The Farm CPA Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Farm CPA Podcast
Paul Neiffer, CPA and Top Producer columnist, visit with business-minded farmers and ag experts. They discuss top trends in farm management, tax issues, policy implications and more.
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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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Wes Davis of Meridian Ag Advisors. Wes is an Ag economist who works with a variety of clients to research farm related items. We discuss some of the key "black swans" that Ag is facing, the overall ag economy, thoughts on Farm Bill 2.0 and other related items.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Tyler Davis of Saunders Real Estate located in Lakeland, Florida. Florida ag has seen a rapid shift from citrus to other crops or development which has created interesting succession issues for these farm families. Tyler and I discuss some of the options that these farmers have implemented in their succession.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Nick Tsiolis of Farmers Keeper. Nick and his team provide risk management services to thousands of corn, soybean and wheat farmers from farmers with 150 acres to those with 90,000+ acres. Nick is passionate about farmers understanding their profitability and how to manage the risk to maintain that profitability.
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In today's podcast we have a conversation with Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag about the recent release of the updated CI scoring model and methodology from USDA. We review what this means for farmers who can deliver their crop directly to a biofuel plant or an elevator that then delivers the crop. This guidance was sorely needed, but we still have to wait for IRS to provide even more guidance.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Matt Noggle a rancher in Southeastern Michigan that finishes about 200 head in his feedlot and raises about 100 cows. He and his wife have an active direct to consumer business that markets his cattle. Matt is also a business coach for Legacy Farmer and works actively with about 50 farmers in their operation.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Gavin Willis of the Washington Red Raspberry Commission. Most of the frozen raspberries grown in the US comes from Whatcom County in Washington state due to the unique soil conditions and weather. These growers are facing issues related to labor and foreign competition but are very resilient. It can cost upwards of $50,000 to put in an acre of raspberries and mother nature does not always cooperate.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Joe Whitworth of the Freshwater Trust based in Oregon but works for farmers throughout the West to help them economically enhance their irrigation systems to help conserve water and reduce fertilizer flows into streams. They currently have a large project in the Snake River Basin to help farmers change from flood irrigation to pivots.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Tim Welles of CIC Services. This firm acts as a manager of captive insurance companies and in the podcast we review how captives work and the advantages that may occur to certain farm operations.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Reece Langley of Langley Consulting LLC. Reece has been actively involved in the farm bill process and served many years on the Rice and Cotton organizations before starting his own consulting business a few years ago specializing in Ag Policy. Reece is currently involved in trying to get manufacturers a tax incentive to buy domestic production.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Siddhartha (Sid) Jha of Arbol. Arbol provides various types of climate risk insurance alternatives and data analytics to help farmers and agribusinesses manage climate and other risks. They continue to research additional risk management products that can help farmers.
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In today's podcast Paul does a solo session on the SDRP Double Up. Paul received a lot of emails, texts and calls on the SDRP payment limits; how to increase the limits; and whether we will get an additional top up later this summer.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Seth Meyer director of FAPRI at the University of Missouri. Before starting that role, he was the chief economist for USDA starting in the first Trump administration and continuing through the Biden administration and the state of the second Trump administration. We discuss those roles and how FAPRI is operated today.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Shay Foulk of Ag View Solutions. Ag View has converted the Excel based Profit Manager to a free online Farm Profit Manager that is available to all farmers.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jeremy Matuszewski of Thunderstruck Ag Equipment based in Manitoba Canada. Thunderstruck represents several ag related products including the Razors Edge Concave that Jeremy developed himself a few years ago.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Devin Fuhrman of Nationwide Insurance. Nationwide will be celebrating 100 years and is trying to help farmers make it through the next 100 years. It is a mutual company founded by farmers and continues to be a leader in the farm insurance industry. They ahve develop farm risk ready platform on their website to help farm families manage their risk more efficiently.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Ron Dunker of Oaken. Oaken is a start-up company initiated by Purdue University that helps farmers manage their landowner relationships. As more and more land transitions to owners with little or no involvement in ag, this becomes even more important.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Shawn Arita at the North Dakota State University Agricultural Risk Policy Center. We discuss how the issues in the Middle East are affecting fertilizer price and supply plus how the trade issues are compounding the effect on farmers. For those of you that primarily listen to the podcast you may want to head to the Farm Journal YouTube channel to view the podcast due to our use of charts.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jim Parry and Cameron Rafati of Iron Ridge Advisors. Most farmers will enter into a 1031 exchange when they sell farmland to defer the income tax. Most prefer rolling it into farmland, but in many situations they either can find good land to invest in or they run up against the 45 day deadline. Jim and Cameron provide an opportunity for farmers to still defer the tax by utilizing a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST). In the podcast we review how a DST works and when it is and is not appropriate for farmers.
