Top Producer Podcast

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Top Producer Podcast: Joe Whitworth, Freshwater Trust Jun 09, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Joe Whitworth of the Freshwater Trust based in Oregon but works for farmers throughout the West to help them economically enhance their irrigation systems to help conserve water and reduce fertilizer flows into streams. They currently have a large project in the Snake River Basin to help farmers change from flood irrigation to pivots.

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Top Producer Podcast: Tim Welles, CIC Services Jun 02, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Tim Welles of CIC Services. This firm acts as a manager of captive insurance companies and in the podcast we review how captives work and the advantages that may occur to certain farm operations.

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Top Producer Podcast: Reece Langley, Langley Consulting LLC May 26, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Reece Langley of Langley Consulting LLC. Reece has been actively involved in the farm bill process and served many years on the Rice and Cotton organizations before starting his own consulting business a few years ago specializing in Ag Policy. Reece is currently involved in trying to get manufacturers a tax incentive to buy domestic production.

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Top Producer Podcast: Siddhartha Jha - Arbol May 19, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Siddhartha (Sid) Jha of Arbol. Arbol provides various types of climate risk insurance alternatives and data analytics to help farmers and agribusinesses manage climate and other risks. They continue to research additional risk management products that can help farmers.

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Top Producer Podcast: The SDRP Double Up May 12, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul does a solo session on the SDRP Double Up. Paul received a lot of emails, texts and calls on the SDRP payment limits; how to increase the limits; and whether we will get an additional top up later this summer.

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Top Producer Podcast: Seth Meyer - Director of FAPRI, University of Missouri May 05, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Seth Meyer director of FAPRI at the University of Missouri. Before starting that role, he was the chief economist for USDA starting in the first Trump administration and continuing through the Biden administration and the state of the second Trump administration. We discuss those roles and how FAPRI is operated today.

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Top Producer Podcast: Shay Foulk, Ag View Solutions Apr 28, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Shay Foulk of Ag View Solutions. Ag View has converted the Excel based Profit Manager to a free online Farm Profit Manager that is available to all farmers.

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Top Producer Podcast: Jeremy Matuszewski, Thunderstruck Ag Equipment Apr 21, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jeremy Matuszewski of Thunderstruck Ag Equipment based in Manitoba Canada. Thunderstruck represents several ag related products including the Razors Edge Concave that Jeremy developed himself a few years ago.

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Top Producer Podcast: Devin Fuhrman, Nationwide Insurance Apr 14, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Devin Fuhrman of Nationwide Insurance. Nationwide will be celebrating 100 years and is trying to help farmers make it through the next 100 years. It is a mutual company founded by farmers and continues to be a leader in the farm insurance industry. They ahve develop farm risk ready platform on their website to help farm families manage their risk more efficiently.

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Top Producer Podcast: Ron Dunker, Oaken Apr 07, 2026

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In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Ron Dunker of Oaken. Oaken is a start-up company initiated by Purdue University that helps farmers manage their landowner relationships. As more and more land transitions to owners with little or no involvement in ag, this becomes even more important.

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