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How soon should you start succession planning? What are important things to think about that need transferred? What makes a good business partner, and how can you make this decision? 

On this episode, Purdue ag economist Brady Brewer discusses these succession questions along with tips on how to accomplish this transition in your farm business. Joining him in the discussion is the Purdue Farm Transition team, Dr. Maria Marshall, Director of the Purdue Institute of Family Business, and Renee Waitt, Farm Business Management Specialist, along with Denise Schroeder, Area Director and Extension Educator in White County. 

 

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Podcast provided by Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture. Find the rest of this farm succession series at http://purdue.ag/successionplan and more information on farm succession planning on the Purdue Institute for Family Business’ YouTube channel.

In this episode Purdue associate professor and agricultural economist Dr. Brady Brewer along with a panel of experts discuss various aspects of the ag credit market and how nontraditional lenders are impacting the ag credit markets. 

 

Purdue agricultural economists Nathan Thompson, and James Mintert hosted a live webinar on June 13th. The team discussed the corn and soybean outlook following USDA's June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report and provided implications for crop marketing strategies. Updates on balance sheet estimates for both the 20/21 and 22/23 crop years, corn and soybean export prospects, ethanol demand, ending stock estimates, corn and soybean basis, and inflation's likely impact on interest rates along with farm's income projections were discussed.

 

Podcast provided by Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture. For more information on the current ag outlook and farm economy, visit us at http://purdue.edu/commercialag.

The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer plummeted in May to a reading of just 99, the weakest farmer sentiment reading since April 2020. The May 2022 barometer reading marked just the 9th time since data collection began in fall 2015 that the overall measure of farmer sentiment fell below 100. This month’s survey was conducted from May 16-20, 2022. Purdue ag economists James Mintert and Michael Langemeier review the results and give some insight into the May 2022 Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, a nationwide monthly survey of 400 ag producers. The full report is available at https://purdue.ag/agbarometer.




 

Podcast provided by Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture. For more economic information and insights on the Ag Economy Barometer, visit us at http://purdue.edu/commercialag.

Purdue agricultural economists Michael Langemeier, Nathan Thompson, and James Mintert hosted a live webinar on May 16th. The team discussed the corn and soybean outlook following USDA's May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report and provided implications for crop marketing strategies. Updates on balance sheet estimates for both the 20/21 and 22/23 crop years, corn and soybean export prospects, ethanol demand, ending stock estimates, corn and soybean basis, and inflation's likely impact on interest rates along with farm's income projections were discussed.

 

Podcast provided by Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture. For more information on the current ag outlook and farm economy, visit us at http://purdue.edu/commercialag.

Wondering what the current agriculture job market is? In this episode Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture's ag economists Brady Brewer and Nathan Delay discuss the agricultural job market and the Purdue University Department of Agriculture Economics Ag Jobs Dashboard from the research conducted by grad student Doug Abney. The dashboard is an overview of monthly data collected of the agricultural job market over time, starting the summer of 2021. 

Podcast provided by Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture. For more information on the Ag Job Dashboard and farm management, visit us at http://purdue.edu/commercialag.