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Podcast: Farm4Profit Podcast
Episode: Strong on Paper, Tight on Cash : Here’s What Lenders Are Watching
Description: In this episode, we sit down with Daniel Taylor, National Sales Manager at AgriFinancial (AgFi), and Ethan Turley, Underwriter, to talk about agriculture through the eyes of credit underwriters.
Margins are tight.
Interest rates are elevated.
Commodity prices have softened.
Input costs remain stubbornly high.
So what are lenders actually seeing?
We break down:
📉 The 2026 Farm Economy
• Are we in a “pause and survive” cycle — or a full reset?
• How higher interest rates have reshaped farm finance
• Liquidity tightening despite strong equity positions
• Commodity softnes...