Family Farm Legacies: To Sell or Not to Sell?

Barn Talk

Tork and Sawyer Whisler

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4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Welcome back to Barn Talk! In today's Q&A session, we'll be talking about everything from balancing the financial and emotional aspects of family farming to the nitty-gritty of commodity prices and market dynamics. We'll tackle a pressing question from Adam in Ontario who's wrestling with a lucrative buyout offer for his family farm and the legacy it represents. We'll weigh the emotional ties against the allure of a big payday and discuss the broader implications for farmers. Get ready for insights on the challenges facing the agriculture sector, from market pressures and regulatory landscapes to the evolving role of big box stores and the influence of foreign supply chains. Plus, we’ll touch on the recent shakeups in the fertilizer market and dig into the importance of telling your own farm's story to build a resilient brand. Use code BARNTALK for 10% OFF your next order https://farmergrade.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ➱ https://bit.ly/3a7r3nR SUBSCRIBE TO THIS’LL DO FARM ➱ https://bit.ly/2X8g45c SUBSCRIBE TO BARN TALK CLIPS ➱ https://bit.ly/3BlZnqq LISTEN ON: SPOTIFY ➱ https://open.spotify.com/show/3icVr4KWq4eUDl7Oy60YMY ITUNES ➱ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barn-talk/id1574395049 Follow Behind The Scenes👇🏻 ● This’ll Do Farm Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/30KPBNk ● Barn Talk TikTok ➱ https://bit.ly/3qciekS ● Sawyer’s Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/3BtX0n4 ● Tork’s Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/3LGZJxS 00:00 Share, review show, support direct-to-consumer meat. 08:26 Struggle with selling land for quick cash. 10:07 Lack faith in cash, fear bad decisions. 17:53 Agriculture's high entry deters competition, ensures specialization. 25:10 Highlight the farm's story, not workforce diversity. 27:40 Farmer frustrated with regulations and corporate changes. 37:16 Simple thrills and food make me feel alive. 42:04 Nitrogen market competitive despite Koch brothers' acquisition. 48:07 Mosaic spun off from Cargill for competitiveness. 53:49 Anger should be directed at Iowa, not Kochs. 58:58 Reshoring supply chains for better security costs. 01:01:05 Barn talk shirt: Podcast mother warned you about. ------------------------------- ***PLEASE NOTE*** Barn Talk is a significant break from the typical content viewers have come to expect from This’ll Do Farm. Please be advised that we will be exploring a wide variety of topics (some adult-themed) and our younger viewers (and their parents) should be advised that some topics will be for mature audiences only. ⚠NO FINANCIAL ADVICE / DISCLAIMER⚠ The Information discussed and shared on Barn Talk is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, or success for any particular purpose. The Information contained in or provided from or through this podcast is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other advice. The Information on this podcast and provided from or through our content is general in nature and is not specific to you, the user or anyone else. You should not make any decision, financial, investment, trading or otherwise, based on any of the information presented on this podcast without undertaking independent due diligence and consultation with a professional, professional broker or financial ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All of the food we eat in much of the clothing we wear comes from plants and animals that are raised on farms.
0:05.4	Farms are different in type, in size, and even in name. Welcome to Barn Talk. What happens at the barn stays in the barn, but not today. We're going to let it all out for you guys.
0:28.6	Today is going to be a Barn Talk Q&A episode. You guys submitted your questions and we're going to get them answered on the show on... Talk You can email us your questions at barn talk show at gmail.com or you can comment your questions on the YouTube for our Q&A episodes.
0:50.0	If you get any value from the show, share it out with the people that you know.
0:54.4	That's all that we ask you guys to do if you like the show and get any value.
0:58.8	Word of mouth is kind of the best way to grow a podcast that we have found.
1:02.5	So if you laugh, if you're related to us on something,
1:05.2	if you learn something, all that we ask is you share it.
1:08.2	Another thing you can do to help us out here at Barn Talk
1:10.4	is leave a review on Spotify or Apple. We're so close to 3,000
1:14.7	5-star reviews on Spotify and we're getting close to that 2,000 five-star
1:19.8	review mark on Apple. The reviews really help us out and give us a tremendous
1:24.6	amount of credibility which helps us get more guests on the show. Last thing
1:30.0	you guys can do to support us here on our farm and at barn talk is support
1:34.4	our direct to consumer meat business farmer grade. farmer grade.com it's a
1:38.6	direct to consumer meat business that we started a year and a half ago really just showing people what we do every day on our farm
1:46.3	and all the farmers that we have on farmer grade do exactly that so it's 100% transparent
1:51.6	meat we got beef on there, pork on there,
1:53.5	chicken on there, American wagoo on there.
1:56.7	And we're always running a cut of the week, 20% off that you can always pick up.
2:01.6	So be looking out for that. And you can always pick up so be looking out for that and you can also use
2:04.7	code barn talk to save 10% off your next order. How are you doing today?
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