Angie Setzer, a grain marketing specialist you probably know by her twitter handle, Goddess of Grain, joins GrainWaves to talk farmer mindsets, the future of ag transportation, and digital media as a powerful tool for education. Like what you hear? Remember to subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and share GrainWaves with your friends and family ..read more

Weren’t able to attend the NGFA convention this year? Rodney breaks down 3 trends he saw from the show floor — including the importance of end-to-end technology solutions — alongside Kearney Klein, a logistics executive who leads transportation solutions for Indigo. Like what you hear? Remember to subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and share GrainWaves with your friends and family ..read more

Calling in from western Iowa, grain marketer Thad England gives an update on what he’s seeing and hearing from farmers and buyers as corn & beans continue their historic rally. Why does this year feel different than 2012? Which pricing contracts are screaming hot? How is new crop selling? Listen in for this and more as  Thad talks about why it’s such an exciting time to be an American farmer.    Like what you hear? Remember to subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and share GrainWaves with your friends and family ..read more

The growth of analytics and data science in the grain business will be a trend to watch over the next decade. And it won’t be us vs. machines. It will be us + machines. Because tech will need to prioritize human relationships for it to succeed in the buying and selling of crops. Hear why from Mark Johnson of GrainBridge. Like what you hear? Remember to subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and share GrainWaves with your friends and family ..read more

Jason Wheeler, co-host of Elevator’s Cut and grain merchandising specialist at White Commercial, stops by to talk with Rodney on how a strong, local grain buyer can be so important to a town’s economy. When the buyer makes more money, the farmer makes more money, too. That may sound counterintuitive at first (but it's true!).    Like what you hear? Remember to subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and share GrainWaves with your friends and family ..read more

Kearney Klein knows carriers don’t want to spend more time sourcing loads. He knows farmers and grain buyers want faster access to freight, with more clarity around rates. He’s seen how the whole agricultural transport industry could benefit from a digital platform for managing business. That’s what he came to Indigo to build: a logistics network for the future. Hear what his team is working on, and how it connects to the Grain Marketplace.   Like what you hear? Remember to subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and share GrainWaves with your friends and family ..read more

Welcome Aline Pezente, new co-host of GrainWaves, who talks with Rodney on how the business of grain merchandising is not a zero-sum game between growers and buyers. Both sides stand to be more profitable with an efficient, digital, and data-driven system. Like what you hear? Remember to subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and share GrainWaves with your friends and family ..read more

Whether or not a price is ever “good” depends on two factors, says Jake Mower, a data scientist working on the technology behind Indigo Marketplace: whether the outcome was good, and whether the decision-making process to get to that outcome was good. Frequently, those aspects are aligned, but it’s not always the case. How can you start thinking more specifically — about what’s a good price for you? Like what you hear? Remember to subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and share GrainWaves with your friends and family ..read more

From digital trading systems to artificial intelligence, AgYield has built a portfolio of powerful technology tools that simplify the grain marketing process for farmers. Their vision, when founding the company over a decade ago, was ahead of the industry. Now, they are on the cusp of agriculture’s digital evolution, offering a series of fully customizable farm revenue management programs, like managed pricing. “If you are going to enroll bushels in a managed pricing program,” says AgYield founding member Justin Kelly, “you should learn a lot about how those strategies are set.” So dive in to ..read more

Grain marketing specialist Thad England joins Rodney to talk end-of-year markets, and what growers should have in their plans heading into 2021. Plus: why do former seed salespeople make the best grain originators?   Like what you hear? Remember to subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and share GrainWaves with your friends and family ..read more