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David Kohl

David Kohl is professor emeritus at Virginia Tech. He travels the U.S. as an agriculture “Road Warrior,” speaking about ag finances, trends and outlooks. As a regular columnist for Corn & Soybean Digest, Kohl lends his insight to farm management, specifically the financial end of farm management.
Recent Items for David Kohl
  • May 16, 2013
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    How Do You Define Success?

    Some define success as the long-term succession of your kids at the farm. Albert Schweitzer defined success as loving what you do. How you treat others, from family to strangers, is Barbara Bush's definition of success....More
  • May 14, 2013
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    Shock and Stress Testing: Analysis by Lenders

    One of the major financial shock tests that a lender must perform concerns concentration of credit. Regulators and oversight specialists are very concerned about this component as agriculture consolidates with fewer producers generating more of the revenue and carrying a larger proportion of the debt....More
  • May 7, 2013
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    USDA to Update 2013-2014 Forecasts

    With Friday morning’s monthly USDA supply/demand update expected to show only minor adjustments in 2012-2013 estimates, the corn and soybean trade will focus on the agency’s first monthly estimates for 2013-2014....More
  • Apr. 24, 2013
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    Farmers: Use Social Media to Connect with Consumers

    Michele Payn-Knoper, founder, Cause Matters Corp., talks about how farmers can use social media to tell their stories and connect with consumers and those concerned about food....More
  • Apr. 23, 2013
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    Enthusiastic About the Future of Agriculture: Top-10 List, Number 1

    The final reason I am optimistic about agriculture is not one specific reason. It is a combination of reasons based upon my travels, interaction with people and general observations from my past experience and vision into the future....More
  • Apr. 23, 2013
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    Earth Day 2013

    For over four decades, an annual event called Earth Day has been held in late April across the United States, which has been a time for all U.S. citizens to reflect on our country’s environmental resources, and what we can do individually and as communities to help enhance our environment for the next generation. In recent years, it has become fashionable to point the finger of blame at agriculture and farmers for many environmental issues....More
  • Apr. 23, 2013
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    No More Food Fights: Understanding Farmer and Foodie Perspective

    In an effort to break stereotypes, the book describes farmers who don’t wear overalls but who do use technology in producing food and preserving the environment, dairy farmers who work on “cow comfort,” and how hard farmers work on sustainability. On the other side, the book reminds farmers that only a tiny percentage of the population lives on a farm and urges farmers to tell their stories through social media and every day conversation to correct mistaken beliefs about food production perpetuated by traditional media....More
  • Apr. 18, 2013
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    What Do You Want to Tell Consumers About Agriculture?

      As Earth Day 2013 draws near, conservation is perhaps more in the forefront of everyone’s mind. However, we in agriculture know that farmers do their best to conserve EVERY day, not just on April 22 every year....More
  • Apr. 18, 2013
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    Survey Shows Consumer Confusion About Organic, GMO, Hormones, Family Farms 5

    According to a new survey, American moms may be building their grocery lists based on misinformation about how their food was grown and raised....More
  • Apr. 16, 2013
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    8 Considerations with Custom Farming Agreements

    An alternative to leasing farmland is a custom farming agreement. In a typical custom farming agreement, the custom operator agrees to perform all the machine operations on the owner’s land in exchange for a set fee or rate. The landowner pays for all seed, fertilizer, chemicals, crop insurance and other input costs; receives the all grain produced and all eligible farm program payments on the land; and is responsible to store and market the grain....More
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