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Ep165: Buying the Dip and How Coops Turn Downturns Into Durable Advantage
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May 06, 2026 |
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Ep164: Equity, Patronage, and the Long Game in Member-Owned Ag
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Ep163: The Strategy Recitation Challenge
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Ep162: Cash & Carry or Full Service - A Case Study in Agribusiness Strategy Tax
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Ep161: M&A Feasibility, Story Telling, and Value Creation | Marijn Hendrickx, Verdant Partners
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Ep160: Next Gen farmers are not anti-co-op, they are anti-irrelevance
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Ep159: Probabilistic Thinking, Specialization Risk, Strategy Conviction | Kevin Griffith, AmpliFi
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Ep158: Co-op Competiveness, Consolidation, Capital Advantages | Carl Dickinson
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Ep157: The Four Forces Rewriting the Future of Crop Protection | Shane Thomas, Upstream Ag
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Ep156: Strong Boards, Key-Man Risk, & Coop Success | Bobby Martens, Iowa Institute for Cooperatives
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Ep155 Loyalty is the Best Commoditization Hedge | Steven Valenscin, Growers
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Ep154 Strategic Clarity, Capital Allocation, and Solving Coop Business Misalignment
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Ep153: Coop Profitability, Member Fragmentation, and the Shared Prosperity Dilemma
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Ep152: What if logistics delivered margin, not costs? | Bryan Buerkle, FarmPro
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Ep151: State of Ag Retail in 2026 | Brad Oelmann, Farrell Growth Group
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Ep150: The Anniversary Episode - Mosher Consulting Group Celebrates 5 Years!
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Ep149: Non-Negotiable ROI and the Agtech Bull Case with Aman Anand
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Ep148: Supply Chain Competence Creates Opportunities with Scott Walker of KSW Global and Verse Chocolate
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Ep147: Activating Strategy Part 3 - Better Decisions, Better Outcomes
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Ep146: Activating Strategy Part 2 - Abandon SWOT
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Ep145: Activating Strategy Part 1 - Planning Isn't Strategy
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Ep144: Ag's Generalist vs. Specialist Growth Challenge
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Ep143: Overcoming Iteration Hesitancy with Courtney Yuskis of DTN
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Ep142: Is M&A Failure Risk Overstated?
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Ep141: Concentrations of Demand with Ben Baer of Livestock Nutrition Centers
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Ep140: Tackling Ag's Talent Deficit Problem with Mark Waschek of Ag 1 Source
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Ep139: Should Ag Co-ops Generate a Profit? with Glen Franzluebbers of No Limit Ag
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Ep138: Building Better Ag Strategy with Mac Marshall of Apeel
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Ep137: Breaking Down the Proposed UP-NS Mega-Merger with Jay Shabat of Railroad Weekly
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Ep136: Agribusiness 2026 M&A Outlook with Scott Porter of Cascadia Capital
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Ep135: Five Strategies for Capital Project Success in Ag with Matt Frandsen of Keen Project Solutions
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Ep134: Captive Insurance and Total Cost of Risk in Ag with Lane Danielsen and Jonathan Stark of TrueNorth Companies
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Ep133: The Messy Middleware of Ag Innovation with Brad Fruth of Beck's Hybrids
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Ep 132: Beans Without Borders - A History of U.S. Soybean Exports with Jim Sutter of the U.S. Soybean Export Council
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Ep131: Agility is a Choice with Erik Lightner of Platinum Crush
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Ep130: Straddling Hope and Uncertainty with Carrie Vollmer-Sanders of Field to Market
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Ep129: Ag's Efficiency Preoccupation Problem with Andrew Hoelscher of Farm Strategy
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Ep128: Ag's Asset Problem (Revisited)
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Ep127: 6 Rules To Bet Your Career On with Ernie Chappell of EFC Systems
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Ep126: De-Risking M&A in Your Agribusiness
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Ep125: Navigating Energy Abundance and 95% Flat Price Risk with Levi Hall of Horizon Resources
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Ep124: The Ag Co-Op Diversification Myth
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Ep123: Fixing Ag Freight with Jared Flinn of BulkLoads
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Ep122: Strategy First, AI Second with Rhishi Pethe & Patrick Honcoop
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Ep121: Rethinking Customer Retention Risk Post-M&A
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Ep120: Crop Fertility and Humics M&A with Nick Bancroft of AgroLiquid
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Ep119: Investing in Rural America with Jase Wagner of Compeer Financial
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Ep118: Demand Signals and Supply Equilibrium with Ryan Locke of National Oilseed Processors Association
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Ep117: Building Consolidation Proof Agtech with Kyle McMahon of Tractor Zoom
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Ep116: Solving Agribusiness Customer Retention Risk with Andrew Levenson of Root+Beta
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May 28, 2025 |
