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.

More Numbers Away From the Office 

By David Kohl

In my last Road Warrior stop, we discussed important financial numbers that producers need to keep top of mind while in the combine or working cattle. Now let’s jump into some more key numbers and financial ...

Financial Numbers Away From The Office 

By Dr. David Kohl

The Road Warrior recently stopped in Spearfish, SD, for the agribankers school at Black Hills State University. A perceptive agrilender ...

Prepayment 2009 

By Dr. David Kohl

A visit to the local cooperative the other day to pick up feed resulted in the usual sticker ...

Sound Lending Practices In The Glory Years 

By David Kohl

At a recent agricultural bankers school in Spearfish, SD, an agricultural lender expressed that his biggest challenge was ...

What Are Bankers Thinking About These Days? Part II 

Let’s go back to Louisiana State University, with a walk across the majestic campus early in the morning listening to ...

What Are Bankers Thinking About These Days? 

David Kohl

Let’s go to the steamy South, to Baton Rouge, LA, home of Louisiana State ...

Inflation Is Alive And Well In Family Living Cost 

By David Kohl

My all time topper concerning family living cost occurred this winter. The figure was $80,000. No, not $80,000 annually...

Perspectives From The Agrilenders 

By Dr. David M. Kohl

The other day in my Road Warrior travels, I had the opportunity to sit in on an agrilender team meeting. The concern was that while performing well ...

Comparing 1970's to 2008 

By Dr. David M. Kohl

At a recent conference at Clemson University, a group of students asked experts and panelists to contrast today’s agricultural environment with that of the 1970s. Get your bell-bottoms out, tune into those old Credence Clearwater Revival songs, and let’s go cruising through history for the contrasts and comparisons....

Agriculture at a Crossroads, Part II 

By Dr. David M. Kohl

As a continuation from last week, here are some more points and perspectives from the Agriculture at a Crossroads conference held at Clemson University in South Carolina...