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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Ben Williamson of Grid Road Parters. Ben and his partner invest in various Ag Tech ventures which still has a lot of room to grow. We talk about the types of investments, how many are in a fund and the time frame for investing a fund like theirs.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jackson Stansell who founded Sentinel Ag back in 2021 to help farmers with in season nitrogen management. We review how that helps farmers along with some the trends happening with nitrogen management. Jackson ended by saying that not applying nitrogen in season is also nitrogen management.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Theo Beaumont of Halter. Halter provides virtual fencing to ranchers in Australia, New Zealand and the US. Instead of dealing with the maintenance headaches of actual fencing, this product allows the rancher to keep and move cattle anywhere on their land.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with David Stelzer of Azure Standard. David's father pivoted to organic back in the 1970s and David has been able to expand the farm operation to over 5,000 acres in Oregon, however, their team sells over 12,000 products that are shipped to over 4,000 locations in the US to consumers. We also discuss some of the trends in organic farmer and the returns.

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Paul does a Q&A session based on 8 questions that he has received from listeners of the podcast. 

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Emily Berrier of Farm Family Insurance. Emily is the chief underwriter for the company and we discuss some of the issues and trends that farmers face in dealing with risk management and mitigation.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Grant Fitzgerald of Farmers National based in Omaha, Nebraska. The company offers a vertically integrated solutions for farm landowners. We dive into how the third generation of owners requires different solutions than the second generation and how farm management differs for various types of owners.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jim Rothermich of Iowa Appraisals on the land price trends in Iowa over the last six months. Even with all of the turmoil in the farm sector, the average price per CSR2 in Iowa is actually up a $1 from December 2025 with increased volume. It appears that it may be even stronger going into the last half of the year.

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In today's podcast Paul does solo podcast on the projected 2026 ARC and PLC payments for 8 crops including corn, soybeans and wheat. We know that for 2025 to be paid starting October 2026 you will automatically be paid the higher of ARC-CO or PLC. We have final MYA prices for wheat, barley and oats. I dig into some the key details for each crop.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Joe Peiffer, an attorney in Iowa that handles a lot of debt restructuring for farmers and was actively involved in the development of Chapter 12 bankruptcy that helps farmers mitigate their tax exposure. He is seeing more challenges for row crop farmer, and we dig into the details for all of the various chapters in the bankruptcy code.

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