E174 | Tired of Being Bullied by the Bank: How Aaron Wetzel Saved the Family Ground

Podcast: Legacy Farmer The Podcast · Jace D. Young

Opublikowano: 2026-10-30

Aaron Wetzel farms ground in northern Illinois that his family has owned since 1878, running cattle, hogs, row crops, and Pioneer seed corn. After losing his grandfather and uncle and taking on thousands of new acres and a large hog facility in a short time, the bank sent them to special assets the week before Thanksgiving and told them to start selling land. He shares how eight straight weeks at the kitchen table rebuilt their balance sheet and cash flow, the old credit line they never knew they owed, and how they got operating money for the next crop year...