents he wants at renewal and the three ratios he watches: 1.15 debt service, 1-to-1 current, 30% debt to asset.
Jan 2023
Fundamentals always win out: weekly market outlook January 16-20th
Jarod Creed reads a four-report USDA day, explains why the Argentine drought matters through soybean meal, and builds a plan for spacing new crop sales.
Rewind
Rebroadcast: Got insurance? Are you sure?
Adam Brickley names the farm insurance gaps that cost most: unreported partnerships, depreciated equipment values, and $1 million liability limits.
Jan 2023
Super Bowl of USDA reports coming soon! Weekly market outlook Jan. 9-13
Ryan Moe of StoneX argues the risk in a $6.50 corn market is larger than in a $3.50 one, and shows how options and a target price close that gap.
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