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Ep115: BRICS is a Symptom, Not a Threat, with Rob Fox and Tanner Ehmke of CoBank
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May 21, 2025 |
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Ep114: AI is an Ag Labor Multiplier with Jake Joraanstad of Bushel
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May 14, 2025 |
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Ep113: Stewarding Value Amid Uncertainty with Dusty Clevenger of Ascendant Partners
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May 07, 2025 |
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Ep113: Stewarding Value Amid Uncertainty with Dusty Clevenger of Ascendant Partners
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May 07, 2025 |
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Ep112: Sell Solutions, Not Technology with Damien Lepoutre
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Ep111: Ag's Asset Problem and Rural Blight
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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E110: Solving for Utility with Aaron Secrest of Digital Grain Elevator
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Ep109: Yield is the BMI of Ag
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Ep108: Growth Eats Cash with Shawn Skaggs of Parallel Ag
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep107: Allocate Focus, Not Time
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Ep106: Ag Coop Culture and Consolidation with Scott Black of Five Star Cooperative
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Ep105: AgTech Risk and Resiliency-as-a-Feature
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Ep104: Harnessing Ag Diversity with Janna Fritz of DF Seeds
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Ep103: Ag Down Cycles and FOMO M&A
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Ep102: Breaking Down Decarbonization Constraints with Matt Smorch of CountryMark
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Ep101: Articulating and Activating Your M&A Integration Strategy
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Ep100: Managing Diversification Risk with Elizabeth South of Keystone Cooperative
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Ep99: Think Deliberate, Not Different: Strategy Lessons from 99 Episodes of The Pacesetter Pod
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Ep98: Financial Co-Piloting for Better Agribusiness Decisions with Bryan DeRuiter of Caledonia Farmers Elevator
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Ep97: What Now? Executing Strategy in the Wake of Layoffs
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Ep96: What's Driving Ag Equipment Dealer Consolidation with Chris Rupiper of Prairie State Tractor
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Ep95: Better Agribusiness Performance Begins With Better Goal-Setting
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Ep94: How Seeking Power Produces Underperformance at Scale
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Ep93: Diversification and the Decision to Grow with Jeramie Weller of Minnesota Soybean Processors
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Ep92: Constraints and Resource-Scarcity are a Competitive Advantage
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Ep91: The Wide Path Approach to Strategy Execution with Tucker Perkins of Propane Education & Research Council
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Ep90: There Are No Unsolvable Problems, Only Unaffordable Solutions
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Ep89: Forecasting Constraints to Enable Agribusiness Growth
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Ep88: Innovation Theater with Shane Thomas of Upstream Ag
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Ep87: Rethinking Dissension Risk
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Ep86: Red Barns and Failure to Innovate with Joel Wipperfurth of Truterra
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Ep85: Today's Grooves Are Tomorrow's Ruts
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Ep84: Great Millers Need Great Marketers with Tim Webster of Farmer Direct Foods
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Ep83: Infatuation over Validation: Falling in Love with Bad Ideas
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Ep82: Breaking Down Ag's Labor Problem with Jacqui Fatka of CoBank Knowledge Exchange
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Ep81: The Growth as a Constraint Paradox
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Ep80: Winning With Speed Not Perfection with Harold Cooper of Premier Ag Cooperative
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Ep79: Managing Negative Externality Risk in Agribusiness
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Ep78: Scarcity Inflates Price but Execution Creates Value with Nick Sawyer of Five Star Cooperative
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Ep77: Agribusiness Optimization Isn't Everything
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Ep76: Operationalizing Producer-First Values with Jason Weirich of MFA
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Ep75: Executing Agribusiness Strategy with Mosher Consulting Group
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Ep74: Connecting People and Strategy with Erin Mies and Kristen Ireland of People Spark Consulting
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Ep73: 5 Ways to Ensure a Miserable M&A Integration
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Ep72: Agribusiness Growth Cannot Outrun Risk with Scott Cornell and Fritz Waldorf of Lockton Companies
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Ep71: Tailwinds Are Not Your Friend
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Ep70: Strategic & Financially Additive Agribusiness Governance with Tom Olive
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Ep69: The Risk of Metric Myopia and Misfires
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Ep68: Embracing Failure to Deliver Ag Cooperative Growth with KC Graner of Central Farm Service
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Ep67: Anticipating Competitive Response is Not Enough
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Ep66: Focus and Agility is a Competitive Advantage with Ethan Rosen of Pure Line Seeds
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Ep65: Is Decision-Friction Impairing Your Agribusiness?
