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Refinancing Dilemma: Lender & Borrower
In my travels this year across more than 25 states and through discussions with lenders and borrowers, a common question continues to surface: Is the...
10 June, 2026
6 min read
Reading the Field: An Agricultural Lending Assessment for 2026
Agricultural lenders and producers are operating in an increasingly complex economic environment, and the stakes continue to rise for understanding...
10 May, 2026
6 min read
Charting the Course: Agricultural Lending in 2026
In charting the course for 2026, recent conversations with agricultural lenders, risk management professionals, and, of course, agricultural...
10 March, 2026
6 min read
Rates, Risk, and Resilience: What 2026 Could Mean for the U.S. Ag Economy
Webinar was held on February 12, 2026
12 February, 2026
ABA Agricultural Bankers Conference Highlights Key Trends and Challenges
The 73rd American Bankers Association Agricultural Bankers Conference was held in St. Louis in November, drawing higher attendance and using a format...
6 January, 2026
8 min read
Building Strong Customer Relationships in Lending
As artificial intelligence (AI) and technology reshape our industry, the human touch becomes even more valuable. There’s truth in the saying that...
30 September, 2025
6 min read
Webinar Recording: Agriculture and Ag Lending in Economic Disorder
Webinar was held on July 29, 2025.
29 July, 2025
1 min read
What Does Your Balance Sheet Say When You're Not Listening?
I recently experienced something historic in Omaha, Nebraska: being in the presence of Warren Buffett when he announced his retirement from Berkshire...
28 July, 2025
7 min read
Top Questions from the Speaking Circuit
My recent engagements across 21 states and with Canadian and Mexican neighbors have surfaced several recurring questions about agricultural lending...
20 May, 2025
7 min read
Agricultural Lending Circa 2025
The start of the second quarter of the 21st century has been full of speaking engagements with producers, agricultural lenders, and agribusiness...
28 March, 2025
6 min read
Banker Conference: State of the Agricultural Economy
Annually, one of the best venues to gain a vantage point of the state of the agricultural banking industry and economy is the Agricultural Bankers...
21 January, 2025
7 min read
Concerns and Perspectives of Agricultural Lenders
Farm Credit University (FCU), a blended educational program, provides a vantage point for the economic pulse of the agriculture industry and...
6 December, 2024
6 min read
Changes in Credit and Financial Culture
All signs are pointing towards an agriculture economic cycle similar to the pre-pandemic period from 2013 to 2020. In the down cycle of those years,...
26 September, 2024
6 min read
Risk & Opportunity by the Numbers
There is no doubt that American agriculture is consolidating. Whether driving across the rural areas of America or viewing the recent census data, it...
2 July, 2024
8 min read
Global Views and Disruptors
The fortunes of the agriculture industry often have a relationship with global economic trends as it relates to export markets. To some degree,...
23 May, 2024
6 min read
Refinancing: Bridge or Pier?
The current agriculture economic cycle has some similarities to the post-commodity super cycle period from 2007 to 2012. In that era, commodity...
4 March, 2024
6 min read
Oklahoma City Educational Special
The American Bankers Association’s 71st Agricultural Bankers Conference was held in Oklahoma City and an informal survey of attendees indicated that...
8 January, 2024
6 min read