The Business of Agriculture Podcast

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Americans consume nearly twice as much honey as they did 30 years ago, yet U.S. beekeepers are facing one of the most challenging periods in the industry's history. Why is demand growing while domestic producers continue to struggle?

Commercial beekeeper and American Beekeeping Federation Vice President Richard Coy joins Damian Mason to examine the economics behind the...