The Elevator’s Cut Podcast

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The Elevator’s Cut Podcast episodes

October 02, 2019 The Banker's Cut w/ Jeff Reardon (Part 1)
Paying homage to the time honored saying "It takes money to make money", in this first episode of a two part series we delve into the mind of the elevator's lender. Jeff Reardon helps us prove that there's more to your banker than dollar signs in their eyes, and that despite the potential challenges, a successful season depends on a successful financing relationship.
31 min
September 12, 2019 Harvest Marketing Alternatives
Like sands through the hourglass, the days are drawing nigh for growers to take advantage of no-cost marketing alternatives for their 2019 fall crops. As an elevator, how do you both help farmers make wise decisions on cash flow & costs AND ensure your ability to generate suitable returns to your space? Delve with us to find out these answers and more!
40 min
August 29, 2019 Marketing Grain in the Trade War Era
On this episode, we sit down with Cullen Wilson of Dakota Plains Ag Center during the White Commercial Summer Conference. Cullen is lead originator and discusses his philosophy on origination and successful farm marketing as well as a new project he is working on as a resource for farmers in their marketing decisions.
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41 min
August 08, 2019 A Broker, a G.M. and a Merchandiser walk into a Co-op... (Part 2)
A continuation of the conversation we had previously with Brice Elnicki of Producers Cooperative Association of Girard Kansas.
37 min
July 24, 2019 A Broker, a G.M. and a Merchandiser walk into a Co-op... (Part 1)
We sit down with our good friend and creator of the first ever iTunes review of TEC, Brice Elnicki of Producers Cooperative in Girard, KS. In this first of a two part interview, we listen as Brice shares his experiences at grain companies large and small, as well as learn the best practices for unloading railcars of cement. We may or may not have confused "biannual" with "biennial" during the course of the episode, so please, no hate mail.
42 min
July 10, 2019 Market Makers
Many of us in the grain business know that one of the functions of the futures market is price discovery. Lesser known, however, is that price discovery is also a function of the astute grain merchandiser. In this episode we shed some light on how the country elevator can make markets both upstream for the farmer and downstream for the end user, all while getting paid for doing so.
30 min
June 26, 2019 Bad Spreading: Hedging in the Wrong Crop Year
Hedging in the wrong crop year is neither a new idea nor a good idea. In this episode, the guys delve into why this concept is the latest zeitgeist of the grain world, as well as what risks it carries for all parties.
35 min
May 22, 2019 Spreads
Spreads are notoriously confusing, but no longer! Jason and Roger hash it out and go deep in this discussion on spreads and the like.
35 min
May 08, 2019 Successful Farmer-Buyer Relationships
The guys sit down with Blake Early, founder and CEO of Agrihound to discuss the peculiar particularities of the interactions between farmer and buyer. If you'd like to learn more about Blake, his company or his grain contract education platform, we invite you to check out his website at agrihound.com.
35 min
April 24, 2019 CFTC, CME, HFT, WTH?
In this episode, we rebut the standard views of basis trading and convergence offered by academia. We also discuss the expansion of High-Frequency and Algorithmic Trading and what it means to us in the actual grain trading business. As usual, we refuse to take ourselves as seriously as anyone in the categories mentioned above.
37 min

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The grain merchandisers podcast where Roger and Jason capture the big topics and challenges of the grain industry with humor, pragmatism, and simplicity. With a few decades of combined experience in the basis trading, brokerage, and farm marketing spheres, they use their experiences and knowledge of their area of the grain business to shed some light on what they can, and debunk some myths and exaggerations that exist in the grain industry.