The Business of Agriculture Podcast

Damian Mason

damian@damianmason.com

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Booking Overview

This agriculture-business interview show covers food, fuel, fiber, farm economics, and rural development, typically featuring external executives, analysts, founders, and working agricultural producers with specialized expertise. Credible pitches include agribusiness leaders, agricultural economists, farm and food-system operators, rural-investment specialists, and innovators with practical data or market insight; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 458

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 13.4k subscribers

Contact Information

damian@damianmason.com

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Host

Damian Mason - Agriculture business commentator and podcast host focused on trends across food, fuel, fiber, and rural economies.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Agribusiness executives, agricultural economists and analysts, farm operators, investment specialists, and founders with direct expertise in production, markets, finance, or food systems.
Required Achievements:  
Operating or executive leadership in agriculture or agribusiness, Specialized market, financial, or production expertise, Direct experience building or managing agricultural businesses, Data-driven insight into food, livestock, or rural economies

Recent Guest Discussions

Chris Rawley - Rural Opportunity Zones, Agricultural Investment, Rural Infrastructure, Capital Gains Strategies, And Agribusiness Financing.

Michael DiSabato - Beef, Pork, And Chicken Economics; Consumer Protein Demand; Pricing; Meat Alternatives; And The Outlook For Animal Agriculture.

Steve Strasheim - Regional Food Systems, Specialty-crop Production, Direct-to-consumer Agriculture, Distribution, Processing, And Whether Major Agricultural States Can Feed Themselves.

Recent Topics

Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Economics, Food Systems, Rural Development

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Business of Agriculture Podcast
:

458 - 200 Million Acres of Southern Timberland: Why Land Outvalues Trees | Damian Mason Podcast

July 13, 2026

More than 200 million acres of the American South are covered in timber. The South produces one-third of America's lumber, with paper and cardboard as an important by-product. Bobby Dobson, timber investor and land broker, and Spencer Smith of Saunders Real Estate join Damian Mason to break down an industry that looks remarkably familiar to anyone who follows corn and soybean economics. Pulpwood prices down 46% from their peak. Ten major mills closed in three years. Sawmills running below cap...

457 - Rural Opportunity Zones: New Tax Incentives for Agriculture Investment | Damian Mason Podcast

July 06, 2026

Could a new federal tax incentive reshape investment in rural America? Most agricultural producers, landowners, and agribusiness professionals have never heard of Rural Opportunity Zones, yet this new federal program could unlock billions of dollars in private investment for agriculture and rural communities. In this episode, Damian Mason sits down with Chris Rawley, CEO of Harvest Returns, to explain how Rural Opportunity Zones work and why they may become one of the most significant agricul...

456 - Americans are eating more meat despite alternatives & higher prices — Will it continue? | Damian Mason Podcast

June 29, 2026

The U.S. butchers 600,000 head of cattle, 2.5 million hogs, and 185 million broilers every single week. Where all that product goes — and what it means for prices and profitability — is more complicated than most people realize. Michael DiSabato, animal protein analyst and founder of Highline Consulting Group, breaks down the economics, the numbers, and the outlook for beef, pork, and chicken in one of the most data-rich episodes The Business of Agriculture has produced. The consumer was supp...

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