In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Reid Weiland, a sixth generation farmer based in North Central Iowa. Reid's operation has focused more on the infrastructure than purchasing land to grow and become more efficient. We also discuss the benefit of being in a peer group and his time farming in Brazil, where more importantly he met his wi…

In today's podcast Paul does a solo podcast discussing how a farmer can take advantage of a Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange. But Paul also reviews some of the pitfalls if farmers are selling land with improvements. In many cases this will result in gain that the farmer was not counting on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Chris Barron of Ag View Solutions. We review updated cost estimates for 2024 corn crop plus review the cost of carry of corn or soybeans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast Paul has another conversation with Jim Rothermich of Iowa Appraisal. The peak of land values was around June 2022 and values have dropped about 6% since then. If crop prices stay low, there is a good chance for another 15% or so drop, but prices still remain strong but for how long. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Jim Angell, an attorney in Salina, Kansas that works primarily with farmers. We discuss some of the pitfalls of succession and estate planning along with how difficult it is to attract attorney's and CPAs to rural America. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Pete Nelson of AgLauch. AgLaunch helps ag tech start up companies and farmers work together. It is a partnership between the farmers and the agtech companies. This is something a farmer may be interested in being part of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Matt Gunderson, vice president of Farmers National Company. Farmers National was founded October, 1929 right at the start of the depression. The company currently has 12 business lines serving farmers and clients in 40 states with almost 300 employees. The company is employee owned since 2001. We also…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Scott Brown, a professor at the University of Missouri. In his career, Scott has specialized in the livestock industry including dairy and help formulate policy for multiple Farm Bills. Scott has been part of the FAPRI team for many years and we review the goal of FAPRI and discuss some of the trends …

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Josh Linville, VP in charge of fertilizer at StoneX. We review the current trends in fertilizer costs and supplies and take a look at how our trade restrictions are creating issues for these supplies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Roxane Lieverse, who is in charge of Rabobank's Canada services for Canadian farmers. Canada ag production has some similarities to US ag production but also many differences which we review. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jon Davis of Everstream AI. That company provides risk analysis on the supply chain including ag and energy. John is an applied meteorologist and got his passion for weather visiting his grandparents' farms in eastern South Dakota. We review how weather is changing the effect on ag production. See omn…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jerry Gulke who likely has the longest career of writing for Farm Journal and Top Producer. We discuss markets, farming and business in general. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Eric Mueller of Legacy Farmland Fund. This fund is structured as a Section 721 exchange fund which operates similar to a 1031 exchange. This is especially helpful for farm families that have various goals for their land. Perhaps some want to keep and some want to sell. See omnystudio.com/listener for …

In today's podcast Paul provides an overview of the major items included in the House Farm Bill proposal. Although not all of these proposal will pass, it is important to know how they may affect your farm operation and the proposal is very bullish on production ag. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Deon Graupner who operates cropsprofits.com. This company helps farmers understand how marketing works and how to be implement strategies. But most important, Deon is our first person based in South Africa to join the podcast. Primary crops in South Africa our similar to ours and they also have the sa…

In today’s podcast Paul has a conversation with Scott Irwin, a professor at the University of Illinois. Scott grew up on a farm in Iowa and has a passion for all things all and is a prolific provider of information on commodity marketing and biofuels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today’s podcast, Paul has a conversation with Tracey Wiedmeyer, CEO of Gripp.Ag. This company helps a farmer deal with all types of paperwork including machinery maintenance, H2A record keeping, and if there is one thing I know, farmers hate paperwork. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jeff Kazin and Mike Rohlfsen of AgrisAcademy. Both Jeff and Mike spent many years with Cargill in risk management and merchandising and have created a business to educate farmers on how to manage risk. If you are interested they provide full 10 week training program in the winter two nights a week for…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Tom Haren, owner of AgPROfessionals based in Greeley, Colorado and Twin Falls, Idaho. Tom got his career started dealing with ag environmental issues and expanded the business to help farmers find and develop dairies, feedlots, poultry operations and other related livestock businesses. The last few y…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Greg Vincent with Ag Spectrum. Greg and I discuss how maximizing corn yield is not just one action item but a whole series of processes to maximize the yield. Greg is with Ag Spectrum, a company that has been helping farmers for 41 years with this process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with David Muth of People Company Capital Markets. We discuss how institutional investors have reacted to higher interest rates on their land investments. We also discuss how Net Zero may affect land values. Cash flows higher but possible reduction in land appreciation. Plus, we dig into some of the direc…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Doug Toal of RhizeBio, an Ag Start-up. We discuss his career before starting RhizeBio and what is the goal for the company in how they help farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Hallie Shoffner who is the latest Top Producer Next Gen winner. Hallie is a rice and soybean seed farmer in NE Arkansas. Most of you are probably happy that you don't have to clean your combine at least 300 times during harvest. Hallie and her team do that plus cleaning the grain cart, etc. See omnys…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Kelly Garrett of Western Iowa. Kelly was a Top Producer of the Year candidate this year and farms and raises cattle. He also is a partner in a trucking operation that is very unique and a partner in Xtreme Ag and other entrepreneurial pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast, Paul actually does a solo podcast on the Income Tax Proposals contained in the "Green Book" issued as part of the budget process. Most of these proposals will not pass, at least this year, but we predict that many will pass in the next decade and they will cost you money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Eric O'Keefe, editor of the Land Report. Eric grew up in the Big Bend country of Texas and has a passion for land investors. We review of the larger land owners in America and why they might want to own land. We also review Drew Bledsoe's winery and vineyard in Walla Walla, Washington which is where I…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Evan Shout who farms in Canada with a couple of partners. He also partners with Kristjan Hebert on several related farm consulting and partial CFO businesses. The farm primarily grows wheat, barley and canola on about 40,000 crop acres. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Tiffany Dowell Lashmet of Texas A&M University. She is an attorney that communicates with growers and ranchers in Texas on various farm law issues. She also writes a blog and hosts a podcast herself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Marlin Bohling. Marlin started as a farmer but ended up as a broadcaster on commodities, most recently on RFD TV for nearly 10 years. We discuss his career and what he is doing now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Doug Hensley of Hertz Farm Management. Doug's whole career has been spent helping farmers buy and sell farmland and Doug is in charge of Hertz's real estate division. We review the services that Hertz provides and review farmland value trends and project what might happen this year. See omnystudio.com…

