Some farm and ranch production agricultural organizations want to give voting rights to non producers. Lots of big time agvocates do not produce agricultural commodities, but are still huge supporters of commercial production agriculture. But, should they be given the right to set policy for production agricultural organizations??? Several recent…Read More129 – Voting rights non farmers and ranchers?

Ted Cruz an anti ethanol guy won the Iowa Republican caucus.  I know it is a caucus and not a primary and it is IOWA but wow. The “Rural Vote” matters but does the Farm and Ranch Policy vote matter? Their are less and less commercial production agricultural people.  Social…Read More128 – Farm And Ranch Vote – Does it matter???

The revised edition: In other words the correct episode posted. I have been asked to speak at a young farmer meeting this summer and after outlining it, I said hey I should do this as a podcast. So here goes. Social media for farmers. Whether it is our age or…Read More126 Revised: Agriculture in Transition

I have been asked to speak at a young farmer meeting this summer and after outlining it, I said hey I should do this as a podcast. So here goes. Social media for farmers.  Whether it is our age or whatever as an industry agriculture, especially production ag has been…

“Everyone has a plan until they are punched in the face”  Mike Tyson Stock Market real high Britain votes whether to leave the European Union on June 23rd. Europe has lots of problems. U.S. will have a new President in November. Last jobs report was bad.  States and cities are…Read More127 – U. S. Recession

I believe the topic of land prices and land as an investment is worthy of taking a chance.  I am a real estate broker so I follow land prices pretty close. I look at what land prices have done in the past few years.  Hunting/brush land in the Midwest has…Read More125 – Land Prices and Land as an Investment

2016 will go down as the election year the parties lost control. Both the democratic and republican establishments have taken big hits and have had a lot of exposure in how “the process” really works. Dan Carlin on his Common Sense podcast calls Donald Trump a “Historical Arsonist” an d…Read More124 – Trump and Sanders save democracy ?

I just continue the discussion on farm size from part 1. My first morning’s periscope created lots of comments and discussion so I did a follow up the next day. People are real sensitive when it comes to farm size. Big guys think you are trying to make them look…Read MoreDoes Farm Size Matter? part 2

I do a periscope #BreakfastWithBill every morning at 7:30 am central time on the periscope app. You can either listen there or on twitter. This is part 1 of a 2 part series I did a couple mornings back to back on farm size. I discuss size of farms. I…Read MoreDoes Farm Size Matter? part 1

I started out doing a podcast on how Africa is running out of US dollars and how that is bad for commodity prices, agricultural food exports, and those countries themselves.  Getting tied up with the “#breakfastwithbill”  in the mornings has me behind on podcasts.  In the time since I first…Read More123 – Strong Dollar, Cheap Oil & Farm Economy