Water Street Solutions

Water Street Solutions Learn more about us at www.waterstreetconsulting.com Darren grew up on an innovative family farm in Illinois.

Water Street Solutions’ 25-year history has focused on providing leadership to top operations to help farm leaders strengthen the business of their farm. Bringing education and leadership, we are committed to partnering with our clients as they guide their farms into the future. In 1994, Darren and Becky Frye founded the business that would become Water Street Solutions and Water Street Advisory.

He was passionate about the crop production side of the operation, while his dad’s passion focused on poultry production. So in 1987, Darren and Becky decided to leave the family operation and Darren began working with farmers in fertilizer distribution and crop consulting. Interacting with his farmer clients, Darren found that many of them asked his opinion about marketing their crops. He’d been trading commodities since 1982 and had a passion for learning as much as he could about marketing. Darren soon noticed a common theme in the questions he was getting: Farmers tended to struggle with the business side of farming. In 1994, his concern for the business success of farmers propelled him to start his own marketing consulting firm. Today, Water Street Solutions serves farmers in a number of areas that impact the business and financial sides of farming operations. We work with clients across the Midwest – advising operations around the challenges they face in growing and improving their farms – with the goal of helping great farming operations get even better.

If you are looking for some guidance on these volatile markets, look no further. The link below will give you the techn...
05/28/2022

If you are looking for some guidance on these volatile markets, look no further. The link below will give you the technical and fundamental info to support where markets are and where we think they might be going! The content was produced early Thursday morning. All the Best, Darren R. Frye

As we usher in 2019, many people find this a great time for resolving to make changes in their lives—typically to be hea...
01/07/2019

As we usher in 2019, many people find this a great time for resolving to make changes in their lives—typically to be healthier, kinder, more appreciative or generally happier. It’s exciting to take on new challenges and give yourself a fresh start. But as farm leaders, we cannot get caught up in the New Year’s resolution frenzy and jump into making changes on the farm.

In his latest blog post on FarmFutures.com, Water Street Solutions CEO Darren Frye reminds us that while change is not necessarily a bad thing, it is inadvisable to rush into change without putting in the hours beforehand to determine exactly what changes should be made—if any at all. Frye suggests ideas for evaluating your operation from another viewpoint before rushing headlong into changes that might not even be necessary.

https://www.farmprogress.com/management/it-s-2019-out-old-new

Evaluation, outside perspectives important in key 2019 farm decisions.

12/31/2018

Well, here we are at December 31. As 2018 comes to a close, farm leaders are tying up loose ends and hopefully getting plans moving for the 2019 crop year. A Nebraska reader of Darren Frye’s Finance FIrst column in Farm Futures magazine recently wrote in to ask our CEO’s take on year-end bonuses for farm employees.

Frye applauded the reader for recognizing their employees and rewarding their contributions to the operation, but he did offer some guidelines to make sure we aren’t just handing out bonuses without making sure they’re not taken for granted or become expected regardless of performance. For instance, he suggested pointing out specific contributions so they have behaviors to focus on going forward. Read all about it at FarmFutures.com.

In this piece from our latest seasonal newsletter, Dean Heffta discusses the four different mindsets a successful farm l...
12/17/2018

In this piece from our latest seasonal newsletter, Dean Heffta discusses the four different mindsets a successful farm leader must be adept at switching between. You might imagine that leadership, management, training and coaching are all very similar, but Dean dissects how these roles interact with employees and breaks down when a leader should wear which “hat” for maximum effectiveness.
https://waterstreetconsulting.com/posts/2018/12/17/smart-series-the-four-hats-of-every-farm-leader

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