Deep in the Kernel: Episode 4
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Deep in the Kernel: Episode 4
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About this listen
In this episode Rich and Brandon are joined by Michael Weidner, Scott Stoller, and Matt Weaver.
We discuss
Marketing with the 2025-2026 cropDroughts in the Midwest & hedging against them
What to do without storage bins & huge facilities
- Bags & baggers
Crop insurance
Big Beautiful Bill / Government Subsidies / Prepping for claims
Michael Weidner is the GROW Grain Lead for Landus. He has experience consulting individual farm operations, developing tailored marketing plans, educating growers on hedge strategies, and originating grain across Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. He possesses crop insurance licenses in Illinois and Indiana while also holding Series 3 and 30 licenses. Michael graduated from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois with Management & Marketing degrees in 2014 and played four years for the nationally ranked football team. His passion lies in simplifying decision making for farmers with a distinct focus on profitability, historical probability, cash flow needs, and local cash markets all of which drive execution, deliver ROI, and remove emotion
Scott Stoller is a Grain Merchandiser and Originator for Lanuds. He has spent over 25 years in the grain business in variety of Midwest states, but namely Illinois and Indiana. Growing up in Central Illinois on a grain and livestock farm, Scott saw first hand the implications of risk management after the 1988 drought and the flood of 1993. After graduating from Illinois State University, he worked for ADM in the eastern cornbelt, lastly selling Non-GMO soybeans off of export of Baltimore for tofu and miso. After leading growth at a country elevator system in Northern Illinois for 10.5 years, Scott helped start an all off the farm, direct ship grain business in Illinois and Indiana thru AgPerspective. By 2021, he purchased the grain business from AgPerspective and rebranded as Stoller Grain Solutions. In 2023, Scott sold his grain business to Landus and became a full time Landus employee. He has been married to his wife of 24 years, Aimee, and has two college aged daughters, Kyra and Kate.