Business Structure Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on business structure — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Episode 779
Will your farm survive 8 generations?
Quint Pottinger explains how outside investors solved his succession problem and how autonomy let him sell equipment and return $400,000 to the farm.
Episode 697
How to Start the Farm Transition Planning Conversation
Junior partner stuck waiting on a transition plan? Chris Barron and Shay Foulk share how to open the conversation, plus six free starter resources.
Episode 692
Friday rewind: strategic resource teams for your farm
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk cover 10 roles every farm needs on its strategic resource team, from lender and CPA to attorney and peer advisory board.
Episode 686
Friday rewind: 4 D's, threats to farm businesses
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk on updating the will, buy-sell agreements, disability coverage, and matching insurance carriers before you share equipment.
Episode 656
Farm business policy brief
Paul Neiffer on the March 21 beneficial ownership deadline, the House budget's $4.5 trillion tax math, and expected per acre economic aid rates.
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 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 594
Final House farm bill now goes to the Senate
Paul Neiffer breaks down the House farm bill: reference prices, a one-time base acre update, $155,000 payment limits, and 90% crop insurance coverage.
Episode 591
The Joe Paulson and Andy Hruby story
Andy Hruby and Joe Paulson explain how custom chopping, a shared chemical LLC, and a machinery LLC let them grow acres and equipment without owning it all.
Episode 588
New farm bill debate: House vs Senate proposals
Paul Neiffer grades both 2024 farm bill proposals: the House lifts ARC to a 90% guarantee and 12.5% cap while the Senate cuts the AGI limit to $700,000.
Episode 574
Dad's wisdom: With Mike Oberbroeckling
Mike Oberbroeckling on buying good used equipment, using credit as a tool, a hog expansion that failed, and the land he wishes he had bought sooner.
Episode 558
Equity capital and how to leverage it
Ben Gordon explains how Fractal buys under 45% of a field you already own, what the 4.5% to 5.1% annual payment covers, and when equity beats more debt.
Episode 536
Payment in kind
Paul Neiffer explains payment in kind: no 15.3 percent payroll tax on commodity wages, paying kids under 18, and donating grain instead of cash to church.
Episode 521
Mail bag: next generation in cow calf and row crop operation
Two brothers near 60 want to hand off 2,000 acres and a cow-calf herd. Shay Foulk and Chris Barron map the vision, retirement budget, and entity split.
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
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
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.
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.
Jun 2022
Flyover Whiskey
Joe Knobbe turns a farmer's own corn into six custom-labeled bottles of whiskey for $350, and explains why shipping laws still make it tricky.
Jun 2022
Tax and financial management 201
Paul Neiffer and Mike Finley break down HSAs, Roth versus traditional plans, fee-only advisors, and holding working capital near 50% of operating needs.
May 2022
ERP emergency relief program: $10 billion in relief aid
Paul Neiffer walks through ERP Phase 1: a 10 to 25 point bump on your crop insurance coverage level, premium added back, then multiplied by 75 percent.
Mar 2022
Liability risk reduction for your trucking LLC
Chris Barron lists eight checks that keep your trucking LLC intact: separate books, entity paid insurance, itemized invoices, and certified drivers.
Sep 2021
Best Practices for Farm Business Structure
Paul Neiffer and Chris Barron explain when trucking and equipment LLCs make sense, how per-pass billing works, and why structure makes transition possible.
Aug 2021
Beginning farmer: land, with Mike Downey
Mike Downey explains the entrance strategy for beginning farmers: build a network, carry outside cash flow, and structure land so it stays in the family.
Jul 2021
Witness Distillery: roots in ag
Rick Radliff left Pioneer after 23 years and now runs Witness Distillery with his wife and son, aging 5,500 gallons of spirits made from local grain.
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