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…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Jeff Bushey. Jeff is both a CPA and a farmer in the "thumb" of Michigan. We discuss some of the unique aspects of growing sugar beets and dry eatable beans. We also review his role as a CPA and his more than 25 year history with the Farm Financial Standards Council. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Arianne Chavez of AgriVision Farm Management. Ari is a CPA in charge of accounting for several dairies. We discuss the process of doing accrual basis farm financial statements and the issues that dairies are having with low prices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Owen Thompson of Compeer. We discuss his background and current role at Compeer. We also review how Compeer came into existence and even have a discussion on ice fishing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Pauline Van Nurden of the Minnesota Center for Farm Financial Management. We discuss how the center helps farmers with their financial management and the benchmarking data that is available to farmers under the FINBIN database. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Paul Pittman of Farmland Partners, Inc. Paul is the founder of Farmland Partners which is one of two publicly traded real estate investment trusts that only invest in farmland and related assets. In the podcast, we discuss how Paul decided to form Farmland Partners, the long-term trend in land values…

In today's podcast, Paul provides a webinar on why social security may be a good investment for farmers. Too many farmers view social security taxes as something that should be avoided, while we believe it should be optimized. In the podcast, Paul reviews how it is calculated and some of the rates of returns. It may surprise you how good the return…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Wally Thomas of Morsen Services, Inc. based in Owatonna, Minnesota. Wally provides farm financial for real estate purchases and consulting related to succession planning and other consulting services. We also discuss that more farmland owners are selling land on a contract and with high interest rate…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with three members of the Legacy Farmland Trust. This trust was recently formed to allow farmers who may not have the next generation to farm the land but want to keep the land in trust for their family and multiple generations. It also allows the family to diversify their farmland holdings without a tax …

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Murray Wise of Murray Wise & Associates. We did an original podcast with Murray about two years ago and in the meantime Murray had sold his company to Farmland Partners, Inc. a publicly traded REIT. Murray and I also have discussion on what is keeping farmland values high and part of it is investors …

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Mark Foley of Acre Trader. Mark is in charge of their forest land acquisitions and management. Forest land and farmland investment have similar returns and long-term holds. Mark reviews how they determine whether an acquisition makes sense or not. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Aaron Alejandro of the Texas FFA Foundation. Aaron shares his story of how FFA changed in his life and we review how FFA works in Texas and on the National level. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Farm Journal

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Bruce Sherrick, professor at University of Illinois. Bruce shares his thoughts on farmland values, how increased interest rates may affect land values. We also have a discussion on how farmland investing correlates nicely with other investments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Steve Kleumper of AgriStrategies LLC. Steve has over 30 years of experience working with farmers on their financial aspects of the farm operation. We discuss how a part-time CFO can help many farm operations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Dave Janson who along with his wife owns Strategic Farm Marketing based in Champaign, Illinois and services 12 Midwest states. We discuss some of the crop insurance options available to farmers. We also go over some of the changes Dave would like to see in the new Farm Bill and have a conversation on…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Carter Malloy, the founder and CEO of Acretrader.com and Acres.com. We have a discussion on how Acretrader.com provides opportunities for farmers to increase their acres without a huge capital outlay and also allows the farmland investor to diversify their holdings. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Howard Olson of Ag Country Farm Credit Services based in Fargo, North Dakota. We have a discussion on crop insurance and the Midwest Council on Agriculture and some of our thoughts for the new Farm Bill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Peter Martin of Pinion. We discuss how the farm office of the future will look and work as a management tool. The key is to get standardization of inputs into the farm operation and accounting system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…