The Ag View Pitch

Mike Finley visits with Chris on the idea of investing intelligently and creating wealth that will provide a successful retirement plan for you and your entire family! This conversation is an update from a prior Ag View Pitch podcast created almost 2 years ago that has helped many producers to build wealth outside of their farming operations. As you invest into your future are you doing it in a wa...

Jeremy Doetch with German American Bank in northern Illinois, talks with Chris about the State of the Ag Economy. Chris and Jeremy discussed in detail the position many lenders are in currently, as they navigate interest rate inversion, inflation, and customers that are facing a challenging year ahead, due to significantly reduced commodity prices. They go on in the second half of the conversation...

Today Joe has a chat with Greg Mcbride.  Joe and Greg discuss the March WASDE report and the importance of having a plan to take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves.

Today Joe Paulson sits down with Brent Judisch with P&K Midwest about spring preparations.  In this episode Brent talks about best practices in getting planters, sprayers, tractors, and tillage pieces ready to go. 

In this episode of the Weekly Market Outlook, we have a discussion with Jarod Creed about not necessarily bullish news but lack of additional bearish news.  If this is a short-term bottom and we get a rally, we need to be ready to pull the trigger on sales.

Shay talks with Jarod Creed on the ways Margin Protection is influencing current producer decisions, considerations for the year ahead, and some helpful examples to better understand it's use as a hedge in your operation.

In today’s Weekly Market Outlook, we have a conversation with Jim McCormick of AgMarket. Net.  With March unpriced basis contracts coming due plus option expiration does this portend a short-term bottom with a bounce in corn prices.  If so, farmers need to be quick to take advantage of this.  We also discuss some options for unsold 2023 corn.

Shay talks with a co-founder, Charles, and also the Director of Sales, TJ, on what the Farmers Business Network is, it's history, and why you should consider how their business may fit into your operational needs.

Jeff Fichtelman visits with Chris in this week’s Market outlook episode. Jeff talks about how the Funds continue to add to their short positions, pressuring price levels. The funds continue to follow the trend lower and seemingly increase the price pressure as they add to their short positions. Fortunately, some areas are starting to have improving basis levels, however; if prices do start to rebo...

 Matt Bennett with AgMarket. Net visits with Chris in this weeks episode. Matt and Chris discuss the market pressures that continue to weigh on prices. As we are working through the February crop insurance price discovery for corn and soybeans; Matt and Chris discuss some of the possibilities and potential considerations as we move toward the March decision timeframe. They go onto to discuss outsi...

Shay and Nick discuss Harvest Profit, things affecting the industry of agriculture, and some practices we use for thinking about business decision-making, knowing ourselves, and more. Enjoy and please share!

Jarod Creed with JC Marketing, visits with Chris in this week’s episode. At the beginning of the February price discovery for crop insurance; corn comes in around $4.77 while soybeans come in around $11.70. Jarod and Chris discussed the possibility of market movers during the month of February, however, unless the Funds begin to lighten up on short positioning, all other prospects for moving the m...

Ryan Moe guest hosts this episode with Scott Klososky (Founder of Future Point of View) which was recorded at the Ag View Executive Business Conference. Scott explains the current and future uses of AI and the impact it could have on our businesses. We are in the midst of rapid changes in technology. Scott explains some of the opportunities and challenges with the technology. Either way it’s comin...

Ryan Moe guest hosts this conversation with Jason Kuhn former Division 1 Athlete, and Navy SEAL Sniper. Jason gives brief story of his process to becoming a Navy SEAL and how some of the lessons learned can be applied in our ag businesses. Jason gave an extremely motivational and impacting presentation at the Ag View Executive Business Conference, this discussion is a short summary of some of what...

Ben Gordon with Fractal Agriculture discusses the ideas behind equity capital in agriculture, why it could be important in the years ahead, and information on the upcoming webinar he will be hosting with Shay and 2 other industry figures. You can sign up for the February 22nd webinar here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4017056278050/WN_CkwKhsXRQC6f0oeike4qSA#/registration

Joe Vaclavik guest host this week’s Market Outlook episode from the Ag View Executive Business Conference in Phoenix Arizona. Joe talks with Jarod Creed and Peter Meyer. They take a look ahead and discuss some of the opportunities and challenges over the next few weeks as we try to dig out of continued low price action.

Clark Neighbors with BIS Commodities in Cedar Rapids Iowa visits with Chris in this week’s episode. Chris starts with the key question: What is the “magic corn price” that farmers would be willing to let go of the 2023 crop? Farmers seem to have a minimum target of $5 per bushel on farm price for the balance of inventory. However, is that realistic and how do we navigate basis to get to that net v...

Shay talks with Mike Downey of Next gen Ag Advocates on transition planning, how to get started, and what to consider in 2024 and beyond. They also touch on investing off the farm with farmer groups.

In today’s weekly market outlook, we have a conversation with Peter Meyer and Jarod Creed about the series of USDA reports that came out on Friday.  Although the initial reaction by the market was bearish, it did recover a bit at the end.  But the tone is not bullish and there is a lot of corn stored by farmers that needs to be sold.   We also discuss the outlook for corn versus beans for 2024 and...

Damian Mason Author, Business of Agriculture Podcaster, and National Speaker visits with Chris in this episode. Doing business better is the theme of this entire conversation. Chris pulls out 4 key elements of Damian‘s book titled “Do Business Better” and questions Damian on the applications of these topics in order to help farmers do business better as we head into 2024. Chris dives into a discus...

Jeff Fichtelman with  interactiveag.com  visits with Chris in this week's episode. Jeff provides some excellent perspective on the importance of recalibrating your mindset with where the corn and soybean markets have been versus where they are now.   He walks through some of the key principles needed to take advantage of small opportunities as they arise in this new marketing environment. Chri...

Matt Bennett, with AgMarket. Net visits with Chris on this week's market outlook.   The conversation begins with a discussion around the possibility of pricing opportunities in the first half of January. They go on to talk about some of the opportunities and challenges that could come out of the upcoming January 12 USDA report.   The balance of the conversation consists of discussions around t...

Chris and Shay join each other in conversation; each with their top 5 lessons learned in the past year. Neither Shay nor Chris knows each other’s lessons learned before the recording which makes this an interesting conversation as they share their lessons from the past year. Get a pen and paper out and jot down the 10 lessons as Shay and Chris share their list with each other and compare those wit...

Chip Flory with AgriTalk visits with Chris in this week’s episode. Chris begins with a question for Chip on how to navigate all of the noise and opinions around Marketing. Chip provides some excellent perspective on navigating your information sources. Chris continues the conversation around the challenge of the 2023 unsold bushel. Chip provides perspective around the importance of “controlling yo...

Jarod Creed with JC Marketing visits with Chris in this week’s episode. This discussion is a three-part conversation that starts with opportunities to consider for the 2024 marketing year. Jarod explains several strategies to minimize risk in the 2024 season. Jarod and Chris, discuss the challenges and opportunities as growers navigate pricing the remaining production from the 2023 season. Jarod a...