John Phipps has been around farming and ag broadcasting for just about his entire life. He continues to write and broadcast on many topics on importance in the industry. Some of his recent writings have focused on the changing economics in the ag industry – including topics like inputs, inflation, taxes and how those factors will impact us in the short and long term. 

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Kevin Johanson is a cow-calf producer from southwest Missouri. Like many farmers, he began to find good help hard to find or hire. We talk about the tight farm labor market and a new app he developed to help farmers like himself find full and part-time employees for their operation. 

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Kelly Nieuwenhuis began farming in the early 1980s near Primghar, Iowa. The interest rate on his first farmland purchase was 18% in a county that often has the highest average value of farmland. Over four decades he’s expanded his operation and serves as the president of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board. We get his insights on navigating rising input costs, best cropping practices and what farmers may encounter in a world of carbon neutral farming incentives. 

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Sarah Frey grew up on an 80-acre farm and never imagined that property would be the way she could make a living and a career. However, a series of life events inspired her to create a business plan at the age of 16 that led her to build a seven-state farm today. 

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It’s easy for farmers to believe that the folks in Washington know little about writing agricultural policies that really help the folks out in the field. Perhaps rightfully so. So who are the people who develop that policy? What is their background? How do they decide what is a priority and what do they tell the President? Meet the man who filled the key position. 

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We begin the 2022 with several interviews with information you need to know. We’ll cover everything from how to save big money on truck purchases, to surprising trends in a hot land market, to new products available in 2022 and more. 

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We close out a holiday special as we look back to a conversation with Wayne Cryts, a farmer who made national news in the early 1980s when he and other farmers defied a federal judge’s orders to remove grain that was rightfully theirs, from a bankrupt elevator. 

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During this holiday season I’m taking time to go back to one of our most popular interviews from the history of this show. We look back to a conversation with Wayne Cryts, a farmer who made national news in the early 1980s when he and other farmers defied a federal judges orders to remove grain that was rightfully theirs from a bankrupt elevator. I think you’ll be intrigued by his story and…

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Countries of the world recently gathered in Scotland for something called the COP conference. What is it and why does it matter? What were American farmers doing there and how might it impact you? We talk with one of those in attendance and a past president of the American Soybean Association about U.S. Agriculture’s prospects in a rapidly changing global marketplace.

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Tax planning is a year-round process but it often takes on extra importance at the conclusion of each year as farmers and others make December decisions that will impact their bottom line and the taxes they pay. Paul Neiffer shares what has changed and what remains the same for this year and keys to keep in mind for long-range estate planning. 

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