Joe Paulson speaks with Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain. They discuss topics such as the positive and negative implications of tariffs, dryness in Argentina, multi-year highs in the corn market, the impact of funds, and the acreage mix for 2025.

In this episode, Paul Neiffer joins Chris to discuss the latest USDA guidance on 45Z.

Paul breaks down the specifics, focusing on the math related to reduced tillage, no-till practices, enhanced nitrogen use, and cover crops.

Shay talks with Paul Bergschneider about the benefits of having a part-time CFO as a key decision-maker in your operation, and when it might be time to consider bringing someone like that into your Strategic Resource Team.

They also discuss what services a farm may not be good at handling internally, and would elevate their business from an outside partner. Give this a listen and check out http://www.bergschneiderag.com/our-services.html if this might be of interest.

Jeremy Doetch and Jarod Creed review and discuss ideas with old crop and new crop.

Matt Bennett with Agmarket.net and Andy Hruby have a conversation around the recent rally and sell off we saw Friday Jan 3.

Matt gives a recap on what led this rally and what concerns his team sees moving forward. Opportunities in marketing strategies are present, how and why producers may want to consider them to help find ways to be profitable in 2025.

They give a recap of basis opportunities and things to consider as we work on marketing the 2024 crop. 

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.