In today's podcast, Paul has a follow up conversation with Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag regarding the IRS announcement that was released in Mid-December on how ethanol may end up qualifying for enhanced SAF tax credits and we review what farmers need to do now to prepare for taking advantage of these credits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac…

In today's podcast, Paul has another conversation with Jim Rothermich of Iowa Appraisals. We reviewed how 2023 land values and the outlook for 2024 values. We also review the trends in farmland cash rentals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Matt Folz, an farm attorney in Peru, Indiana. Matt specializes in farm succession planning and we discuss how the process works and some of the tools involved in that process. We then have a more detailed conversation on using a Charitable Remainder Trust for retiring farmers. See omnystudio.com/list…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Katie Lee with the Farm Journal Foundation. We discuss her attendance at COP28 in Dubai and how farmers need to be involved with these types of international events. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Christine Hamilton of South Dakota. Christine and her husband have both a farm and ranch operation, plus Christine is an entrepreneur and is involved in other businesses that you will find of interest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Bruce Vande Steeg. Bruce started his career as a Vet, transitioned to being a dairy farmer, then joined corporate America for a bit. He and two other partners also formed a Dairy ERP software solution. He is currently a consultant helping farmers and others get unstuck and also enjoys flipping homes i…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Mike Downey of Next Generation Ag Associates. Mike and his team help with farm succession planning and have a specialty in helping farmers with no family successors find someone to take over the farm operation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with John Nalivck of Sterling Marketing. John provides various economic and marketing information regarding beef and hog trends from the producer to the packer. We review what is happening in both industries currently and what may happen next year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Marc Arnusch of NE Colorado. Marc and his family farm multiple irrigated crops but has always pivoted toward more value added crops. We also discuss how his aquifer has enabled his family to enjoy more off-farm income plus review his thought process of not doing a solar farm project and pivoting to a…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Krista Swanson, lead economist with the National Corn Growers Association. Krista grew up on a farm in Illinois and still farms with her husband near the Quad Cities along with four children. We review her background and some of the opportunities and challenges facing corn growers. See omnystudio.com…

In today's session Paul has a conversation with Alan Richardson. Alan helps coach farmers who may be stuck with making sound business decisions by using a process called EOS. We also discuss how this helps in the succession planning process too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Steve Bruere of Peoples Company. Paul had a podcast with Steve a couple of years ago and Peoples Company has expanded in scope and regions since then. We have a discussion on farmland value trends and also review the upcoming Land Investment Expo that will be held in Des Moines on January 9, 2024. Se…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with David Muth of Peoples Company Capital Markets. In the podcast, we discuss how a Delaware Statutory Trust can help farmers or others that are doing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange roll over all or part of their proceeds into farmland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with RD Schrader of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company based in NE Indiana. We reviewed how real estate auctions work and the trends in both farmland values and farm equipment values. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Jay Graham of Western Farm Advisors which provides M&A and other services to permanent crop operations primarily in the Pacific Northwest. There has a been a major trend of private equity coming into this space and we discuss how that is affecting these vertically integrated operations. See omnystudi…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Bart Fischer of Texas A&M. We discuss his background but then have a deeper dive into the new farm bill. We review how an update or reallocation of base acres might affect farmers and then dig into the possible increase in the effective reference prices. But these prices can also go down and we discu…

In today’s podcast, Paul has a conversation with Joe Kessie a retired farm banker from NE Indiana. Joe started in banking right with the 1980s’ farm crisis was beginning and we review how this is different from then especially with a lot of long-term debt fixed with low rates compared to the variable rate debt back then. See omnystudio.com/listener…

In today’s podcast, Paul has a conversation with John Hohenberger who farms with his son Kurt in DeKalb County, Illinois. John started his career at the Moline, Illinois Deere combine facility and we review some of the JD and IH combines from the era. We then discuss their farm operation, why they decided to put in irrigation, the use a split-inter…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Brett MacNeil of Scythe and Spade, a farm management and due diligence company. Brett as a junior in high school spent a year in New Zealand where he got his passion for farm and ranch investment and management. We review what goes into due diligence on farmland investment and talk about his livestoc…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Norm Brown. Norm and his wife Cheryl are the founders of FBS Systems which provides farm management accounting. FBS is on their fifth generation of software. Norm and I discuss the history of FBS, how accounting software will change and evolve including AI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf…