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Welcome to the StoryFinance podcast, where we’ll help you gain financial literacy by breaking down finance concepts and strategies through stories, not theory or accounting rules. Tune in and learn from experts who’ve been in your shoes. Numbers can be tricky. This podcast will help.
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Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Hello and welcome to Farmers Capital Conversations. Our podcast aims to expand your social, intellectual, and economic capital. Investing on and off the farm is hard enough. Here, we will provide insightful stories and resources to help out.
Jim Schultz is the driving force behind Open Prairie. He is a fifth-generation Illinoisan with deep roots in agriculture. Over the past 24 years, Jim's leadership has led to the creation of over 4,000 jobs across industries in the United States, from Ag tech to medical devices.
2:00 What is Open Prairie?
4:30 What criteria do they use to select Ag tech companies for investment?
8:15 How many applications do they get in a year?
9:10 Process of building a relationship once they invested
12:20 The ownership they have with their investment
15:10 Where are they getting the capital from?
16:40 Family Offices
17:40 What are they expected to get on the five-year exit?
23:20 Sample of his Success story
28:05 Ag Tech - Historical and future perspective
Connect with Jim:
Email - jim@openprairie.com
Website - www.openprairie.com
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Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Hello and welcome to Farmers Capital Conversations. Our podcast aims to expand your social, intellectual, and economic capital. Investing on and off the farm is hard enough. Here, we will provide insightful stories and resources to help out.
Joe Vaclavik is the founder and president of Standard Grain. He spent the first 13 years of his career at the Chicago Board of Trade prior to relocating to Nashville, Tennessee. Vaclavik deals directly with a number of large scale farms, feedlots, and commercial grain facilities within the US.
1:33 An overview of his experience in the grain market
4:27 what are some of the ways that you're simplifying the grain markets and in some of those services and products or just even evaluating the risk and opportunities in the future that you're providing to people?
7:00 what other aspects of running. Grain farms. Are you helping others look at outside of the margin?
08:33 How do you, how do you do that? Get people past that FOMO.
10:09 what are some other, other emerging trends and shifts you're kind of noticing in the grains right now?
13:45 can you just give us an overview of what that podcast looks like?
16:29 are you looking at supply and demand and international markets as well?
18:00 so when you're looking at the, the weather patterns of South America, you know, how are you using that information into what you're doing
20:01 Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
23:30 Standardgrain.com
25:12 Takeaway from Joe
Connect with Joe:
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Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Farming for Passive Income show where we strive to educate the agricultural community on how to create alternative income streams and diversification through commercial real estate private equity.
Mat Sorensen is the founder and CEO of Directed IRA and Directed Trust Company. Directed IRA has over 1 billion in assets and provides self-directed accounts to investors in all 50 states. Mat is an attorney, real estate investor, bestselling author, international speaker, and expert on self-directed retirement accounts.
3:00 Self-Directed IRA
8:40 Key features of a standard self-directed IRA account, its relationship with Roth IRAs, and the relevance of solo 401(k)s.
13:58 Solo 401K
20:47 The risk in Investing using ROTH IRAs
23:00 Peter Thiel story
30:00 Fidelity IRAs
31:00 Process of Transferring Fidelity IRAs
Connect with Mat:
Podcast: Main Street Business / Directed IRA
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Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Farming for Passive Income show where we strive to educate the agricultural community on how to create alternative income streams and diversification through commercial real estate private equity.
Mitchell Hora, a seventh-generation farmer founded Continuum Ag back in 2015 as an agricultural consulting company specializing in the Haney soil health test. Today Continuum is a soil health data intelligence company that uses its topsoil software to enable farmers to profit from improving their soil health.
2:00 “One of the principles of soil health is Diversity.”
2:54 Diversity on the Farm
04:18 Relay Cropping
6:05 Region Roadmap
10:24 The impact they observed herbicide and pesticide usage as a result of implementing relay cropping in their farming practices
14:12 Relay Cropping process
15:30 “The only thing that builds soil structure is roots.”
17:20 Does Continuum Ag have resources for the Pacific Northwest?
19:50 COP26
21:14 Low Carbon Biofuel Tax credit.
27:48 The Formula for his carbon intensity score
29:24 What are the general steps for an Oregon farmer interested in implementing relay cropping or other regenerative practices, and do they have recommended partners or resources for them in that region?
34:32 His Commercial Real Estate journey
42:35 Takeaway from Mitchell
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Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
E41 Adam Carswell - Building Bridges: Connecting, Creating and Consistency
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Farming for Passive Income show where we strive to educate the agricultural community on how to create alternative income streams and diversification through commercial real estate private equity.
