HeyJaredThe Business of Agriculture Podcast
Damian travels all over the globe talking to audiences about trends in the business of food, fuel, and fiber. With his clever wit and down-to-earth delivery, he has turned these topics into an interesting (and sometimes controversial) podcast.
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468 - Farmer Math Part 2: Farm Financial Fundamentals | Damian Mason Podcast (opens the original)
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Is your farm actually profitable, or are paid-off assets hiding the true cost of doing business? Damian Mason continues his "Farmer Math" series with a new guest, Chris Barron, to break down three financial fundamentals every farm operator should understand: land, equipment, and return to management. A million dollars of paid-off equipment can still represent roughly $150,000 per year in economic cost. Depreciation, inflation, replacement costs, and capital tied up in machinery do not disappear
467 - Farmer Math: Agriculture's Costly Financial Blind Spot | Damian Mason Podcast (opens the original)
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Why does agriculture treat farmland and equipment differently than virtually every other business treats its assets? Illinois farmer and businessman Mark Severson joins Damian Mason to examine "farmer math" — the financial thinking that can distort how producers evaluate assets, capital, depreciation, opportunity cost, and return on investment. A paid-for tractor is not free to operate simply because there is no loan payment. Farmland is not automatically a good investment simply because it has
466 - Should Ag Have Beef with The New Beef Plan? | Damian Mason Podcast (opens the original)
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Beginning September 1 and continuing for 90 days, 300,000 metric tons of lean trim beef will be imported into the U.S. at zero tariff. The policy, recently announced by the Trump administration, is intended to tackle the "affordability" issue facing American consumers. Will it? International Ag consultant Todd Thurman joins Damian to discuss - and dismantle - this policy move. Is cheap food now an American entitlement? Why does Agriculture feel the brunt of "affordability" when cars, fuel, homeo
465 - Why Exports Won't Save U.S. Agriculture: Geopolitics Ahead | Damian Mason Podcast (opens the original)
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American agriculture is not simply working through another commodity cycle. It may be confronting a structural shift in how global agricultural markets, trade, technology, energy, and food demand function. Geopolitical analyst Jacob Shapiro joins Damian Mason to examine four forces that could reshape the future of U.S. agriculture: the erosion of unquestioned American global dominance, an energy transition that could ultimately reduce input costs, artificial intelligence that may narrow some adv
464 - The E-Shaped Economy: What It Means for Agriculture | Damian Mason Podcast (opens the original)
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Is America really experiencing a K-shaped economy, or has the economic divide become more complicated? Kansas State University agricultural economist Dr. Brian Briggeman joins Damian Mason to explain why he believes the familiar K-shaped economy may have evolved into something closer to an "E-shaped economy," with three distinct tiers of consumer spending. With the top 10 percent of U.S. households accounting for roughly half of consumer expenditures, the growing separation between high-income c
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