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A conversation with Erik Glenn of the Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust. This trust was the first state specific land trust that allows ranchers and farmers to put conservation easements on their land that both comes with tax benefits and in many cash economic benefits that allows the family to keep the land available for multiple generations and/or expansion. Several other states are offering the same type of trust for their rancher and farmers.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with the Alsum family from Wisconsin who just won the most recent Top Producer of the Year award. In the podcast we discuss their farm operation, how it started and how the succession process is coming along. Larry Alsum grew up a fourth generation dairy farmer but pivoted to a first-generation producer farmer and packer.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Josh Linville of StoneX. Josh is a repeat visitor and we discuss the current world supply and demand situation for fertilizer. One comment from Josh was that the nitrogen to corn ratio is at the second highest level ever for this time of year, second only to 2005, right before the ethanol boom started. Back then corn had a 2 in front of its price and nitrogen was over $200 a ton wholesale.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Cory Walters, associate professor at the University of Nebraska. Cory grew up on a farm in NW Montana, but has spent his career in academia and helps farmers with many items but in today's podcast we discuss typical risk management options. We then have a discussion on how farmers might be able to utilize a micro captive insurance company that they own and operate and how that might help their farm operation.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Drew Blankenbaker of Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT. Drew and his team help farmers who are farming organically or trying to transition to organic obtain land that will be tied up for longer periods of time. The fund does allow the farmer to purchase the land after six years for fair market value. They have pipeline of over $50 million of farmland, now they just need to find the investors.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Tim Nuss of Nuss Farms in Lodi, California. Tim is a fifth-generation farmer whose family raises about 10 different crops and he is also this year’s Top Producer Next Gen award winner. Tim and his younger brother also started The Modern Acre podcast back in 2018 and have about 450 episodes on that.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Edward and Rebecca Dalton of northern Ohio. The Dalton's raise corn, soybeans, wheat and spelt on their farm but also finish about 450 head of dairy beef that they sell directly to the consumer. They are Top Producer of Year candidates for 2026.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Meg Whitty of Lanza Jet. Lanza Jet has the first Ethanol to SAF facility in Georgia that just officially produced its first gallon of SAF in November (on her birthday). We are still waiting for further IRS guidance on Section 45Z SAF tax credit, but we now have actual production that can take advantage of it.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Chris Roehm of Cash Balance Plan Partners. Most farmers are aware of 401(k) plans where you can set aside up to $70,000 or more in a year. A Cash Balance Plan allows older farmers nearing retirement to set aside and deduct up to $300,000 or more in a year. These plans can be a great option to help farmers nearing retirement to continue to defer paying taxes until age 75 or later.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Chris Barron of Ag View Solutions. We discuss the overall profit trends in corn and soybeans for 2025 and then based on their database review the trends for 2026. It appears that corn is profitable in both years, but soybeans are not even with estimated 2025 PLC/ARC payments to come in October.
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In today's podcast Paul shares a story of a Christmas to remember and also provides 22 slides of his growing up years on the farm. For those of you who listen to the podcast, you may want to go view this on YouTube at Farm Journal Top Producer.
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In today's podcast Paul does a solo update on the new Farmer Bridge Assistance Program and the SDRP Stage 2 details. The final rule has not been issued on the new FBA program, but we provide estimates of payment amounts since it similar to the 2024 ECAP program paid earlier this year. Then Paul reviews how SDRP Stage 2 works and provides a link to a free calculator to estimate your payment.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Eric Dinger of Land Option. This company helps farmers determine options for cover crops, carbon credits and other ways of increasing revenues for their land.
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In today's podcast Paul provides an update on the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) Stage 2 program that was started on Monday, November 24, 2025. Paul reviews how the Stage 2 works, the addition of quality loss payments under Stage 1 and does a projection of how much "topup" payments may happen sometime in 2026. Finally, Paul reviews a calculator that he worked up that projects what your initial payment will be under Stage 2.
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In today's Podcast Paul has a conversation with Alison Bogart of Bogart Risk Auditing. We discuss of the risks that farmers face with internal controls and cash management. Alison shares some of the horror stories about embezzlement in the farm industry.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Chalmers Carr, III. He and his wife were the 2017 Top Producer and they currently farm about 6,000 acres of peaches in South Carolina and abut 750 acres of vegetables. In the podcast, we discuss the growth of the farm operation (he is a first generation farmer) and review how the H2A program works and some changes coming to it. We also go over how crop insurance helped keep them in business.
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In today's podcast Paul does a solo podcast on two new benefits from the One Big Beautiful Bill - Trump Accounts and the new Rural Opportunity Zone. The Trump Account can't be funded until July 4, 2026 and the Rural Opportunity Zone changes take place January 1, 2027, but it is important to understand how these two new provisions can increase your wealth and save on income taxes.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Steve Bruere of Peoples Company. Steve has been on the podcast before and we review some of the changes happening with Peoples Company including their development of FarmWorth and a discussion on AI, Land Values and the upcoming Land Investment Expo in January.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Oleg Alba of AcreStrong. Oleg and his team at AcreStrong helps farmers negotiate the best lease they can for solar, wind or battery installations. Even with the recent tax law changes, renewables will continue to be an additional source of income for farmers.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Brandon Hurst of South Central Idaho. Brandon and his dad has a very diversified farm operation and we discuss how much more is involved with growing potatoes than corn or soybeans. Brandon also has developed a social media presence and we discuss how that has helped his farm operation.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jace Young of Legacy Farmer. Jace and crew at Legacy Farmer helps farmers understand their financial accounting and make a tool for proactive management not reactive look in the mirror.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Chris Tozlian of Pinion Global. Chris and his team help farmers automate their accounting system with certain technology tools including Xero. We discuss how those tools can help farmers and how AI is continuing to make accounting easier and the cost is not prohibitive.
