Top Producer

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As agriculture faces multiple challenges, USDA’s latest net farm income forecast is masking the reality for farmers. While livestock margins have improved for 2024, high input costs and below breakeven prices for row crops means margins could be the worst in nearly 20 years.

Emily Oberbroeckling, farmland appraiser at Peoples Company, joins the Top Producer podcast to explain three methods for listing farmland.

You run it for a few years and then voila — you have the low-hour, 10-year-old unit everyone wants.

Now is the time to evaluate your land goals, decide what physical assets will bring value to your business and invest in what you personally value to live a purpose-driven life.

The disconnect between what makes equipment more expensive (labor, steel, energy, computer chips, etc.) and what drives farm income (commodity prices) will continue to drive the machinery costs versus value discussion.

Kelly Garrett is provoked by opportunities and applies a keen eye for how they accelerate his business.

Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag joins the Top Producer podcast to share why he believes taking advantage of these credits will be the biggest opportunity in agriculture.

This Top Producer Summit workshop with Mark Faust will outfit you with the tools you need.

Sam Beveridge joins the Ag Inspo podcast to share how your best contribution to the farm may be untraditional.