Farm4Profit Podcast

What to understand about the 2018 Farm Bill? (Dr. Steve Johnson) Introduction What’s happening Farm4profitllc@gmail.com Text 515.207.9640 Helpful Links https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/info/farmbill.html https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/solutions/farm-bill-decision-aid-tool/ https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2019/10/choosing-between-arc-co-and-plc.html 2018 Farm Bill Updates  Introduce the...

Marketing your products for more sales tools & tips  Introduction www.farm4profit.com farm4profitllc@gmail.com text to 515.207.9640 What do you have to learn about becoming a better marketer? Introduce the guest.  Jed Moon with Ag West Commodities  www.goagwest.com What are we seeing happen in the markets right now? (remember we are 4 weeks out) When you sit down in a meeting with a new client or...

https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/features/natural-tips-sleepiness 11 Tips on How to Stay Awake Naturally By Camille Peri  With more and more of us getting less and less sleep , it’s tempting to reach for a Red Bull, Coffee or Bang when we feel sleepy in the field. But consuming caffeine to combat sleepiness can lead to a vicious cycle. How can you stay awake naturally? Try some of these 11 ji...

The Latest in Fall Tillage/Harvest Technology (Guest-Chad Colby) Introduction Conference Update 12/6/2019 Register now! https://www.farm4profit.com/registration.html Submit questions and topic suggestions www.farm4profit.com farm4profitllc@gmail.com @Farm4Profit on Twitter What’s working for Ag – Being Agile What could put profit back into every acre for you starting this fall? @TheChadColby www.c...

https://www.snacknation.com/blog/guide/healthy-snacks/ The 12 Top Rated Snacks Directly from SnackNation Customers: Coconut Chips – Kettle Cooked Chips Sheila G’s Brownie Brittle Justin’s Butter Squeeze – Chocolate Hazelnut and Almond Butter Sahale Snacks Mango Tango Almond Mix – Trail Mix Honey Gram Cracker Sticks Fruit Snacks Popcorn or Kettle Corn Dried Fruit or Real Fruit IQ Bars or Cliff Bars...

Please Like, Share, Review What’s working for Ag – listener or farmer feedback Contribute through www.farm4profit.com or farm4profitllc@gmail.com  Featuring Joel Lange – Lange Farms . https://www.facebook.com/lange.farms http://www.smart-ag.com/ for automated grain cart info https://constantcanopy.com/ for Jason Mauck - KeyNote Speaker How much effect does having a positive outlook on life have on...

Field Friendly Meals – 11 Tractor Friendly Ideas www.thisfarmgirlcooks.com Deanne Frieders Field friendly meals – what’s that you say? Today I’m sharing meal ideas to serve our farmers when they’re working in the field. Sometimes we eat outside, sometimes we pile in the Suburban tots in tow, and other times it’s a pass and go meal. Even if you’re not a farm family, these are some healthy, easy to...

Time Management - delegation Introduction Reminders: Like, rate, review, share Send to questions farm4profitllc@gmail.com Register for the conference Remember to go out and nominate your farm or someone else’s farm for the  Farm Business Award – application at www.farm4profit.com What’s working for Ag – Sean Blomgren – Blomgren Seed Boone County dealer since 1989 carrying Monsanto Hybrids – Dekalb...

8 Ways to Increase Farm Profitability  December 5, 2016 Nick Horob Farm Finance < https://www.harvestprofit.com/blog/tags/farm-finance#categories > As we’ve mentioned numerous times, we like to talk about actionable ideas that you can implement in your operation. Here’s a list of eight things that you can do to strengthen your operation for 2017 and beyond. 8 - Meet With Your Local Grain Merchandi...

The laws of small changes Introduction What’s happening Reminders: Like, rate, review, share Send to farm4profitllc@gmail.com Register for the conference Jason Mauck of Constant Canopy - Keynotes What’s working for Ag – listener or farmer feedback (Nathan Anderson) Networking: Building, maintaining, and utilizing human networks. Creating friends of the farm rather than enemies Having those around...

This list is from INC.Com. Written by David Finkel a professional business coach. Here is a quick list of the simple things you can do to increase your company's gross and operating profit margins.  Speed up your design cycle (Decision Making).  This can allow you to accomplish more tasks in half the time, potentially increasing your profits over 30 percent. The faster you can make a decision the...

Landon Friesen @landon707 on Twitter • What is your cost of production? o This isn’t unique to farming. It is important in all types of businesses.  Coors light has to know what they have in each 12 pack otherwise they won’t be around to make more.  Just like in our introduction…..If you aren’t farming for profit you won’t be farming for long o If someone asked you break even how accurate will y...

https://smallfarmnation.com/rules-for-starting-a-successful-farm-business/ Small Farm Nation – Get Growing They have a podcast and this list is from their 11 Farm Business Rules episode So, it seems that more and more people share the dream of running a sustainable family farm. Now, these guidelines, which they call 11 Business Rules for Starting/Running a Family Farm, Farm Rule #1 – Your Farm is...

Try to be the dumbest person in the room  What’s working for Ag – listener or farmer feedback  Storing Grain in grain bags with @steveconaway1  You can’t learn much from those you know more than. o It’s a challenging concept, it’s humbling, it’s scary, and it must happen! o In order to generate new ideas and bring new concepts back to the farm you must reach out of your comfort zone. Pairing ne...

How to form your advisory team. What’s working for Ag – listener or farmer feedback o Farm4profitllc@gmail.com o @Farm4Profitllc on Twitter  Taking prevent plant with Brian Sampson Forming an Advisory Team You don’t have to face crucial decisions alone. You can get a team of experts to help you with yourfarming decisions. Where do you start? Is an advisory team right for your farm? Could it becom...

Planning and budgeting – goal setting (Episode #2) Calving Story What’s working for Ag – listener or farmer feedback Cheap beer (focusing on family living expenses) costs from outside of farming expenses that still need to be carried by farm profitability Cutting the cable or using streaming entertainment services. monthly reoccurring charges for memberships/subscriptions that aren’t used any more...

What the Top Tier of farmers are doing (Episode #1) Share ways to contact us and encourage involvement – leave a recording Find us on twitter @Farm4ProfitLLC Individually on Twitter @IowaBankerman - Tanner @IowaLandGuy - David Send us an email farm4profitllc@gmail.com Connect through our website www.farm4profit.com Leave us a voicemail at 515.207.9640 Connect on Facebook @Farm4Profit Building an I...

Show Notes Introduction episode Introducing who we are…. Founder, Partner, Organizers of the annual Farm4Profit Conference which in 2019 will be our 6th meeting. Our meeting started as a local and independently organized annual meeting providing farms and operators of all sizes and experience levels access to the latest trends, projections, and the tools necessary to increase farming profitability...