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The Top Producer Women in Agriculture Award will be given to a female producer who is a shining example for her peers.

Entrants are judged on entrepreneurial originality, financial and business progress and industry or community leadership.

The Top Producer of the Year Award identifies and honors agricultural producers from whom our readers can learn business concepts, ranging from value-added ventures to succession plans to overcoming adversity.

Improve soil health by establishing long-term goals.

Here's how you can follow along and analyze real-time results from the 2022 Pro Farmer Crop Tour.

The Pro Farmer Crop Tour's data-gathering methods are disciplined and produce consistent results.

The best analysis of this year’s data will be to compare state-by-state results to past Pro Farmer Crop Tour data, with close attention to the percentage changes.

The goal of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour is to get a strong, objective view of corn yield potential across the Corn Belt during the third full week of August. 

Let’s bust through some outdated ways of thinking about farming today.

Oftentimes managers are quick to spot the top performers and spend majority of their time with them. But what about the employees who have the potential to become high potentials – aka the B players?

There is no precise model when slicing the estate pie. Attorney Polly Dobbs and CPA Paul Neiffer will dissect these complex decisions.

Sarah Frey founded Frey Farms in 1992. Headquartered in Keenes, Ill., Sarah and her four older brothers operate farms and facilities in seven states.

Robin Crow, CEO of Dark Horse Recording and business author, shares how to continually reimagine, rethink and reinvent the way you do business.

Masculinity, automation, education and fertility joining forces may seem like a reach, but all are playing a role in defining the future of work. Could it even reach the farm? (HInt: it already has.)

If a given farming operation can accurately measure its carbon footprint out of the gate, and then seek improvement, the opportunity for greater payments expands in tandem.

China is strengthening ties with countries beyond the U.S. and making incredible investments in its Belt and Road Initiative. How will these factors intersect with the country’s changing population structure?

Great supervisors and leaders are rare and, in most cases, have worked very hard to become outstanding. It takes knowledge and, most importantly, practice! Bob Milligan offers several time-tested strategies. 

Learn how to evaluate the endless number of tools you can choose.

Three factors may play a role in how U.S. growers fare in 2022, according to Eric Snodgrass, principal atmospheric scientist for Nutrien Ag Solutions. 

Most months John Phipps provides a book review for Top Producer. Here are some of his favorites from the last few years (in no particular order).

John Phipps shares the hopeful signs around us we might be overlooking as we mimic those stories of persistence, patience and progress.

Learn how to focus on mental health — to benefit you, your family and your team.

Learn how to start the conversation, clarify expectations (both yours and theirs) and set healthy boundaries for your heirs within your farm’s transition plan.

How has the market rally influenced your grain marketing strategies? Join AgriTalk’s Chip Flory and your farming peers for a lively discussion about the markets.

Learn brain-based strategies to manage fear and emotions so you can be a source of calm in your organization and help people be their best in the most trying situations.

This session covers the steps necessary to give the next generation the best chance at being successful as they traverse from grunt to CEO and many steps in between.

Hear Esther George, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, provide insights on the current state of the economy.

Curious how carbon markets can add new revenue streams to your operation? Listen in to this webinar.

Farmers have the opportunity to be a pivotal part of carbon sequestration.

CPA Paul Neiffer and attorney Adam Kline will provide an overview of the new rules and provide case study examples of the decisions farmers could face

As a 2018 Nuffield Scholar, Archie Griffin traveled to 16 countries to study how farms can find success if their primary products are facing declining consumption, value and profit margins.

Learn a few tools that have helped many leaders make more effective decisions.

This year, focus on what you can control, rather than letting external factors dictate your view of possibility.

Tim Crews and Rachel Stroer of The Land Institute will describe their vision for an agricultural future built on the necessity to feed humanity within ecological limits.

How can you be your banker’s best customer? What trends are emerging in ag lending? What financial metrics should you be analyzing?

A successful transition of a farm requires business continuity planning, business succession planning, personal financial planning and estate planning. Learn how to make these pieces fit together for your operation. 

Join these experts for a live discussion on grain markets, policy, land values and more.

Top Producer Editor Sara Schafer sits down with leaders from a few of our sponsoring companies: Beck’s Hybrids, Case IH and Corteva.

Carbon sequestration can offer promise or pitfalls for your farm. Here’s what you need to know.

Around 90% of New Year’s resolutions fail. Why? Goals aren’t typically sized right.

“U.S. Farm Report” Host Tyne Morgan will join USDA’s Seth Meyer to discuss 2021 crop and acreage expectations.

This session will look at grain marketing habits that help you run a successful farm operation. You’ll also learn habits that can hurt your profitability. 

How can you be a better grain marketer? It starts with knowing your farm’s numbers. Then you can build a team you can trust to hold you accountable. Learn all the top tips.

Is your farm carbon ready? U.S. farms are poised to turbo charge carbon reductions, but navigating this complex environment will require careful planning and understanding.

Weather variability is the largest source of risk in production agriculture.

The top five trends that will disrupt the farm input business are: e-commerce, biologicals, indoor farming, seed technology and ag data technology.

Producers scale businesses by foregoing handshakes, formally farming together.