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Podcast: Rhymes with Odd
Episode: Ep. 086: Farming in Ukraine for a Russian Oligarch w/ Justin Bruch
Description: What’s it like to manage 135,000 acres of farmland in Ukraine… for foreign investors… during a time of economic uncertainty and political chaos?In this wild and eye-opening episode, we sit down with Justin Bruch, a fifth-generation Iowa farm kid turned international ag operator with an MBA and endless life stories from his travels abroad. Justin shares his journey from farming in Iowa to managing mega-scale farms across Brazil, Ukraine, and Russia — including for a Russian oligarch-backed fund. From blacked-out Mercedes full of chain-wearing enforcers to navigating post-Soviet land ownership and corruption, this episode is filled with lessons in global a...