Financial Management

Producers need to play defense in the face of an uncertain outlook for rates, sticky inflation and what may become a more opaque Federal Reserve.

As leader of Wells Fargo’s newly formed Food, Beverage and Agribusiness division, Brad Matsik says the bank is “tripling down” on financial tools, wealth management, and estate planning.

As a ‘disconnect’ grows between macro-economic data and farm-level decisions, lenders urge transparency and proactive planning to bridge the gap in the current downturn.