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Curious how estimated ARC and PLC payments are calculated for next October? We break it all down for you in this episode of the Top Producer Podcast.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag regarding the changes to Section 45Z enacted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Most of the changes are beneficial to farmers but the actual benefit is still to be determined.
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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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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with John Steeves of Rabo Bank. John was raised in Canada but is now in charge of rural banking for all of North America and we discuss how farmers should be right sizing their assets and liabilities, how interest rates may change due to tariffs and other related topic.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Skye Root of Root Agricultural Advisory based in Meridan, Idaho. Skye started his career as a water rights consultant and then spent about 10 years with Nuveen before starting his own firm about 8 years ago. The firm provides farm management services, appraisal and other related services. We also review what is happening with the permanent crop side and land values in the PNW.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Susan Stroud of No Bull Ag. Susan went out on her own a few years back after working several years for ADM and Continental Grain near St. Louis. We discuss the possible impact of tariffs, the turmoil with Section 45Z and other topics. Susan also puts on an annual conference in St. Louis and just got back from taking several farmers on a tour of the Panama Canal. She plans on a trip to Brazil next February.
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In today's podcast Paul does another solo session on what changes might be coming to income taxes. The Senate passed a budget resolution last week that effectively authorizes up to $6 trillion of tax cuts over 10 years. Paul dives into the changes that might happen to the Trump Tax Cuts and other possible tax law changes.
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In today's podcast Paul does a solo podcast on the new Emergency Commodity Assistance Program plus an update on what might happen with income taxes this year. Paul touches briefly on ECAP and how farmers might qualify for an increased payment limit and the restrictions on that for certain legal entities. On income taxes, he reviews how the situation in 2017 is different from 2025 and then goes over the various options for doing income tax cuts or raising tax revenue. This will not be the final podcast that Paul does this year on taxes.
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In today's podcast, Paul has another conversation with Mike Rohlfsen and Jeff Kazin of AgrisAcademy. Their company provides risk management training for farmers and we discuss an update from the last time we had them on the podcast.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Kimberly Ratcliff of Texas. She is the 2025 Top Producer Woman in Agriculture winner and has a unique story of leaving New York City to move back to the farm.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Mark Hanna, a farmer in North Central Iowa that was a 2025 Top Producer finalist. Mark and his family have a row crop and hog operation, but Mark has also been involved with investing and helping over 50 ag startups.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with John Guglielmi, executive director of Total Acre. Total Acre provides help to farmers to improve their yields by utilizing data provided by both their farm and other farms. Total Farm was started by David Hula and Randy Dowty who have won numerous corn and soybean yield contests.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Chris Barron of Ag View Solutions. Chris has been on the podcast before and today we discuss 2025 corn and soybean budgets. As expected corn looks better than soybeans at least right now. Farmers should try to maximize yield and revenue versus just looking at costs.
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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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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Mike Gustafson of Farmers First Trust. Mike grew up on a farm in NE Nebraska and is currently a principal in Farmers First Trust that offers an additional way to defer income taxes when selling farmland or certain other farm assets. He also shares a unique story regarding his brother and how he overcame losing an arm in a farm accident.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Matt Boos of Agrigrowth consulting. Matt helps farmers grow their business which may not just be the farm business. He is also a firm proponent of being part of a peer group.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Todd Welle of Honour Ag. Honour Ag provides both input and equipment financing for farmers and their motto is to make it easy. We discuss how they provide that financing and some of the industry trends.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Erik Oberbroeckling who farms with his family in NE Iowa. They also have a trucking operation that hauls silica sand, milk and other commodities on a year-round basis. We spend time discussing the farm and trucking operation and how diversification has helped both businesses.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Amy France. Amy and her family farm in Western Kansas but she is also the new chairwomen of the National Sorghum Producers and we discuss her role with that organization. We also review Section 45Z and how sorghum can be part of that process.
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In today's podcast Paul does a special report on the Farmer Assistance and Revenue Mitigation (FARM) Act that was introduced in Congress late last week. This Act is passed would make materially large payments to most farmes to help mitigate the revenue losses that most farmers are facing.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Emily Oberbroeckling. She and her husband farm in NE Iowa but she is also a full time farmland appraiser with Peoples Company. We review some of the key trends affecting land values including that the latest quarter may have seen a slight increase in values.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with John Newton, Executive Head of Terrain. John was previously the chief economist for the Republican Senate Ag Committee and has been in his current role less than a month. We discuss the prospects for a new Farm Bill and other related matters.
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In today's podcast Paul has another conversation with Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag regarding Section 45Z and how this may help provide additional revenue to farmers. We are still waiting for guidance from the IRS on the credit, but here are certain steps that farmers should take now to be prepared to participate.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture. Shaun is located in Alberta, Canada but has extensive experience with US Ag too. We review how politics works in Canada which is different from the US but may be moving our way a bit which may not be good.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Brian Grete, editor of Pro Farmer. We discuss the history of Pro Farmer, the Pro Farmer crop tour. We also share some of the stories from the crop tour.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Reid Weiland, a sixth generation farmer based in North Central Iowa. Reid's operation has focused more on the infrastructure than purchasing land to grow and become more efficient. We also discuss the benefit of being in a peer group and his time farming in Brazil, where more importantly he met his wife.
