Ag Squawk with Ted Hamer | An Iowa Farmer on Succession and Trust

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<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1848225/fan_mail/new" rel="nofollow">Futures Trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. Past profits are not necessarily indicative of future results/profits.</a> We step away from the USDA report noise and talk with Central Iowa farmer Ted Hamer about what farm life looks like when the corn is tall, the weather turns heavy, and the next generation is actually in charge. We dig into succession, trust, tech choices, and why farmers are fed up with endless surveys even as data collection gets easier.  • Transitioning the operation to the next generation and why it increases joy and focus  • Stepping back from daily market watching and letting specialists handle the noise  • Crop progress check in early July and how rainfall timing changes stress levels  • Nitrogen loss risk, late-season options, and what feels realistic in the field  • Why relationships still drive farm decisions more than brands  • Corporate turnover and how it breaks loyalty and continuity in rural communities  • Using peer groups and trusted advisors to decide on precision agriculture tech  • Electronic acreage reporting, GPS acres, and what modernization gets right  • Falling USDA survey response rates and the case for using existing data sources  • Heat dome conditions, dew points, and why storms can turn severe fast  Go to agbull.com, take your marketing by the horns with AgBull Intel, agbull.com. Tommy's Premium Subscription: <a href="http://www.agbull.com/" rel="nofollow">www.agbull.com</a> AgBull Audio and Video Links <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ag-bull/id1596548171" rel="nofollow">Apple Music</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2BXdVJVVm2H7tUwCA9MzZK?si=Zt2H4s24QYKf7mFMsXrMoQ&nd=1&dlsi=01601a77d2ab4f3f" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@agbullmedia" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@agbullmedia" rel="nofollow">TikTok</a> Futures Trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. Past profits are not necessarily indicative of future results/profits.