Finance Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on finance — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Episode 783
Fund selling pressures grain markets: weekly market outlook, Jun. 1-5
Jeff Fichtelman explains how fund liquidation moves nearby futures, when basis contracts pay, and why waiting for a nickel costs farmers real dollars.
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 774
SDRP payment #2 details
Paul Neiffer explains why the second SDRP payment doubles your first, the $125,000 per-year limit, the August 12 deadline, and mid-May payment timing.
Episode 773
Farm Profit Manager: the history and the why
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk trace Profit Manager from 1990s DOS spreadsheets to a free app, and explain why cost of production drives every decision.
Episode 763
Farm Profit Manager app release
Shay Foulk walks through the Farm Profit Manager app: free online and Excel versions, field-level cost analysis, equipment costs, and benchmarking.
Episode 738
Business lessons from 2025, solutions for 2026
The Ag View team names what 2025 taught them: right-size machinery, track your time, delegate faster, and build a State of the Farm talk for your banker.
Episode 735
Rethinking your marketing plan: weekly market outlook, Dec. 22nd-26th
Jarod Creed explains why crop insurance and farm program payments can make a price rally shrink total farm revenue, and how to market around that.
Episode 734
Trending higher to end 2025?
Garret Brown of Codak Risk Advisory on December price action, why he questions harvested acres, and why lender talks get harder heading into 2026.
Episode 725
2026 farm cash flow shift: Weekly market outlook Nov 10-14
Jarod Creed shows how insurance, farm programs and grain sales now arrive as one revenue bucket on very different timelines, and how to plan cash flow.
Episode 699
Dads wisdom with Mike Paulson and Randy Fiddelke
Randy Fiddelke and Mike Paulson on restructuring debt in the 1980s, why accrual numbers beat tax returns, and building a CPA, attorney and lender team.
Episode 689
I'm undersold, now what?
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk cover five moves for undersold farms: overrun bushels, harvest basis, logistics, lender cash flow talks and aid checks.
Episode 688
Strong crop, weak market: weekly market outlook July 14-18
Jeff Fichtelman explains why fundamentals stop driving price when farmers are undersold, and how crop insurance scenarios should shape your sales.
Episode 687
Opportunity management
The Ag View team on sizing up 1,000-acre opportunities: capacity, culture, collaboration with neighbors, debt service in a trough, and what you say no to.
Episode 684
History rhymes: weekly market outlook, July 7th-11th
Duane Lowry explains why uniform crops point to a big yield, and how to test whether price times yield still makes the season a survivable one.
Episode 680
The path to prosperity: building wealth that lasts
Mike Finley on custodial Roth IRAs, $100 a month index investing, avoiding 2 percent advisor fees, and teaching kids money before they leave home.
Episode 672
Jeremy Doetch joins Ag View Solutions
Jeremy Doetch spent 20 years as an ag lender before joining Ag View Solutions. He explains working capital, bank questions farmers avoid, and hog barn ROI.
Episode 668
Dad's wisdom: Lessons from the farm and the ledger with Paul Neiffer
Paul Neiffer explains why splitting a farm is not failure, how to track deferred tax liability every year, and how 5% yearly gains compound over a decade.
Episode 649
Building wealth beyond the farm: a conversation with Mike Finley
Mike Finley on diversifying beyond land: low-cost index funds, custodial Roth IRAs for working kids, and why a 1% fee costs hundreds of thousands.
Episode 648
Farmland investment: challenges, opportunities, and the future with Fractal
Ben Gordon on why farmland is hard to cash flow, the long-term supply case, and how Fractal's minority stake of up to 45 percent complements bank debt.
Episode 646
The Equipment Expense Report: Current Value Trends and Tips
Brent Judisch of P&K Equipment reports which tractors and combines have dropped 10-15%, why sprayers hold value, and when leasing beats buying.
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 642
Post report winner: old crop
Jarod Creed explains why a rally in old crop corn stalls new crop sales, and how interest, basis and insurance decide what waiting really costs you.
Episode 640
Strive to thrive in 2025: navigating the financial hurdles
A farm CPA, a lender and a risk manager explain how to plan for tight 2025 margins: lock in a small loss, track debt service, talk to your banker early.
Episode 638
Get out alive in 2024: weekly market outlook Dec 23rd-27th
Joe Backlovich explains why locking in a loss ten months before harvest is bad business, and why a fluid balance sheet drives every good marketing call.
Episode 634
Tariff talk: weekly market outlook, Dec. 9-13th
Duane Lowry explains why a market that stops earning its carry has a ceiling, why crude oil worries him more than tariffs, and when to stop waiting.
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