Adam Carswell is an entrepreneur powerhouse known as the voice of Liberty and Master of Ceremonies at Liberland national events, with a track record that boasts co-founding raised masters, the top mastermind for elite capital raisers, and interviewing heavyweights like Grant Cardone and Doug Casey.
2:00 His DJ Career
4:20: “Humility is one of the cornerstones of that triangle where you understand and accept that you are not the best and your ego needs to be lowered so you can then be coachable to get to that next level because what got you here will not get you to where you want to go.”
7:00 Networking
12:45 Who is Frank Kern?
16:00 The challenges that he had to overcome to be the networker he is today
18:50 “Work always works.”
26:15 Takeaway from Adam
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Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Farming for Passive Income show where we strive to educate the agricultural community on how to create alternative income streams and diversification through commercial real estate private equity.
Robert Saik has four decades of experience in agriculture, collaborating with global leaders, from Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture to Bill Gates. He is the author of Food 5.0, How We Feed the Future, and founder of AGvisorPRO.
1:30 What should farmers be excited about right now?
3:10 Synopsis of his book Food 5.0
6:10 How does the concept of convergence fit into the current trend of supporting local agriculture while acknowledging the importance of economies of scale in business?
07:45 3D’s - Divorce, Disability, and Death
9:20 What discussions is he having with farmers to reduce risks associated with the "three Ds" (divorce, disability, and death) and ease the associated challenges?
15:20 AGVisorPRO
18:10 VisorPRO
23:00 His take on the future of Agriculture
26:35 NERP - Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction Protocol
30:00 Takeaway from Rob
Connect with Rob:
Download their app: AGvisorPRO (available on IOS and Google Pay)
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Farming for Passive Income show where we strive to educate the agricultural community on how to create alternative income streams and diversification through commercial real estate private equity.
Stephanie Walter is the CEO of Erbe Wealth, a capital raiser, a syndicator, and the author of her new book "Shattering Money Myths: How the Wealthy Invest". She recently retired and sold her insurance agency of 16 years by following the key principles in her book. She teaches professionals how to unlearn what most of us have been wired to think about money and re-educating people on attaining lasting wealth.
2:15 How did she start her book?
4:00 How do the rich and wealthy view money?
8:00 How do the wealthy strategically manage their finances to minimize taxes?
09:50 Premium Financing Insurance
12:00 What are high and low taxes?
17:00 Mutual Fund Vs. Real Estate
19:20 Tiger 21
20:00 “People that are wealthy are very risk-averse."
22: 25 Tiger 21’s Value Proposition
33:15 Her Approach with Erbe Wealth
37:45 Takeaway from Stephanie
Connect with Stephanie:
Website: www.erbewealth.com (Download her book)
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Farming for Passive Income show where we strive to educate the agricultural community on how to create alternative income streams and diversification through commercial real estate private equity.
Eric Rice, the chief growth officer of King Operating Corporation. Starting his career in wealth management in Chicago, Eric has spent the past two decades building his diverse portfolio of businesses. His ability to identify market nuances and growth opportunities has made him a trusted partner for entrepreneurs and investors worldwide.
2:45 How do oil and gas investments work?
3:50 What is their difference from the traditional oil and gas companies?
5:00 How do they ensure they’re drilling the correct locations?
10:30 Permian Basin
14:10 “Teaching supply chain to people gives a greater understanding of where things come from. And two symbiotic markets are, you know, the oil business and farmers. We are the base ingredient for running the world.”
17:00 Myths and Process from an Investor and Operations Standpoint
20:00 What is Fracking?
26:20 “The best asset of human nature is our ability to think critically and discern truth.”
30:45 His thoughts on other hydrocarbons and metals outside of oil and gas
33:30 Takeaway from Eric
Connect with Eric:
Website: kingoperating.com
Twitter: EA_rice
YT: King Operating Corporation / The Rice Report
A Warm Welcome!
Hey there, fellow farmer and investor enthusiasts! I'm Casey Silveria, and I'm stoked to introduce our podcast, Farming for Passive Income. You know, farmers are no strangers to rolling up our sleeves and getting our hands dirty, but what if I told you there's a whole world of commercial real estate investing out there that could help you grow your wealth—passively? That's right, my friends! Our podcast is all about educating our beloved agricultural community on the ins and outs of investing in commercial real estate, so you can kick back and watch your profits sprout like a healthy cornfield. Join me on this journey as we explore ways to achieve financial fortitude and a steady stream of passive income, all while staying true to our farming roots!
You won't want to miss what we're up to at our firm. To keep yourself updated on new and upcoming investing opportunities, hit me up by checking out www.farmerscapitalgroup.com/join