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News, Insights & Interviews Archive


A One-of-a-Kind Situation…Hopefully
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...
Dave Price
Oct 18, 20243 min read


A New Future on an Old Farm
Spotify | Apple Podcasts This complicated life may not be what Beth Hoffman envisioned for herself decades ago when she was going to...
Dave Price
Oct 11, 20244 min read


Tracking the Numbers...Still
SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Retirement” doesn’t mean no work for Esther George. It also doesn’t mean a time to rip her former colleagues...
Dave Price
Oct 4, 20243 min read


Where are Almonds, Walnuts, and Wine Headed and Why?
Maybe, just maybe California’s nut business is getting better, Carl Evers III believes. But the wine industry may continue to stagnate...
Dave Price
Sep 26, 20244 min read


Farmland Correction Ahead?
Commodity prices remain too low. Input costs remain too high. Curt Covington believes that something will have to give. And that...
Dave Price
Sep 20, 20243 min read


What's Behind Dropping Tractor Sales?
Use a word like “adjustments.” But “panic” or “collapse?” No, those words don’t describe Curt Blades’ feelings or his views about what he...
Dave Price
Sep 13, 20243 min read


Greening with Green Methanol
When a computer scientist discovered that software wouldn’t be his preferred solution for his next project that he thinks will benefit...
Dave Price
Sep 6, 20243 min read


Scouting a Record
Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour, where he and a team of 100 volunteers inspect corn and soybean fields across seven states. Grete talks...
Dave Price
Aug 30, 20243 min read


Tough Times Ahead but Optimism Endures
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...
Dave Price
Aug 23, 20243 min read


Farming a New Future
She is a college student, farmer, emerging social media creator, and fashion designer. And she is 20 years old. But what drives Kate...
Dave Price
Aug 16, 20243 min read


Market Perspective
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...
Dave Price
Aug 9, 20243 min read


Don't Forget the Farm
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 Price
Aug 1, 20243 min read


Changing 1031 Exchanges
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...
Dave Price
Jul 26, 20244 min read


Settling Land Values
SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Farmland values are largely remaining steady, according to the latest report by Farmers National Company....
Dave Price
Jul 19, 20243 min read


Landowners v. the Federal Government
SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned a previous 1984 ruling could potentially impact what rules...
Dave Price
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Spreading Fertilizer
SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Relying on others for a critical part of your farmland’s growth is risky. Although the very nature of...
Dave Price
Jul 5, 20243 min read


Another Option
SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Why should small and mid-sized farmers have their financial livelihoods tied so heavily to the value of their...
Dave Price
Jun 28, 20243 min read


Organic Reaches for Higher Growth After Inflation's Challenges
SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Some” may not be as good as “all,” but should be much better long-term than “none.” That is how Matthew...
Dave Price
Jun 21, 20243 min read


Optimistic View About the Battle Against Bird Flu
SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Greg Tyler considers himself an optimist. “I’m a glass half full type of guy,” he told American Farmland Owner...
Dave Price
Jun 14, 20243 min read


Finding the Balance for Farmland Success
Spotify | Apple Podcasts Daniel Zinnel knows what owners and operators of farms need. His family owned one. He knows what farm workers...
Dave Price
Jun 7, 20243 min read
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