Episode Description: This week on Fielding Questions, Don Wick talks with Kody Stark, Insurance Officer with AgCountry Farm Credit Services in Grafton, to cover key crop insurance insights for farmers across the region. Stark shares tips on harvest pricing for wheat, barley, and oats, and explains how quality issues like falling numbers can impact insurance claims. He also highlights important insurance deadlines coming up this fall for crops including corn, soybeans, sugar beets, and potatoes.
Fielding Questions
The Fielding Questions podcast is a collaboration between AgCountry Farm Credit Services and the Red River Farm Network. Episodes features experts exploring the world of farm finance and rural life.
Episode Description: On this week’s Fielding Questions, Jamie Dickerman talks with Matt Erickson about stagflation, and strategies to protect your farm heading into 2026. Get insights on budgets, costs, and risk management tools to stay ahead in uncertain markets.
Episode Description: Recent developments in Washington, D.C., are poised to have significant impacts on the agriculture community. What will the “One Big Beautiful Bill” mean for farmers? And what are the chances of passing a new “skinny” farm bill? In the latest edition of Fielding Questions, Andy Martin, Vice President of Legislative and Public Affairs at AgCountry Farm Credit Services, breaks down these bills and what they could mean for agriculture.
Episode Description: Farmland values held mostly steady in the first six months of 2025. AgCountry Farm Credit Services tracks values on the same 23 benchmark farms every January and July. Land prices have remained remarkably stable during a time of soft commodity prices. AgCountry Farm Credit Services Executive Vice President of Business Development Mark Vetter is featured in this edition of Fielding Questions to discuss the latest land market trends and outlook for the land buying season this fall. Fielding Questions is a collaboration between AgCountry Farm Credit Services and the Red River Farm Network.
Episode Description: In the Fielding Questions podcast, RRFN's Jamie Dickerman talks with AgCountry and Farm Credit Services of America Vice President of Corporate Sustainability Myriah Johnson about sustainable agriculture.
Episode Description: In the Fielding Questions podcast, AgCountry Farm Credit Services Insurance Officer Bill Roiger highlights the benefits of Livestock Risk Protection. The conversation includes coverage levels and who is eligible for this tool. LRP is a relatively new option to help mitigate the financial impact of unexpected events in the livestock industry.
Episode Description: In the Fielding Questions podcast, RRFN Farm Broadcaster Randy Koenen visits with AgCountry Farm Credit Services Insurance Officer Bill Roiger about crop hail insurance and more.
Episode Description: RRFN's Jamie Dickerman talks with AgCountry Financial Officer Tom Lippert about real estate loans.
