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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.