Brady Sidwell is the owner of Sidwell Strategies, a commodity brokerage that provides a variety of risk management solutions that caters towards those in the agricultural industry. They help farmers manage price risks by trading futures and options on the commodity market. Before focusing on this type of business, Brady enjoyed traveling to 95 countries and working in a lot of them. The experiences he had on his many trips allowed him to form a better understanding of how the economy on agriculture works from a global perspective and apply that to his business.
Brady joins me today to share his passion for helping farmers and how it led to the start of Sidwell Strategies. He shares his academic and career highlights, some of the countries he’s worked in and what he learned from them. He describes how China is trying to emulate how Americans look at farming as well as the difference between farmers from either country. He also discusses some of their projects for the coming months.
“If you think you want to do something, go get an internship related to it and see if that is what you want to do." - Brady Sidwell
This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:
- His academic and career achievements and how he ended up working in the agriculture industry.
- The Chinese mindset and the ways they're trying to catch up with the American model.
- The big difference between farmers in the US and farmers in China.
- What made him leave and eventually return to farming.
- How big his team is right now and some of their current projects.
- His experience while visiting North Korea.
Key Takeaways:
- Places that are least populated are where agriculture is the most productive.
- The entrepreneurial mindset is what sets business leaders apart from those who just want to run a business.
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