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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.

The Farm CPA Podcast


    • Jun 17, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 200: Ben Laine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 30:58


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 199: Todd Thurman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 37:06


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 198: Dave Fogel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 40:08


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 197: Brent Judisch

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 47:54


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 196: Matt Woolf

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 37:26


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 195: John Steeves

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 28:35


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 194: Skye Root

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 29:08


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 193: Susan Stroud

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 37:06


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 192: Paul Neiffer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 25:41


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 191: Paul Neiffer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 30:31


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 190: Mike Rohlsen and Jeff Kazin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 36:27


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 189: Kimberly Ratcliff

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 35:07


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 188: Mark Hanna

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 42:48


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 186: John Guglielmi

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 39:58


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 186: Chris Barron

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 42:31


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    184: Dave Jansen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 27:13


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 185: Tara Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 40:06


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 182: Kaden Stein

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 34:34


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 182: Chase Larson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 36:14


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    Episode 181: Erin Arick and Mitchell Parks of Figured

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 38:16


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 180: Paige Harding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 37:45


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 179: John Schwarz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 40:12


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 178: Special Podcast-Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 22:52


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 177: Austin Allred

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 33:35


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 176: Brian O'Neal

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 39:12


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 175: Mike Gustafson

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 44:23


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    Episode 173: Todd Welle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 35:49


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 174: Matt Boos

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 37:47


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 172: Erik Oberbroeckling

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 37:34


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 171: Amy France

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 34:35


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    Episode 170: Farm Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 14:50


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 169: Emily Oberbroeckling

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 42:53


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 168: John Newton

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 28:22


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 167: Mitchell Hora

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 39:33


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 173: Shaun Haney

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 31:47


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 165: Brian Grete

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 38:03


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 164: Reid Weiland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 40:42


    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 163: Section 1031 Exchange

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 28:01


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 162: Chris Barron

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 47:17


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 161: Jim Rothermich

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 26:26


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 160: Jim Angell

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 40:54


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 159: Pete Nelson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 38:25


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 158: Matt Gunderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 43:30


    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 157: Scott Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 35:05


    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 156: Josh Linville

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 44:16


    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 155: Roxane Lieverse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 42:59


    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 154: Jon Davis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 39:07


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 153: Jerry Gulke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 42:45


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 152: Eric Mueller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 31:41


    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 151: House Farm Bill Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 29:14


    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    Episode 150: Deon Graupner

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 31:55


    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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