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Land & Everything Else
Land & Everything Else is dedicated to demystifying the world of alternative investments. Brought to you by the department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics within the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois, Land and Everything Else will explore the nuts and bolts of non-stock and bond investing. From dirt to derivatives, this podcast will guide financial planners, wealth managers and consumers into the land of alternative investing.
Land & Everything Else
Latest Episodes
60. Thank You
Three years. More than 60 guests. Countless conversations about land, agriculture, alternative investments, and the people shaping those industries.In this final episode of Land & Everything Else, producer Presley Fee turns the micro...
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59. Leaving Academia to Build the Future of Ag Software with Dr. Kaustubh Bhalerao
What pushes a tenured associate professor of agricultural engineering to "eject from the aircraft" and start a software company? For Kaustubh Bhalerao, it wasn't a singular moment, but a persistent drive to move beyond journal articles and into...
58. Liquidity, Land, and Ag's Next Chapter with Jackson Takach
Agricultural lending doesn't make headlines the way Wall Street does. But behind every farm mortgage is a system designed to keep capital moving, lenders solvent, and farmers farming. That system nearly broke in the 1980s. Congress responded by...
57. Trading Grain and Commodities with Dave Chatterton
Markets now react to headlines in milliseconds. Algorithms scan reports, execute trades, and flood exchanges with activity before most humans finish reading the news. Yet agriculture still moves on a different clock. Crops grow over months, ris...
56. International Agriculture with Ed Blundy
Farmland is no longer a purely local conversation. As global capital looks for stability, diversification, and long-term value, agriculture continues to draw interest from investors who may have never stepped foot on a farm. That shift brings o...