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In today's podcast Paul does a solo podcast discussing how a farmer can take advantage of a Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange. But Paul also reviews some of the pitfalls if farmers are selling land with improvements. In many cases this will result in gain that the farmer was not counting on.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Chris Barron of Ag View Solutions. We review updated cost estimates for 2024 corn crop plus review the cost of carry of corn or soybeans.
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In today's podcast Paul has another conversation with Jim Rothermich of Iowa Appraisal. The peak of land values was around June 2022 and values have dropped about 6% since then. If crop prices stay low, there is a good chance for another 15% or so drop, but prices still remain strong but for how long.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Jim Angell, an attorney in Salina, Kansas that works primarily with farmers. We discuss some of the pitfalls of succession and estate planning along with how difficult it is to attract attorney's and CPAs to rural America.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Pete Nelson of AgLauch. AgLaunch helps ag tech start up companies and farmers work together. It is a partnership between the farmers and the agtech companies. This is something a farmer may be interested in being part of.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Matt Gunderson, vice president of Farmers National Company. Farmers National was founded October, 1929 right at the start of the depression. The company currently has 12 business lines serving farmers and clients in 40 states with almost 300 employees. The company is employee owned since 2001. We also discuss how having a good team is important for estate and succession planning and how a sale-leaseback of farmland might help some farmers.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Scott Brown, a professor at the University of Missouri. In his career, Scott has specialized in the livestock industry including dairy and help formulate policy for multiple Farm Bills. Scott has been part of the FAPRI team for many years and we review the goal of FAPRI and discuss some of the trends in the livestock industry.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Josh Linville, VP in charge of fertilizer at StoneX. We review the current trends in fertilizer costs and supplies and take a look at how our trade restrictions are creating issues for these supplies.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Roxane Lieverse, who is in charge of Rabobank's Canada services for Canadian farmers. Canada ag production has some similarities to US ag production but also many differences which we review.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jon Davis of Everstream AI. That company provides risk analysis on the supply chain including ag and energy. John is an applied meteorologist and got his passion for weather visiting his grandparents' farms in eastern South Dakota. We review how weather is changing the effect on ag production.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jerry Gulke who likely has the longest career of writing for Farm Journal and Top Producer. We discuss markets, farming and business in general.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Eric Mueller of Legacy Farmland Fund. This fund is structured as a Section 721 exchange fund which operates similar to a 1031 exchange. This is especially helpful for farm families that have various goals for their land. Perhaps some want to keep and some want to sell.
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In today's podcast Paul provides an overview of the major items included in the House Farm Bill proposal. Although not all of these proposal will pass, it is important to know how they may affect your farm operation and the proposal is very bullish on production ag.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Deon Graupner who operates cropsprofits.com. This company helps farmers understand how marketing works and how to be implement strategies. But most important, Deon is our first person based in South Africa to join the podcast. Primary crops in South Africa our similar to ours and they also have the same issues.
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In today’s podcast Paul has a conversation with Scott Irwin, a professor at the University of Illinois. Scott grew up on a farm in Iowa and has a passion for all things all and is a prolific provider of information on commodity marketing and biofuels.
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In today’s podcast, Paul has a conversation with Tracey Wiedmeyer, CEO of Gripp.Ag. This company helps a farmer deal with all types of paperwork including machinery maintenance, H2A record keeping, and if there is one thing I know, farmers hate paperwork.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jeff Kazin and Mike Rohlfsen of AgrisAcademy. Both Jeff and Mike spent many years with Cargill in risk management and merchandising and have created a business to educate farmers on how to manage risk. If you are interested they provide full 10 week training program in the winter two nights a week for 40 plus hours.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Tom Haren, owner of AgPROfessionals based in Greeley, Colorado and Twin Falls, Idaho. Tom got his career started dealing with ag environmental issues and expanded the business to help farmers find and develop dairies, feedlots, poultry operations and other related livestock businesses. The last few years the company has expanded into the renewable energy sector which helps farmers diversify and prosper.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Greg Vincent with Ag Spectrum. Greg and I discuss how maximizing corn yield is not just one action item but a whole series of processes to maximize the yield. Greg is with Ag Spectrum, a company that has been helping farmers for 41 years with this process.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with David Muth of People Company Capital Markets. We discuss how institutional investors have reacted to higher interest rates on their land investments. We also discuss how Net Zero may affect land values. Cash flows higher but possible reduction in land appreciation. Plus, we dig into some of the direct investment options for retail investors.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Doug Toal of RhizeBio, an Ag Start-up. We discuss his career before starting RhizeBio and what is the goal for the company in how they help farmers.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Hallie Shoffner who is the latest Top Producer Next Gen winner. Hallie is a rice and soybean seed farmer in NE Arkansas. Most of you are probably happy that you don't have to clean your combine at least 300 times during harvest. Hallie and her team do that plus cleaning the grain cart, etc.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Kelly Garrett of Western Iowa. Kelly was a Top Producer of the Year candidate this year and farms and raises cattle. He also is a partner in a trucking operation that is very unique and a partner in Xtreme Ag and other entrepreneurial pursuits.
