The Farm CPA Podcast: Steve Bruere, Peoples Company
| | | | | | | | | | | The Farm CPA Podcast: Steve Bruere, Peoples Company | | | | This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Steve Bruere, president of Peoples Company. Bruere describes today’s farmland market as "probably the hottest real estate market I've been a part of in 18 years. You've just got this perfect storm of high commodity prices, nice government payments and low interest rates.” | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | What’s Up With The Ag Job Outlook? | | | | Farmers, how are you filling jobs around the farm? Farm employees, what’s the job market look like from your point of view? Sound off in this quick, three-question survey. | | | | | | |
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| | | | John Phipps: The Similarities Between Genetically Modified Foods, Lab-Produced Diamonds Recently the world’s biggest jewelry retailer, Pandora, announced it would switch from mined diamonds to lab-produced. Cheap indistinguishable lab-grown diamonds could prompt blatant cheating with enormous profits, drastic price erosion (even collapse) or most likely both. This sounds familiar to ag. Read More |
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| | | | | | Should You Buy That Farm? A Tool to Help You Do the Math So, is that piece of land really worth the cost? There’s no right answer for any two operations. Variables to consider include working capital position, balance sheet strength, timeline in career and base acres for the operation. Reducing machinery cost/acre by increasing efficiency and productivity can be a great additional benefit of land acquisition. Read More |
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| | | | | | Additional Cattle Markets Legislation Introduced in U.S. House Rep. Vicky Hartzler introduced Optimizing the Cattle Market Act of 2021 in the U.S. House. The legislation builds on a growing consensus that the current market dynamics — which stunt producer profitability and put undue market leverage on the side of meatpackers — are not sustainable for the beef supply chain. Read More |
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| | | | Local and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers Get $400 Million Boost in USDA's New Food Bank Plan To help with the ongoing demand for food, USDA announced it is investing $1 billion in the country's food bank networks. "It brings together both producers and consumers," says USDA Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean. Read More |
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| | | | | | Improvements in Soil Erosion, GHG Reductions and Water Use Efficiency, Detailed by NCGA Farmer-Leaders Achievements on the farm often go unnoticed and unheralded in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Three leaders of the National Corn Growers Association reflect on U.S. farmer sustainability successes since 1980 and also look ahead to five goals the farmer-led organization expects to achieve by 2030. Read More |
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| | | | Don't Miss Farm Journal Field Days Cattle Quality and Premiums, from Handling to Market Today's the last day to catch this FREE online event full of essential insights, education and updates from the industry experts. Read More |
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