In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Dalton Dilldine of NE Arkansas. Dalton is the 2025 Top Producer Next Gen winner and has a very interesting story about having to start farming at an early age after his dad passed unexpectedly.

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In today's podcast Paul reviews the major income tax related provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill. There is also one major gift and estate tax provision that all farmers will appreciate.

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In today's podcast Paul does a solo update on the major farm related provisions that are included as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill. Paul grades the added provisions as a B+ and almost made it to an A.

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In today's podcast Paul has another conversation with Josh Linville of StoneX. Josh follows and reports on the fertilizer market and with the turmoil in the Mideast, prices have risen. Even if the cease fire holds, fertilizer prices are likely to remain high especially phosphate.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Cassidy Johnston of Colorado. Cassidy and her husband manage a large ranch operation in the Colorado mountains and also provide a ranch management consulting business. I think this may be the first time that I heard someone on their first date be told they need to use more lube (Cassidy was learning to AI a cow).

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Ben Laine of Terrain. Ben provides economic insight on the dairy industry, and we discuss some of the key trends affecting the industry. Even though fluid milk consumption is down, cheese and yogurt has made up for it. We review the expansion of the industry into the I-29 / I-35 corridor.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Todd Thurman of Swine Insights. Todd started his career with Cargill and spent many years overseas setting up hog operations. He currently owns Swine Insights and helps projects all over the word with management and also consults on the long-term demographics trends for the industry.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Dave Fogel of Advanced Trading. Dave has been with Advanced Trading for almost 40 years and Advanced is now part of the CIH team. We discuss his career and go over the trends for corn, soybeans and wheat.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Brent Judisch. Brent and his wife farm near Waterloo, Iowa and he is also a full time salesperson for PK Midwest, a John Deere dealership with about 30 locations in the Midwest. We discuss his farming history and go over the trends for combines, tractors and sprayers.

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Matt Woolf of Terrain. Matt is an economist that works on the nuts, fruit and vegetables part of the farming industry and also has a background in farming in California. These industries have undergone a lot of changes over the last few years due to Covid and tariffs. We review those changes and the outlook for that part of Ag.

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