The Pacesetter Pod
As an agribusiness executive, you operate at the intersection of value creation and preservation.
You are challenged every day to take risks and grow the business while protecting the organization, people, and customers with superior execution.
From highly fragmented supply chains and capital intensive business models to exceptionally narrow margins and hyper-competitive markets, you need an edge to outperform the competition.
Welcome to The Pacesetter Pod, where we explore and reveal the perspectives, insights, and approaches to deliver great results and growth in your agribusiness, through better execution.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 110
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Ep111: Ag's Asset Problem and Rural Blight
Show Highlights:
- The crisis of the overconcentration of underperforming grain assets explained. [01:31]
- How market trends exacerbate the issue of aging grain assets. [04:21]
- What will happen to coun…
00:29:12 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
E110: Solving for Utility with Aaron Secrest of Digital Grain Elevator
Show Highlights:
- How DGE is reshaping AgTech, notably with the FOB Ag Logistics Platform. [03:09]
- DGE’s unconventional problem-first strategy to create solutions for real industry needs. [06:49]
- The…
00:49:57 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Ep109: Yield is the BMI of Ag
Show Highlights:
- A reminder to make sure this podcast enriches your agribusiness. [00:24]
- Why measuring with nuance utilizing quality metrics matters. [00:45]
- Is BMI an easy but outdated health benc…
00:26:56 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Ep108: Growth Eats Cash with Shawn Skaggs of Parallel Ag
Show Highlights:
- How Parallel Ag benefits from geographic and dealership diversification. [02:33]
- Explore operational complexities introduced by broad distribution. [06:37]
- Discover the origin and g…
00:49:00 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Ep107: Allocate Focus, Not Time
Show Highlights:
- Why I made the difficult decision to step back from public service. [01:01]
- The value of admitting to your own limits. [04:06]
- How newfound time opens paths to exploration. [05:13] …
00:14:14 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Ep106: Ag Coop Culture and Consolidation with Scott Black of Five Star Cooperative
Show Highlights:
- Learn about Five Star Co-op and Scott Black’s role. [03:29]
- Can a non-grain expert lead a major grain co-op? [07:53]
- Why a well-defined culture is the great organizational different…
00:55:08 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Ep105: AgTech Risk and Resiliency-as-a-Feature
Show Highlights:
- Important AgTech questions from a new Compeer Financial conference. [00:42]
- Explore evolving AgTech risk profiles. [02:21]
- Get an overview of AgTech solution types. [04:09]
- What wil…
00:18:30 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Ep104: Harnessing Ag Diversity with Janna Fritz of DF Seeds
Show Highlights:
- Learn about Michigan’s DF Seeds and its non-GMO focus. [02:42]
- Janna Fritz’s journey from suburban roots to agricultural advocacy. [08:20]
- Explore DF Seeds' strategic soybean innova…
00:48:55 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Ep103: Ag Down Cycles and FOMO M&A
Show Highlights:
- What exactly is an agribusiness down cycle? [01:35]
- Examine the drivers of ag down cycles from multiple angles. [02:43]
- How agribusiness commonly responds to down cycles. [09:22]
- Of…
00:28:24 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Ep102: Breaking Down Decarbonization Constraints with Matt Smorch of CountryMark
Show Highlights:
- Discover how CountryMark has made a unique mark in energy. [03:09]
- Understand global energy transitions with historical contexts. [14:17]
- The shocking statistical reality of 100% re…
00:56:54 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Ep101: Articulating and Activating Your M&A Integration Strategy
Show Highlights:
- Learn the two key themes in successful strategy execution. [00:24]
- Visualize organizational process categories. [03:11]
- How process taxonomy can benefit an agribusiness. [05:16] Wha…
00:26:34 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Ep100: Managing Diversification Risk with Elizabeth South of Keystone Cooperative
Show Highlights:
- Learn about Keystone Cooperative’s history, divisions and evolution. [00:06:50]
- Strategic vs. opportunistic growth explained with Keystone’s formative mergers. [00:09:19]
- Best pract…
00:53:57 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Ep99: Think Deliberate, Not Different: Strategy Lessons from 99 Episodes of The Pacesetter Pod
Show Highlights:
- How ag strategy execution mirrors this podcast’s core objectives. [00:02:37]
- Is this an ag podcast on business vs. business podcast on ag? [00:04:44]
- The value of embracing effort o…
00:25:02 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Ep98: Financial Co-Piloting for Better Agribusiness Decisions with Bryan DeRuiter of Caledonia Farmers Elevator
Show Highlights:
- Discover 106-year-old Caledonia Farmers Elevator. [00:03:32]
- Gain insights on transitioning from specialty fruits to row crops. [00:08:53]
- Why financial metrics are core in any ag s…
00:33:37 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Ep97: What Now? Executing Strategy in the Wake of Layoffs
Show Highlights:
- What can be learned from the size of announced layoffs? [00:06:10]
- Why structural challenges spiral into drastic actions. [00:08:23]
- Clear-eyed, realistic expectations are non-negot…
00:21:25 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Ep96: What's Driving Ag Equipment Dealer Consolidation with Chris Rupiper of Prairie State Tractor
Show Highlights:
- Discover Prairie State Tractor and CEO Chris Rupiper’s careers with John Deere. [00:04:29]
- Norms of well-organized mergers with KSR Equipment and Holland and Sons. [00:10:37]
- The ke…
00:41:25 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Ep95: Better Agribusiness Performance Begins With Better Goal-Setting
Show Highlights:
- Are you ready to refresh your goals for the New Year? [00:00:22]
- Discover the two goal-setting traps you must avoid. [00:03:35]
- Critical challenges in balanced, strategic goal setti…
00:19:34 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
Ep94: How Seeking Power Produces Underperformance at Scale
Show Highlights:
- Are you seeking power or seeking to empower? [00:01:52]
- How distributed ownership of outcomes transforms organizations. [00:02:43]
- The power of open systems to unlock team-driven cr…
00:11:57 |
Wed 25 Dec 2024
Ep93: Diversification and the Decision to Grow with Jeramie Weller of Minnesota Soybean Processors
Show Highlights:
- Discover MnSP and learn about CEO Jeramie Weller’s industry expertise. [00:03:08]
- Is teamwork the secret to running lean facilities successfully? [00:14:29]
- How cultural integration…
00:55:23 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Ep92: Constraints and Resource-Scarcity are a Competitive Advantage
Show Highlights:
- Three episodes to revisit to understand constraints. [00:00:25]
- Explore the constraints in large companies in a dual value mandate. [00:02:37]
- How the layers in big companies stifle…
00:24:08 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
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