Land Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on land — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Episode 770
Succession with Johnny Klemme
Johnny Klemme and Shay Foulk on the $1.5 trillion of farmland changing hands, why succession takes 7 to 10 years, and how to start the hard conversation.
Episode 768
Better Landlord and Contract Management
Ron Dunker of Oaken explains how digital lease tracking stops missed renewals and payments, and keeps rented acres through the coming land transfer.
Episode 753
Proactive farm planning for future success
Ben Gordon breaks down rented acre risk, the three-year capital plan, and why scale swings $200 to $300 an acre in buying and selling power.
Episode 751
Carrot or stick; water quality looming large
Zack Smith says voluntary conservation has stalled near 1.5% adoption on the Des Moines Lobe, and explains the nitrogen timing tax he would put in place.
Sep 2025
Friday rewind: Dad's Wisdom, Ron Dykshoorn from Alberta, Canada
Ron Dykshoorn on a 1907 Alberta homestead, farming with horses in 1941, lentils to India, and why he hands decisions to his sons Sam and Chet.
Episode 702
American Family Farmland; new book
Johnny Klemme's book helps heirs name their values before the farm lands in their lap, bridge farming and non-farming heirs, and use worksheets to talk.
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 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 616
Farm buying toolbox with Grant Wiese: Farm 640
Grant Wiese explains why working capital per acre beats plain working capital, and what to line up before you bid at your first farmland auction.
Episode 602
Dad's wisdom with Larry Gamble
Larry Gamble on buying his first 80 acres, handing the planter to his son, keeping landlords for decades, and the land he wishes he had bought sooner.
Episode 599
Land Values and Access to Capital
Ben Gordon of Fractal Ag covers farmland value trends by land class, interest rate effects, and how equity capital helps farmers buy more land.
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 565
What is FBN?
FBN co-founder Charles Barron and sales director TJ Wilson on seed price transparency, generic crop protection, and farm operating and land loans.
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 527
Fractal Agriculture with Ben Gordon
Ben Gordon explains how Fractal Agriculture buys a minority stake in ground you already own so you can fund the down payment on the next farm.
Rewind
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.
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.
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.
Dec 2022
Agriculture's top ten issues and opportunities for 2023
Chris Barron lists the ten issues he tells clients to plan around for 2023, from land rents and equipment values to lenders, transition and labor.
Aug 2022
Dad's wisdom from North Dakota with Del and Lloyd Gates
Lloyd Gates started farming in 1948 and his son Del in the late 1970s. They talk lender relationships, land debt and handing a seed business to grandsons.
Apr 2022
Is it time to switch some soybean acres back to corn?
Jarod Creed explains scale-up selling, margin protection as a real marketing tool, and doing the math before you switch soybean acres back to corn.
Mar 2022
Dad's wisdom with Scott Church: generations of wisdom
Scott Church went from 50 acres to 6,000 and is handing the farm to his son. He explains why he starts grandkids in the business meeting, not the shop.
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.
Aug 2021
Transfer tax update
Farm CPA Paul Neiffer explains the proposed transfer tax, what it would mean for non-farming heirs, and the gift exclusion cuts that worried him in 2021.
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.
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