David Kohl | Road Warrior of Agriculture Archives
Dave Kohl, The Corn And Soybean Digest Trends Editor, is an ag economist specializing in business management and ag finance. He recently retired from Virginia Tech, but continues to conduct applied research and travel extensively in the U.S. and Canada, teaching ag and banking seminars and speaking to producer and agribusiness groups. He can be reached at sullylab@vt.edu.
The Highs and Lows of Financial Leverage
Aug 31, 2010, By Dave Kohl
We have all heard our parents and grandparents say that they never purchased anything without having cash. Well, those views came from the time of the Great Depression where many a fortune was lost because of indebtedness...
Tidbits from the Road
Aug 24, 2010, By Dave Kohl
My summer travels are winding down after many schools, seminars, webcasts and, yes, good old-fashioned work on our dairy farms in Virginia. The following are some interesting perspectives and views I came across through interaction with many of you and on-ground, front-line intelligence...
What Will Happen with Land Values, Credit Crisis, Ag Economy?
Aug 17, 2010, By Dave Kohl
Recently my Road Warrior travels included a pit stop to WebEquity Solutions in Omaha, NE, to conduct a webcast to 757 lenders across North America. Dave McEvoy, vice president of media and promotion, conducted a survey of participants prior to the webcast on key issues of interest such as land values...
Third- to Fifth-Generation Agriculture Business Advice
Aug 10, 2010, By Dave Kohl
My Road Warrior travels took me to upstate New York at the head of the Finger Lakes to Geneva. After a refreshing five-mile run by the lake, my duties included moderating a panel of producers for the New York Bankers Association...
Is There a Bubble in the Agriculture Economy?
Aug 3, 2010, By Dave Kohl
At the Graduate School of Banking at LSU, I co-lecture with Tom Payne of University of Tennessee – Martin on the topic of “Interpreting Economic Change.” Payne discussed the reasons for the recent bubbles in the economy...
Perspectives from the Banking Schools
Jul 27, 2010, By David Kohl
Recently I lectured for my 27th year at the Southeastern Ag Lenders School at Clemson and at the 61st LSU Graduate School of Banking, where I gained some interesting perspectives by interacting with students and faculty at the two schools...
The Economics are Changing: Margin and Coverage
Jul 20, 2010, By Dave Kohl
In the last column I discussed the changing financial performance landscape, zoning in on return on assets (ROA) based upon the FINBIN data sets. Now let’s move on to operating margin and term debt coverage...
The Economics are Changing: ROA
Jul 13, 2010, By Dave Kohl
This column’s title is a quote from my business associate, Alicia Morris, as both of us quickly glanced at a FINBIN data summary based upon farm management instructors’ customers in Minnesota...
Individual Components of Farm Family Living Expenses
Jul 7, 2010, By Dave Kohl
In the last column, discussion focused on total family living withdrawals from farm businesses. In this column, individual components of the total living expense will be analyzed and interpreted...
What’s New in Family Living Cost?
Jun 29, 2010, By Dave Kohl
A major component in farm cash flow analysis is the amount withdrawn for management salary or the family living expense...
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