In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Dave Janson of Strategic Farm Marketing. The crop insurance decision is coming soon and there are even more products available that can help farmers maximize their risk coverage. Plus ECO discount has gone up by almost 50% this year compared to last and many farmers should consider this option.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Tara Smith of the Torrey Advisory Group based in Washington DC. Tara is an advocate for the ag industry and grew up on a corn and soybean farm in central Illinois. We discuss the prospects for a new Farm Bill and how crop insurance is the best risk management option for farmers.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Kaden Stein a young CPA based in Dodge City, Kansas. Kaden purposely came back home to be a CPA which also allows him to support his cattle habit. Although there are challenges to being a rural CPA the rewards more than make up for it.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Chase Larson of Bestifor Farms in North Central Kansas. Chase is also a 2025 Top Producer of the Year candidate and has created several entrepreneurial businesses including pet food and water software.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Erin Arick and Mitchell Parks of Figured. Figured provides cloud-based management software to help farmers better run their business. We discuss how this solution works and how it can help farmers.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Paige Harding, a new attorney in Dodge City, Kansas. Paige grew up on a cow calf operation and after graduating from law school was able to come back to her hometown. Paige was also involved in several pageants and has developed a blog on benefits of rural living and even has time for her own cattle operation.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with John Schwarz, an attorney and farmer in Northern Indiana. John focuses on providing legal services to farmers including helping farmers circumvent the pitfalls of dealing with FSA and NRCS. John also farms non-gmo soybeans using irrigation.

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In today's podcast Paul does a solo webinar on the details of the $10 billion economic aid and $20 billion disaster aid that was enacted late last week by Congress. For those that would like to see the Power Point portion of the webinar, Paul is providing free access to the webinar at his blog www.farmcpareport.com. That webinar was posted early Monday morning.

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and this aid may be a Christmas gift for most farmers.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Austin Allred of Royal Family Farms in Central Washington State. Austin and his family have a very diversified farm operation including row crops, potatoes, dairy and beef. Austin also is in charge of their worm farm, and we spend a bit of time discussing how you farm worms and why this is important for their operations.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Brian O'Neill, owner of Huron Orchard Services. Brian and his team manages many almond and pistachio orchards near Fresno. We discuss how important water and labor is for growing these crops. We then dive into some of the key details on growing these nuts including estimated annual production, pricing and harvesting.

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