In this episode, Chris is joined by three expert guests on the topic of farm financials.

Paul Neiffer “The Farm CPA”, Jarod Creed with JC Ag Financial, and Paul Schrader Chief Credit Officer with Kerndt Bros. Bank in Cedar Rapids Iowa.

This conversation is a deep dive into the financial challenges that agriculture faces as we head into 2025. Each guest gives their perspective on some of the hurdles we face in the year ahead and best practices to navigate these issues.

This conversation will leave you with some takeaways that can be applied directly to your operations bottom line.

Jeff Fichtelman visits with Chris in the final 2024 Market Outlook episode.

Jeff points 3 key marketing lessons learned in 2024 and explains how those lessons can be used as opportunities throughout 2025.

If you’d like to reach out to Jeff Fichtelman directly: [email protected]

Joe V. and Andy talk about wrapping up 2024 with market implications from direct farm payments, demand, and South America crop update.

We talk about getting out of the 2024 crop alive and planning properly for 2025.

Paul Neiffer the farm CPA joints Chris for some Breaking News!

Both the House and Senate have passed the continuing resolution with the expectation that President Biden will be signing the bill yet today.

This bill provides $30.78 Billion of aid to farmers.

Paul goes on to explain some of the details by crop, both from the disaster and the economic assistance portion of the Bill.

If you’d like more details on the aid package, Paul will be providing a free webinar on Monday morning.

You can check the webinar out at: farmcpareport.com

Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net visits with Chris in this week's episode.

Jim revisits last week’s USDA report. He talks through the positive numbers for corn while at the same time recognizing the potential upper limits for price action.

The conversation goes on to include discussions around ethanol, South American weather, and the Trump administrations potential impact from tariffs.

They wrap up the conversation discussing the potential impact of the 2025 acre mix as farmers navigate through decisions on crop rotation.

Dan Uppena, US Sales Lead for Corteva Biologicals visits with Chris in this episode.

Dan and Chris discuss how the implementation of biologicals even in a low margin environment could make a big difference to the bottom-line profitability of your operation.

Chris questions Dan on a number of topics around the differentiating factors that Corteva offers in the biological space.

They touch on the core products offered by Corteva and some of the information behind the benefits that these products can bring to your crops and bottom-line profitability.

Duane Lowry visits with Chris this week’s market outlook.

Chris and Duane discuss Tuesday’s USDA monthly supply and demand report along with the recent strength in the corn market.

Duane cautions everyone about not being too optimistic on where price levels could go.

He points out some of the threats that could challenge commodity prices in the weeks and months ahead.

Duane points out the importance of monitoring these challenges which include South American weather, tariffs, geopolitical situations, farmer sales of a BIG inventory, and the possible decline in crude oil prices.

At the end of the conversation, Duane notes that the crude oil market could be a huge potential negative on commodities as a whole; as the Trump administration steps into Office.

Jarod Creed visits with Chris and this weeks market outlook.

The markets continue to provide little if any profit margin. As we sit around and wait for pricing opportunities, we must consider the potential for continue downside risk both in old and new crop.

Jarod provides perspective on several market conditions to pay attention to in the conversation.

Angie Setzer of Consus Ag Consulting joins Andy Hruby to talk about her conversations and feedback from Brazilian farmers and how things are going from their perspective.

The topic of year end rewards in basis and marketing opportunities.

Key things to keep in mind in the corn market as we approach year end.

We address the bear soybean market and how to think positively about things that could play out in the next 12 month

Today Joe Paulson and Jeff Fichtelman have a discussion on all things marketing.

They discuss the impact of political winds changing in DC, burdensome global soybean supplies, corn demand, as well as lessons from past cycles and how knowing your numbers is an evergreen tactic to navigate volatile markets.