Shay Foulk

Shay Foulk is an Illinois farmer, farm-business consultant, podcast host and U.S. Army veteran. Raised on a grain and livestock operation in northeast Iowa, he studied agronomy at Iowa State University before serving five years with the 75th Ranger Regiment, including two combat deployments to Afghanistan. He later continued serving with the Illinois National Guard and deployed to Iraq. At Ag View Solutions, Shay works with farm families across the U.S. and Canada on profitability and cost of production, strategic growth and structure, transition planning, peer groups, equipment economics, team communication and more. He co-hosts The Ag View Pitch and 19 Minutes Podcasts, is the face of Farm Profit Manager software and writes for Farm Journal’s Top Producer/AgWeb. He also farms and operates Monier Seed with his wife, Hannah, and family near Sparland, Illinois.

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