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SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Adversity creates opportunity.” That is Terry Engelken’s motto. These days, he sees plenty of adversity...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Where Capital Meets Conservation.” “Global Outlook. Contrarian Perspective.” Those statements serve as guideposts that headline the websites of two entities that J. Kyle Bass founded: Conservation Equity Management (ecosystem-focused investment firm) and Hayman Capital Management (asset management firm). A conversation with Bass elicits insights that seem to blend the firms’ philosophies into the way he approaches some of the world’s most significan

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Dr. Ernie Goss looks, listens, and studies many things. What do numbers show? What do they mean? What do...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS What do a media and entertainment icon, an Oklahoma billionaire, a future president, two people who helped lead their country’s monetary policy, and a star football player who almost died after getting hit on the football field have in common? They all agreed with Steve Bruere’s sales pitch. Media and entertainment icon: Martha Stewart Oklahoma billionaire: T. Boone Pickens Future president: Donald J. Trump Monetary policy leaders: Esther George and

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Is debt a four-letter word? OK, yes, it is in a literal sense. But do you consider debt a bad  word, a bad thing? Richard Vague thinks that some of us may have a misguided view of debt. In his opinion, it is the type of debt that matters most. “Most folks, when they think about debt, think about government debt. And really, that's the lesser part of the equation,” Vague told American Farmland Owner from his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The fed

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Denise Greer Jamerson doesn’t have banker’s hours. Neither does her father, husband, or son. Theirs is a...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Farm kid. Baron buster. A lot happened since the former. A lot would have to happen still before the latter...

Spotify   | Apple Podcasts From his office about 165 miles away, Ron Kean can’t help but wonder what the heck just happened to a chicken...

Spotify | Apple Podcasts This complicated life may not be what Beth Hoffman envisioned for herself decades ago when she was going to...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Retirement” doesn’t mean no work for Esther George. It also doesn’t mean a time to rip her former colleagues...

Maybe, just maybe California’s nut business is getting better, Carl Evers III believes. But the wine industry may continue to stagnate...

Commodity prices remain too low. Input costs remain too high. Curt Covington believes that something will have to give. And that...

Use a word like “adjustments.” But “panic” or “collapse?” No, those words don’t describe Curt Blades’ feelings or his views about what he...

When a computer scientist discovered that software wouldn’t be his preferred solution for his next project that he thinks will benefit...

Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour, where he and a team of 100 volunteers inspect corn and soybean fields across seven states. Grete talks...

Paul Neiffer is a farm boy by birth. As an adult, he now owns farms in three states. So, he still believes in the future of farmland. But...

She is a college student, farmer, emerging social media creator, and fashion designer. And she is 20 years old. But what drives Kate...

John Roach lives about 1,500 miles from the farm where he grew up in Carlisle, Iowa. But the perspective about the challenges of farming...

No matter whether they arrived from the area, had never been to his part of the country before, or traveled from another country to learn...

Dave Brown has been in business for two decades -- married to his business you might say – and knows big changes could be ahead for a big...