Top Producer Podcast

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100

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Jun 2026

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EN-US

About the show

Top Producer Podcast is hosted by Paul Neiffer, CPA and Top Producer columnist. He’s a go-to adviser to farmers across the country and is joined by business-minded farmers and ag experts to discuss top trends in farm management, tax issues, policy implications and more.

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June 16, 202642 min

Top Producer Podcast: Gavin Willis, Washington Red Raspberry Commission.

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Gavin Willis of the Washington Red Raspberry Commission. Most of the frozen raspberries grown in the US comes from Whatcom County in Washington state due to the unique soil conditions and weather. These growers are facing issues related to labor and foreign competition but are very resilient. It can cost upwards of $50,000 to put in an acre of raspberries and mother nature does not always cooperate.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June 9, 202643 min

Top Producer Podcast: Joe Whitworth, Freshwater Trust

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Joe Whitworth of the Freshwater Trust based in Oregon but works for farmers throughout the West to help them economically enhance their irrigation systems to help conserve water and reduce fertilizer flows into streams. They currently have a large project in the Snake River Basin to help farmers change from flood irrigation to pivots.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June 2, 202654 min

Top Producer Podcast: Tim Welles, CIC Services

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Tim Welles of CIC Services. This firm acts as a manager of captive insurance companies and in the podcast we review how captives work and the advantages that may occur to certain farm operations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 26, 202633 min

Top Producer Podcast: Reece Langley, Langley Consulting LLC

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Reece Langley of Langley Consulting LLC. Reece has been actively involved in the farm bill process and served many years on the Rice and Cotton organizations before starting his own consulting business a few years ago specializing in Ag Policy. Reece is currently involved in trying to get manufacturers a tax incentive to buy domestic production.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 19, 202636 min

Top Producer Podcast: Siddhartha Jha - Arbol

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Siddhartha (Sid) Jha of Arbol. Arbol provides various types of climate risk insurance alternatives and data analytics to help farmers and agribusinesses manage climate and other risks. They continue to research additional risk management products that can help farmers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 12, 202611 min

Top Producer Podcast: The SDRP Double Up

In today's podcast Paul does a solo session on the SDRP Double Up. Paul received a lot of emails, texts and calls on the SDRP payment limits; how to increase the limits; and whether we will get an additional top up later this summer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 5, 202638 min

Top Producer Podcast: Seth Meyer - Director of FAPRI, University of Missouri

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Seth Meyer director of FAPRI at the University of Missouri. Before starting that role, he was the chief economist for USDA starting in the first Trump administration and continuing through the Biden administration and the state of the second Trump administration. We discuss those roles and how FAPRI is operated today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 28, 202640 min

Top Producer Podcast: Shay Foulk, Ag View Solutions

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Shay Foulk of Ag View Solutions. Ag View has converted the Excel based Profit Manager to a free online Farm Profit Manager that is available to all farmers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 21, 202642 min

Top Producer Podcast: Jeremy Matuszewski, Thunderstruck Ag Equipment

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Jeremy Matuszewski of Thunderstruck Ag Equipment based in Manitoba Canada. Thunderstruck represents several ag related products including the Razors Edge Concave that Jeremy developed himself a few years ago.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 14, 202641 min

Top Producer Podcast: Devin Fuhrman, Nationwide Insurance

In today's podcast Paul has a conversation with Devin Fuhrman of Nationwide Insurance. Nationwide will be celebrating 100 years and is trying to help farmers make it through the next 100 years. It is a mutual company founded by farmers and continues to be a leader in the farm insurance industry. They ahve develop farm risk ready platform on their website to help farm families manage their risk more efficiently.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.