How I Built This Ag Business

Jordan Van Trump
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How I Built This Ag Business

Listen to how ordinary people built extraordinary wealth inside the ag industry and how you can too. Together, Kevin Van Trump & Jordan Van Trump deep dive into each episode to uncover the amazing stories and unexpected paths to success behind some of the world’s best known ag businesses as well as innovators and disruptors that built them. In this show, the Van Trump father-son duo go behind the scenes of the movements these ag leaders built to discover tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use to build their own business in the future.

  1. NOV 3

    Brandt – Giving Back to the Community, 14 Years of NASCAR, & Input Sales in More Than 80 Countries

    For more than 70 years, BRANDT has been helping growers become more profitable. The company’s straightforward approach to doing business worked in 1953 when Glen Brandt and his sister, Evelyn Brandt Thomas, founded the company, and it works today. Their belief in innovation, honesty and first-class customer service was a help to local farmers, many of whom were their neighbors, in their hometown of Pleasant Plains, Illinois. That same philosophy, first learned on the family farm, continues today in a…Continue Reading ››

    53 min

  2. OCT 15

    Asmus Farm Supply – 300,000 Square Foot of Operations, +1 Million Gallons of Bulk Pesticide Storage Capacity, & Servicing Over 1.2 Million Acres

    Asmus Farm Supply was founded in 1960, where Harvey Asmus introduced a new way to farm to the area. It certainly wasn’t adopted by the masses, but over time he persisted and Asmus Farm Supply grew into what it is today. Today, they are still a family owned and operated business. Husband and Wife, Harlan and Amy Asmus, along with their family continue to grow the business without losing their touch of family in leading a business. Currently, Asmus Farm…Continue Reading ››

    50 min

  3. SEP 1

    BALANCE4WARD – Real Secrets to Success in the Cattle Feeding Industry

    Get more out of your cattle business! Stop making and losing the same $100 on a calf.   BALANCE4WARD is cattle feeding management company passionate about building a better beef supply chain, which creates opportunities for mid-market cattlemen who want to get more out of their business.

    53 min

  4. AUG 11

    Bid On Beef – How To Sell Your Beef at Auction for $250 Per Pound

    Bid on Beef is the vision of Chris Earl, owner of Reverse Rocking R Ranch and CK6 Consulting in New Mexico. Working with beef cattle producers across the nation, CK6 Consulting has conducted $150 million in sales through price discovery in auctions, and now the team is taking that same concept directly to the consumer.   Bid On Beef is an online auction platform connecting American cattle ranchers to American families through premium American raised angus and wagyu beef. You…Continue Reading ››

    1h 7m

  5. JUL 13

    Howlett Farms – Started with 13 Acres, Now Handling +20 Bushels of Grain Annually

    Howlett Farms is a 5th generation family owned agricultural business that started in 1880 with two dairy cows and 13 acres of land. Today the Howlett family farms over 3,700 acres and have over 50 employees. Besides farming… Howlett Farms also operates seven grain handling facilities that handle over +20 million bushels of grain annually, manage two feed manufacturing locations, run a fleet of over 25 trucks, and oversee a crop insurance business.

    1h 7m

  6. JUL 5

    Quality Ag Services – Providing Quality Ag Service in Ag Retail Since 1995

    Quality Ag Service was founded in 1995 to provide the best service available for custom applied chemical and fertilizer needs of growers in South Central Iowa. The business expanded into a full service retail operation with locations opening in Albia, IA in 1999; Melrose, IA in 2000; and Agency, IA in 2014. Quality Ag Service offers everything from crop protection products, dry & liquid fertilizer, custom seed treatment, custom application, soil testing, grid mapping, and seed from companies such as…Continue Reading ››

    53 min

  7. 09/09/2023

    Foote Cattle Company – 5 Industry-Leading Feedyards, 285,000+ Head of Cattle & 30,000+ Farming Acres

    Foote Cattle Company started in 1985 by Bob Foote, who has owned and operated the ever-growing operation till he recently passed away in 2022. Today, Scott, Brad, and Greg Foote continue their father’s legacy of raising quality beef. Foote Cattle Company includes multiple feedyards, farms, a bank, and a wide range of other investments. Feedyards include Hoxie Feedyard, Imperial Beef, Lane County Feeders, Decatur Family Beef, and Pioneer Feedyard, which are all located in Western Kansas and Southern Nebraska. Additionally,…Continue Reading ››

    54 min

  8. 08/17/2023

    Merschman Seeds – Midwest Family-Owned Independent Seed Company Since 1954

    Merschman Seeds was founded in 1954 by Bill and Bernice Merschman and is an independent, family-owned seed company from West Point, Iowa selling soybeans, wheat, and alfalfa, as well as distributing Stine® Corn throughout Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana, Minnesota, and Kentucky. Generations of farmers have trusted Merschman Seeds because they put the farmer’s yield and profitability at the forefont of their minds. This style of mindset and management drives positive change within the company. They do not answer to…Continue Reading ››

    1h 2m
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Listen to how ordinary people built extraordinary wealth inside the ag industry and how you can too. Together, Kevin Van Trump & Jordan Van Trump deep dive into each episode to uncover the amazing stories and unexpected paths to success behind some of the world’s best known ag businesses as well as innovators and disruptors that built them. In this show, the Van Trump father-son duo go behind the scenes of the movements these ag leaders built to discover tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use to build their own business in the future.

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