Don't let good farm prices make you complacent with your finances. By 5/3/2021 Despite the rosy outlook for commodities prices lately, farmers still need to watch their finances, and assess their balance sheets to put them in good financial standing. That’s the advice of Brian Philpot, CEO of AgAmerica Lending, one of the largest agricultural lenders in the United States. Philpot spoke with Successful Farming recently about the challenges farmers face – even with times more bullish than the past 7 years. SF: How are farmers doing today? Things sure look a lot different. Brian Philpot: Obviously prices are much improved where they've been in the last several years. It was a rough, rough several years, and then COVID exacerbated some things. For the first time in a number of years, I think people feel pretty hopeful, are being more proactive and thinking about how they're going to move forward. You know, there's still uncertainty around a lot of things, but for the most part it's is as bullish as I've seen most of our clients in quite some time.