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In today's podcast, Paul actually does a solo podcast on the Income Tax Proposals contained in the "Green Book" issued as part of the budget process. Most of these proposals will not pass, at least this year, but we predict that many will pass in the next decade and they will cost you money.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Eric O'Keefe, editor of the Land Report. Eric grew up in the Big Bend country of Texas and has a passion for land investors. We review of the larger land owners in America and why they might want to own land. We also review Drew Bledsoe's winery and vineyard in Walla Walla, Washington which is where I grew up.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Evan Shout who farms in Canada with a couple of partners. He also partners with Kristjan Hebert on several related farm consulting and partial CFO businesses. The farm primarily grows wheat, barley and canola on about 40,000 crop acres.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Tiffany Dowell Lashmet of Texas A&M University. She is an attorney that communicates with growers and ranchers in Texas on various farm law issues. She also writes a blog and hosts a podcast herself.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Marlin Bohling. Marlin started as a farmer but ended up as a broadcaster on commodities, most recently on RFD TV for nearly 10 years. We discuss his career and what he is doing now.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Doug Hensley of Hertz Farm Management. Doug's whole career has been spent helping farmers buy and sell farmland and Doug is in charge of Hertz's real estate division. We review the services that Hertz provides and review farmland value trends and project what might happen this year.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a follow up conversation with Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag regarding the IRS announcement that was released in Mid-December on how ethanol may end up qualifying for enhanced SAF tax credits and we review what farmers need to do now to prepare for taking advantage of these credits.
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In today's podcast, Paul has another conversation with Jim Rothermich of Iowa Appraisals. We reviewed how 2023 land values and the outlook for 2024 values. We also review the trends in farmland cash rentals.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Matt Folz, an farm attorney in Peru, Indiana. Matt specializes in farm succession planning and we discuss how the process works and some of the tools involved in that process. We then have a more detailed conversation on using a Charitable Remainder Trust for retiring farmers.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Katie Lee with the Farm Journal Foundation. We discuss her attendance at COP28 in Dubai and how farmers need to be involved with these types of international events.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Christine Hamilton of South Dakota. Christine and her husband have both a farm and ranch operation, plus Christine is an entrepreneur and is involved in other businesses that you will find of interest.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Bruce Vande Steeg. Bruce started his career as a Vet, transitioned to being a dairy farmer, then joined corporate America for a bit. He and two other partners also formed a Dairy ERP software solution. He is currently a consultant helping farmers and others get unstuck and also enjoys flipping homes in his spare time.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Mike Downey of Next Generation Ag Associates. Mike and his team help with farm succession planning and have a specialty in helping farmers with no family successors find someone to take over the farm operation.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with John Nalivck of Sterling Marketing. John provides various economic and marketing information regarding beef and hog trends from the producer to the packer. We review what is happening in both industries currently and what may happen next year.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Marc Arnusch of NE Colorado. Marc and his family farm multiple irrigated crops but has always pivoted toward more value added crops. We also discuss how his aquifer has enabled his family to enjoy more off-farm income plus review his thought process of not doing a solar farm project and pivoting to a conservation easement.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Krista Swanson, lead economist with the National Corn Growers Association. Krista grew up on a farm in Illinois and still farms with her husband near the Quad Cities along with four children. We review her background and some of the opportunities and challenges facing corn growers.
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In today's session Paul has a conversation with Alan Richardson. Alan helps coach farmers who may be stuck with making sound business decisions by using a process called EOS. We also discuss how this helps in the succession planning process too.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Steve Bruere of Peoples Company. Paul had a podcast with Steve a couple of years ago and Peoples Company has expanded in scope and regions since then. We have a discussion on farmland value trends and also review the upcoming Land Investment Expo that will be held in Des Moines on January 9, 2024.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with David Muth of Peoples Company Capital Markets. In the podcast, we discuss how a Delaware Statutory Trust can help farmers or others that are doing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange roll over all or part of their proceeds into farmland.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with RD Schrader of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company based in NE Indiana. We reviewed how real estate auctions work and the trends in both farmland values and farm equipment values.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Jay Graham of Western Farm Advisors which provides M&A and other services to permanent crop operations primarily in the Pacific Northwest. There has a been a major trend of private equity coming into this space and we discuss how that is affecting these vertically integrated operations.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Bart Fischer of Texas A&M. We discuss his background but then have a deeper dive into the new farm bill. We review how an update or reallocation of base acres might affect farmers and then dig into the possible increase in the effective reference prices. But these prices can also go down and we discuss those aspects too.
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In today’s podcast, Paul has a conversation with Joe Kessie a retired farm banker from NE Indiana. Joe started in banking right with the 1980s’ farm crisis was beginning and we review how this is different from then especially with a lot of long-term debt fixed with low rates compared to the variable rate debt back then.
