The Business of Agriculture Podcast

Feb 03 2025 382 ep. 39 mins 1.2k
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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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383-Trade, Tariffs, Biofuel, Markets, Ag Tech, The Farm Bill & the Future of Ag (From FarmCon)

Feb 03 2025 30 mins  
From FarmCon 2025, Damian Mason sits down with three experts to tackle the biggest issues in American agriculture: trade, tariffs, biofuel, markets, Ag Tech, and the Farm Bill. Kevin Van Trump of the Van Trump Report dives into global agriculture markets and the key drivers of change. Roland Fumasi with RaboResearch highlights three must-watch trends—trade, Farm Bill impacts, and

382 - What a Farmer Wants You to Know About Food

Jan 27 2025 44 mins  
How do farmers feel when misinformation about agriculture takes center stage? Dennis Bulani knows firsthand. After a conference speaker delivered a factually flawed tirade against modern farming, Dennis was inspired to write What a Farmer Wants You to Know About Food. In this episode, Dennis shares insights from his book, tackling one of agriculture’s greatest challenges: bridgi

381 - Food & Farming Trends: Does Protein Have Staying Power?

Jan 20 2025 49 mins  
Protein is the hottest buzzword in food and diet trends—but will it stay that way? Damian Mason and RaboResearch’s Nicholas Fereday explore the booming demand for dietary protein and its impact on agriculture, from animal-based production to plant-based alternatives. Learn how "protein-enhanced" snacks like boxed waffles and bagged treats are shaping consumer habits, and discov

380 - Can Sustainable Aviation Fuel Propel Agriculture to New Heights?

Jan 13 2025 50 mins  
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) could become a game-changer for production agriculture, driving a surge in demand for corn and soybeans—two crops currently facing significant oversupply challenges. But will SAF truly take off? What policies, regulations, and incentives are necessary to make this vision a reality? Join biofuels analyst Corey Lavinsky of S&P Global and Pete Meyer o

379 - How Government Payments Impact Farmers: Subsidies, Supply, and Sustainability

Jan 06 2025 44 mins  
Just before Christmas 2024, the federal government unveiled a $31 billion aid package for American farmers—$10 billion in direct payments and $21 billion in disaster relief for the past two years. But here’s the twist: even more funding might be on the horizon. In this episode, Damian Mason is joined by Paul Neiffer, the Farm CPA, and Chris Barron of Ag View Solutions for a dee

378 - Strategies Smart Farms Use to Weather Bad Ag Economies

Dec 30 2024 51 mins  
Chris Barron has weathered several Ag downturns as an Iowa farmer. He’s also helped hundreds of farming operations succeed despite farm economy downturns as an Ag consultant with his company, Ag View Solutions. Chris joins Damian Mason to discuss the Business of Agriculture at the farm level, laying out strategies smart operators can deploy to — not only survive, but prosper �

377 - Beef In The 21st Century

Dec 23 2024 64 mins  
American consumption of beef — contrary to predictions otherwise — has held up amazingly well, despite beef prices outpacing the rate of general food inflation. 85% of that beef is processed by the “Big 4” packers. Looking ahead, what changes are coming for beef? Will smaller meat processors, backed by federal grants announced a few years ago, change the landscape? Will foo

376 - Will RFK Jr. “Un-Fauci” Our Food, Or Make Matters Worse?

Dec 16 2024 38 mins  
RFK Jr. as head of Health and Human Services will oversee the Food and Drug Administration and will have a role in setting food policy in the United States. Will RFK “Un-Fauci” our food system? And what exactly is meant by “Fauci’d,” you ask? When a bureaucrat uses fraudulent science to achieve political outcomes, enhance his power, and collaborate with corporations to ea

375 - Speaking of Agriculture — A Fun Conversation with Damian Mason and Vance Crowe

Dec 09 2024 62 mins  
Vance Crowe and Damian Mason have spoken to hundreds of thousands of Agricultural audience members. In this fun and fast moving discussion, they share "behind the scenes” stories from their careers on stage at Ag meetings all over the world. How do you handle a disagreeable audience? Why should you never actually write a speech? What makes for a good or bad audience? Have you eve

374 - How An Agriculture Downturn & Demographics Will Impact Land Use, Ownership, and Sales

Dec 02 2024 52 mins  
As production Agriculture moves from banner years economically to a downturn, what changes will we see on the land front? Presumably values decline as other asset classes compete for investor dollars as the farm belt tightens amid lower commodity prices. Couple that with a dying generation handing off farm assets to disinterested, non-farming heirs and we could see hefty changes in