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When Alice and Caleb Crothers returned to the farm in 2015, they faced a steep learning curve and financial pressures, ultimately pivoting to regenerative agriculture to ensure the farm’s survival for future generations.
Farmers First Trust uses a specific transaction process that can help farmers sell the family operation without the immediate tax burden.
Turning manure into gold, sticky-fingered Ray Brewer pulled off a twisted agriculture heist.
A decade into the partnership, GenoSource has grown into more than the original partners ever imagined. The dairy now involves eight families, who all love Holsteins and share a goal of creating a more sustainable future for the next generation.
A new report from Farmers National Company shows what trends are shaping land values as well as what to expect regionally.
Farmers are embracing mixed fleets, retrofit options, spray drones and automation as they stare down another tough year.
Former Top Producer award winners reveal their management goals for the year ahead.
With a strong agricultural background, Dean Williams is committed to transforming ag retail through innovation and customer-focused leadership at FBN.
While the use of bells when Bevin Bells was founded in 1832 is much different today, the sixth-generation company continues to spread Christmas cheer year-round.
At just 11 years old, Reed Marcum had an idea for a project: Collect toys and give them to children in his community. Eight years later, the toy drive has given away more than 64,000 toys at an annual event people wait in line for hours to attend.
Carmi, Ill., farmer Chase Sailer isn’t afraid to do things different. He learns from failures on the farm and is turning to precision tools to drill down decisions to every acre.
There are challenges that come with the process, but also hidden opportunities that can help the rising generation build for the future.
With 30 tax provisions set to expire at the end of 2025, four experts explain how and when you could be affected.
We wanted to have a little ag-related fun with Teslas’ recent Optimus robot reveal, and you guys delivered the goods.
Leather work gloves are often considered “consumables” due to the frequency with which they wear out or go missing on the farm. If you know how to match glove design and type of leather to the job, you can buy fewer gloves.
State officials want Cory Garrett’s farmland worked by his family over five generations.
Matt Boos of Agrigrowth Consulting says his most successful farmer clients always have more than one revenue stream. But there’s one strategy he recommends to help to shorten the learning curve.
Rebecca Sip shares about the challenges she’s faced navigating a gradual generational transition of their family farm, the importance of continual learning and the role of humility each and every day.
Donald Faivre tumbled into a bizarre tale of torture, Tojo, and cannibalism, yet emerged as he entered, a farmer with a heart of gold.
Farmers put John Deere’s flagship technology to the ultimate test this year. Here’s what their successes and failures revealed.
With the unknown of if and when Congress will act, guidance is available based on estate size.
As farmers face rising costs, financial viability with sustainability will be key to long-term success.
The addition of hogs and a trucking business to his family farm has allowed Erik Oberbroeckling to employ a large staff and alleviate some struggles when grain farming is less profitable.
We caught up with The Fertilizer Institute’s 2024 4R Advocates as they reflect on 2024, share their sustainability wins and describe how 2025 could look different.
You can’t save your way to prosperity — you need product, and you need to capture the best price.
An Indiana museum provides a hands-on celebration of the region’s key industry and its contribution to America’s agricultural expansion.
Products making environmental, social and governance-related claims averaged 28% cumulative growth between 2018 to 2022, versus 20% for products that didn’t, according to McKinsey & Company.
One team shares how efficacy in biological production has leveled up behind the scenes.
By breaking away from his family’s traditional management practices, Joe Frey was able to not only save money, but also minimize the impacts of drought, heavy rains, wind and hail.
Chris Miller has proved the power of one on his farmland, measured by the shaping of American youth.