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Ep64: Purpose-Driven and Customer-Focused Growth with Leah Anderson of Winfield United
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May 29, 2024 |
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Ep63: Six Questions on One Page: A Recipe for Better Agribusiness Focus Allocation
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May 22, 2024 |
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Ep62: Navigating the De-Commoditization of Ag with Daniel Oh of AgCertain
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May 15, 2024 |
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Ep61: What a Biologicals Product Designation Framework Can Teach Us About Agribusiness Strategy Execution
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May 08, 2024 |
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Ep60: Specializing in Breakthrough Seed Genetics with Dave Armstrong of Sakata Seed America
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May 01, 2024 |
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Ep59: Value of Optionality in Agribusiness Growth
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Ep58: The Danger of Buying Future Cashflows and Speculative M&A with Dave Nemes
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Ep57: The Fallacy of the "Overcomplication Risk" in M&A Integration
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Ep56: Effective Teams De-Risk Your Agribusiness with Chris Fischer of Fusion Consultants International
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Ep55: Your Agribusiness Cannot Afford Focus-Deficiency
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Ep54: Breaking Down Dairy: Sector Dynamics, U.S. Dominance, and Market Outlook with Corey Geiger of CoBank
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Ep53: The Big Problem with Big Problems
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Ep52: Building Moats by Mastering Complexity with Tyler Hull of AgriCapture
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Ep51: Driving Agribusiness Strategy with Organizational Design
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Ep50: Understanding Status Quo Risk in Ag with Jim Schweigert of Gro Alliance
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Ep49: The Problem with a Strong Balance Sheet
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Ep48: The Downside of a Bull Market with Jeff Blair
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Ep47: Effective Ag Leaders Grab Shovels, Not Sticks
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Ep46: Vintage 3 AgTech and the Power of Curiosity with Alexander Reichert
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Ep45: The Return of Rationality in Agribusiness M&A
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Ep44: Building Bridges to Growth with Mike Taylor
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Ep43: Ag Strategy Through the Windshield: 5 Way to Enhance your Metrics
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Ep42: Ag Strategy Through the Rearview: Assessing Your Agribusiness Performance
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Ep41: Navigating Agribusiness Consolidation with Jim Byrum
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Ep40: Untapped Potential: Managing Ag Strategy as a Portfolio of Opportunities
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Ep39: Overcoming M&A Integration Challenges and Complexity with Colin Steen
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Ep38: Healthy Soil Creates the Conditions for Successful Strategy
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Ep37: The Domestic Ag Implications of Uneven Global Growth with Tanner Ehmke
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Ep36: Buy vs. Build: Is M&A Right for your Agribusiness?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Ep35: Episodic Strategy and Continuous Execution with Brad Morrill
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Ep34: Simplified Succession Planning to Sow Agribusiness Success
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Ep33: Paying Strategy Tax with Shane Thomas
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Ep32: Why your M&A Integration Approach is Destroying Value
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Ep31: Create Markets Don't Chase Them with Jeff Van Pevenage
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Ep30: The Best Decisions Don't Run From Risk, They Build Off It
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Ep29: Supply Disruptions are Demand Opportunities with Ken Dallmier
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Ep28: Three Questions you Cannot Afford NOT to Ask
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Ep27: Safety Performance is Business Performance with Marc Mears
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Ep26: Effective Leaders Compete with the Competition, Not Each Other
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Ep25: Future-Proofing your Agribusiness with Garrett Stoerger
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Ep24: Overcoming the Heavy Lift of M&A Cultural Integration
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Ep23: Executing Ag Strategy with Steve Becraft
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Ep22: A Profile of Effective M&A Integration Leadership
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Ep21: Hedging Risk with Trust with Robert Geers
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Ep20: How to Retain Talent and Preserve Value During M&A
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Ep19: Ensuring M&A Strategic Fit with Jason Price
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Ep18: Three Proven Ways to Destroy M&A Value
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Ep17: Ag is an Outdoor Sport with Brett Bell
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Ep16: Introducing the Integration Pacesetter™
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Ep15: The Dual-Mandate of Agribusiness Leadership
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Ep14: Setting the Tone for M&A Excellence on Day One
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Ep13: The Bull Case for Agribusiness M&A
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Ep12: What The Airlines Can Teach You About M&A Communications
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May 31, 2023 |
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Ep11: Do you Know your M&A "IRR"?
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May 24, 2023 |
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Ep10: How a "Fire Fighter" Mentality Is Hurting Your Agri-business
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May 17, 2023 |
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Ep09: How to Stick the Landing when Closing your M&A Integration
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May 10, 2023 |
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Ep08: M&A Integrations Age Like Bread, Not Wine
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May 03, 2023 |
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Ep07: Getting your Agri-business Primed for Growth with Process
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Ep06: Winning Agribusiness M&A with an Integration Mindset
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Ep05: Don't Run your Integration Like You Run your Business
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Ep04: Less is More in Agribusiness M&A: The Minimum Viable Integration
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Ep03: How to Create Customer Value during M&A Integration
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Ep02: Winning M&A integrations ask why, then how
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Ep01: Why We Do M&A In Agribusiness And Why They Fail
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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The Pacesetter Pod
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Feb 24, 2023 |