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In today’s podcast, Paul has a conversation with John Hohenberger who farms with his son Kurt in DeKalb County, Illinois. John started his career at the Moline, Illinois Deere combine facility and we review some of the JD and IH combines from the era. We then discuss their farm operation, why they decided to put in irrigation, the use a split-interest arrangement to purchase farmland and other related topics.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Brett MacNeil of Scythe and Spade, a farm management and due diligence company. Brett as a junior in high school spent a year in New Zealand where he got his passion for farm and ranch investment and management. We review what goes into due diligence on farmland investment and talk about his livestock "hobby".
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Norm Brown. Norm and his wife Cheryl are the founders of FBS Systems which provides farm management accounting. FBS is on their fifth generation of software. Norm and I discuss the history of FBS, how accounting software will change and evolve including AI.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Jeff Bushey. Jeff is both a CPA and a farmer in the "thumb" of Michigan. We discuss some of the unique aspects of growing sugar beets and dry eatable beans. We also review his role as a CPA and his more than 25 year history with the Farm Financial Standards Council.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Arianne Chavez of AgriVision Farm Management. Ari is a CPA in charge of accounting for several dairies. We discuss the process of doing accrual basis farm financial statements and the issues that dairies are having with low prices.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Owen Thompson of Compeer. We discuss his background and current role at Compeer. We also review how Compeer came into existence and even have a discussion on ice fishing.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Pauline Van Nurden of the Minnesota Center for Farm Financial Management. We discuss how the center helps farmers with their financial management and the benchmarking data that is available to farmers under the FINBIN database.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Paul Pittman of Farmland Partners, Inc. Paul is the founder of Farmland Partners which is one of two publicly traded real estate investment trusts that only invest in farmland and related assets. In the podcast, we discuss how Paul decided to form Farmland Partners, the long-term trend in land values and other related topics.
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In today's podcast, Paul provides a webinar on why social security may be a good investment for farmers. Too many farmers view social security taxes as something that should be avoided, while we believe it should be optimized. In the podcast, Paul reviews how it is calculated and some of the rates of returns. It may surprise you how good the returns might be.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Wally Thomas of Morsen Services, Inc. based in Owatonna, Minnesota. Wally provides farm financial for real estate purchases and consulting related to succession planning and other consulting services. We also discuss that more farmland owners are selling land on a contract and with high interest rates that trend may continue.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with three members of the Legacy Farmland Trust. This trust was recently formed to allow farmers who may not have the next generation to farm the land but want to keep the land in trust for their family and multiple generations. It also allows the family to diversify their farmland holdings without a tax cost.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Murray Wise of Murray Wise & Associates. We did an original podcast with Murray about two years ago and in the meantime Murray had sold his company to Farmland Partners, Inc. a publicly traded REIT. Murray and I also have discussion on what is keeping farmland values high and part of it is investors rolling out of commercial real estate into farmland but most of it is still farmers with cash.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Mark Foley of Acre Trader. Mark is in charge of their forest land acquisitions and management. Forest land and farmland investment have similar returns and long-term holds. Mark reviews how they determine whether an acquisition makes sense or not.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Aaron Alejandro of the Texas FFA Foundation. Aaron shares his story of how FFA changed in his life and we review how FFA works in Texas and on the National level.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Bruce Sherrick, professor at University of Illinois. Bruce shares his thoughts on farmland values, how increased interest rates may affect land values. We also have a discussion on how farmland investing correlates nicely with other investments.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Steve Kleumper of AgriStrategies LLC. Steve has over 30 years of experience working with farmers on their financial aspects of the farm operation. We discuss how a part-time CFO can help many farm operations.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Dave Janson who along with his wife owns Strategic Farm Marketing based in Champaign, Illinois and services 12 Midwest states. We discuss some of the crop insurance options available to farmers. We also go over some of the changes Dave would like to see in the new Farm Bill and have a conversation on 2022 ERP that was just announced.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Carter Malloy, the founder and CEO of Acretrader.com and Acres.com. We have a discussion on how Acretrader.com provides opportunities for farmers to increase their acres without a huge capital outlay and also allows the farmland investor to diversify their holdings.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Howard Olson of Ag Country Farm Credit Services based in Fargo, North Dakota. We have a discussion on crop insurance and the Midwest Council on Agriculture and some of our thoughts for the new Farm Bill.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Peter Martin of Pinion. We discuss how the farm office of the future will look and work as a management tool. The key is to get standardization of inputs into the farm operation and accounting system.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Mitchell Hora regarding the new Section 45Z enacted with the Inflation Reduction Act. We discuss how this make increase the per bushel price of corn and soybeans. We are still waiting for Regulations from the IRS, but this could be extremely worthwhile to farmers and you may need to take some action now.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Chris Barron of AgView Solutions. We review the Return on Investment of Corn and Beans since 2012 and project how ROI might look for 2023. 2024 is certainly much murkier.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Clay Mitchell of Fall Line Capital. We have a discussion on Ag Tech trends and spend a fair amount of time discussing heavy duty drones and how that may reshape the spraying process.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Jim Rothermich from Iowa Appraisals who is known as The Land Talker. We discuss the rapid increase in Iowa farmland values (about 50% increase from beginning of 2021 to end of 2022). We also go over some of the cash rent auctions in Iowa.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Eric O'Brien of Fall Line Capital. Fall Line invests in both farmland and Ag Tech and Eric and his partner Clay Mitchell have a unique way of looking at potential farmland investments.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a discussion with Dave Brown of IPE 1031 based in West Des Moines, Iowa. We go over 1031 tax-deferred exchanges; review the nuts and bolts of how an exchange works, and the related tax rules.
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In today's podcast has a discussion with Jay Vroom. Jay and his wife's family each have farms in Illinois but Jay spent over 40 years as an advocate for the crop protection industry. We have a discussion with Jay's involvement in Farm Journal Trust in Food initiatives and other current endeavors.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Kyle Tom of Tom Farms in North Central Indiana. We discuss their operation and how seed corn farming is a lot different from regular farming. We also review his trip to the Sudan and how there is a lot of opportunity in that country for us to help them farm better.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a discussion with Brenda Heymer from Amarillo, Texas. Brenda provides managerial accounting services for farmers and ranchers and we have a discussion how management accounting can make a farm more profitable or at least more proactive instead of reactive.
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In today’s podcast, Paul has a conversation with Nate Birt. Nate is based in Mexico, Missouri and was the managing editor of Top Producer for a few years and then vice president of Farm Journal’s Trust in Food initiative. Nate recently started his own consulting business helping businesses communicate their story on being sustainable.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Trey Wasserburger of North Platte, Nebraska. Trey is the 2023 Tomorrow Top Producer winner and has seed stock operation in North Platte and is part of the team building a $400 million cattle processing plant in North Platte.
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In this Podcast, Paul has a conversation with Marcia Ruff, the 2023 Executive in Women in Agriculture Trailblazer Award. We review their farm operation and also go over their son’s full cob business which you will find interesting.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Greg Moes of MoDak Farms in South Dakota. This farm operation is a Top Producer of the year candidate for 2023 and we review how their operation has grown and all of the families that are supported by the farm.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Jeremy Jack of Silent Shade farms in the Mississippi Delta. Jeremy's parents moved their farm operation from Canada to the Delta and Jeremy shares their process of growing the operation.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Kevin Engel of Virginia. Kevin is a first generation farmer (but with a lot of help from his dad) that farms in both Virginia and North Carolina. All three of his children are in the farm operation. They also have a distillery that will have a special 50 year anniversary of Secretariat winning the Triple Crown since they farm the ground where that horse was raised.
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In today’s podcast, Paul has a conversation with Lance Woodbury of Pinion. Lance brings a unique perspective to helping farm families with transition to the next generation. In many cases, the next generation is not even family.
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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Mark Gold of Top Third Ag Marketing. We review his career and how Mark thinks the use of put options is a good marketing plan for farmers.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Mark Faust of Echelon Management. Mark works with farmers and other businesses to help them grow their business by understanding what management really means.
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In today's podcast, Paul Neiffer reviews some of the key year-end tax planning opportunities that farmers have.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Nate and Chris Riggers from the Camas Prairie of Northern Idaho. Nate and Chris have created a value added company for their grains along with another farmer and we review how that gets integrated with the farm operation.
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In today's podcast we have a conversation with Erin Pirro of Farm Credit East. Erin is a Farm Management Consultant which covers a wide area of the farm business operation and farms in New England have some unique issues.
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In today's podcast we have a conversation with Don Tyler a management and succession consultant on the three key areas of good succession planning for a farm family.
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Paul is joined today by Kyle McKeown who farms in southwestern Michigan with his dad and three brothers while also being a full-time CPA. We go over some the struggles with this along with the rewards.
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Jarod Creed of JC Marketing and JC Ag Financial joins Paul in this podcast to discuss the risk that most producers have is on the 2023 crop and reviews what he has done to help his clients mitigate this risk.
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In today's podcast, Paul has a conversation with Chriss Hesse, a tax principal with CLA. Chris has been actively involved in farm tax issues for over 40 years and we discuss some of the major farm issues during that period that he (and I) have helped get resolved in favor of our American farmers.
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On today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Maggie Holub, the 2019 Top Producer Horizon Award winner. We discuss how she juggles being a "full-time" farmer with being a "full-time" banker.
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On today's podcast Paul has a discussion with Tony Schwarck from northern Iowa. Tony is the 2019 Top Producer Horizon Award winner and shares how his family expanded from a row crop operation to a beef finishing and cow-calf operation.
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In today's podcast Paul is joined by Jeff Harrison with Combest-Sell and Associates. Jeff was on staff with the House Ag Committee in writing the 1996 farm bill and we go over the history of farm programs and crop insurance. We also discuss how they may change in the future.
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Paul has a conversation with Curtis Evanenko, a risk management advisor specializing in crop insurance and agri-business protection at McGregor Risk Management services in Washington state.
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USDA's recently released details on the Emergency Relief Program (formerly Whip+) might have some people scratching their heads. Paul Neiffer explains how the Phase 1 payments work and who might be eligible to receive them.
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Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Todd Doehring, director at Centrec Consulting Group.
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Paul Neiffer talks to Ed Terry, vegetable grower from California.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Todd Malecha, Top Producer of the Year winner.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Ashley Arrington, who is an agriculture consultant focusing on farm finance, banking, and more.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Bryce Gillen of South Dakota.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with economist Dan Basse, president of AgResource Company.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Brek Burgweger of North Carolina.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Tyne Morgan, host of U.S. Farm Report.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Chip Flory, host of the radio program AgriTalk.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Sara Schafer of Farm Journal.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with John Phipps, best known for his work on U.S. Farm Report.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Nathan Kauffman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Kelsey Scott of South Dakota.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Todd Carlton of Iowa about carbon markets.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Roger McEowen, who grew up on as farm in Indiana and is also a CPA and author.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Brent Judisch of Iowa about the ag machine industry.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Andrew McCrea of Minnesota, host of the Farming the Countryside podcast.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Chris Barron of NE Iowa.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Joe Nichols of Kentucky.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Brent Gloy.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Dave Specht. Dave was the founder of the University of Nebraska family succession planning department and does a great job on explaining what a successful transition requires – the 3 Cs.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Autumn Steinert of Oklahoma.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Bill Came of Kansas.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Becky Berger from Oregon.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with former U.S. Representative Colin Peterson who was also the House Ag Committee Chairman for many years.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Jim Farrell.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Steve Henry.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Brian Mitchell of Kansas.
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Joe Vaclavik, owner of Standard Grain, shares his career spent in analyzing grain markets. He shares common mistakes farmers make, as well as common success traits.
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This week Paul Neiffer takes us through the "Funding Our Priorities" white paper sent from the Democrats controlling the House. What's in it? What's not in it? Paul answers questions you maybe didn't even know you had.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Chris Adams of Grand Forks, North Dakota.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Dave Muth of the Des Moines, Iowa area.
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This week Paul Neifer has a conversation with John Carroll of Carroll Family Farms of Carthage, IL.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Luke Brubaker of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania about the evolution and management of his operation which includes dairy. Also discussed is his work in public service and with Farm Journal Foundation.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Justin Crownover of Lone Star Family Farms in Sunray, Texas about the decisions and goals of running the business of a family farm, including overcoming unforeseeable challenges.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Robert Barley of Star Rock Farms LLC in Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Robert shares lessons he's learned from experience in running this operation, plus how he's approached succession planning, and working with employees, neighbors, vendors and professionals in a profitable manner.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Murray Wise, chairman and CEO of Murray Wise Associates. Wise has more than 40 years of experience in global agriculture and land markets. He and Paul discuss trends in investing, business advice and more.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Jeff Conrad, president and founder of AgIS Capital, which is an investment firm that invests in farmland and related operating companies. He shares lessons and insights from his career in investing, ag lending, as a board member for Cornell and a California Olive Ranch and more.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Ron Rabou of Rabou Farms in Albin, WY. Rabou shares his path to reimagining his farm operation and the scars he has to show for the transformation. Rabou Farms includes 8,000 acres of organic winter wheat and small grains.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Jimmy Tosh, CEO of Tosh Farms in Henry, Tenn. Tosh shares how his operation has grown and evolved into one of the country’s largest hog operations, the mistakes he’s made along the way as well as his best business rule of thumbs.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Tim Richter and Jackson Doleman of the Saratoga Farm Partnership about the various aspects of the operation.
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This week Paul Neiffer chats with Kristjan Hebert of Saskatchewan, Canada about his operation, what he's done right, what he's done wrong, and what would he do over if he could.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Ben Riensche, owner and manager of Blue Diamond Farming Company in Jesup, Iowa. Riensche talks about the evolution of his farm, his growth strategy, farm investments, succession planning and more.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Steve Bruere, president of Peoples Company. Bruere grew up surrounded by agriculture on his family farm in Warren County, Iowa. Today he uses that expertise in agricultural real estate and farmland management. Listen in for his views on the dynamic farmland market and his career journey.
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The Farm CPA Podcast talks with Ken McCauley, former president of the National Corn Growers Association, about transition planning and other topics.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Dick Wittman and Cori Wittman Stitt. This father-daughter duo farm Lapwai, Idaho. Wittman is transitioning from being CEO of the farm to becoming chairman of the board, as Wittman Stitt transitions into the CEO role. Both father and daughter spent time away from the farm before returning to take on leadership roles within the operation.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Roric Paulman of Paulman Farms based in Sutherland, Nebraska, which is in the heart of the Ogallala aquifer and the southwest portion of the state.
Learn how the Paulmans navigated the process of downsizing and succession planning, how they’ve diversified their business, advice Paul has for his farming peers and more.
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Dave Nelson is a farmer with Nelson Family Farms and an entrepreneur who started Ag Solutions Group.
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This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer. They discuss President Joe Biden’s tax plan, carbon markets, and more. Note: This conversation was recorded in early March.
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The White House is releasing details of their American Families Plan and Farm CPA Paul Neiffer takes us through some important details.
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In this pilot episode of The Farm CPA Podcast Farm Journal's Top Producer editor Sara Schafer chats with podcast host Paul Neiffer to learn about his background and provide information on what this podcast is going to be about.
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