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Top Producer Summit is your annual opportunity to gather new ideas, focus on your farm business and network with like-minded producers.
In 2022, Top Producer celebrates the 25th anniversary of its annual business and networking event.
Robin Crow will provide the keynote and closing address at the 2022 Top Producer Summit, which runs Feb. 14-16 in Nashville.
After growing up in a small town in northeast Michigan, spending time in Bosnia and earning a degree in economics from Iowa State University, Kauffman started his career with the Federal Reserve.
For 14 straight months, the rural economy has posted healthy and consistent growth.
As Warren Buffett once said, “The best investment you can make is in yourself.”
Here’s how you can avoid committing these harmony-harming mistakes.
Make an investment in your operation by joining your peers at the 2022 Top Producer Summit.
Archie Griffin knows short-term thinking is critical, but he takes the long view.
The 2022 Top Producer Summit is your opportunity to learn and grow as a farm CEO, surrounded by hundreds of peers in the vibrant city of Nashville
What is the best way to fill current and future labor needs on your farm? Never stop recruiting.
Regardless of where you fall on the adoption curve of farm technology, you need to have an intentional innovation strategy.
The global economy is facing numerous headwinds and tailwinds. Many of the forces at play will impact your farm.
This year, you’ll have a front row seat to watch the Top Producer Awards banquet LIVE!
Every decision Susan Weaver Ford makes is focused on family. She is the sixth generation to hold the reins of her North Carolina farm, and the first female.
For 15 straight months, the rural economy has posted healthy and consistent growth.
Make education a priority in 2022 by joining Top Producer for the Top Producer Summit.
Beyond what you pay for food and consumer goods, inflation impacts your balance sheet.
Join your farming peers at the Online Top Producer Summit.
The Top Producer Summit online event kicked off Feb. 22, and the fun continues through Feb. 23.
U.S. net farm income, a broad measure of farm profitability, is currently forecasted at $113.7 billion, down 4.5%, according to USDA’s most recent Farm Sector Income Forecast.
During the Top Producer Summit, which was held Feb. 14-16 in Nashville, Top Producer honored five farm operations.
Move your succession plan forward with collaborative experts.
There may never be a more important time to focus on the relationships with your employees.
“Nearly every working manager is more competent and comfortable doing tasks,” says Bob Milligan with Dairy Strategies. “That makes it easy to avoid the people side. It is rational but not effective.”
In theory, adding a value-added enterprise sounds like the perfect reaction to fluctuating commodity prices.
Inflation is exceptionally difficult to tame, says Chip Flory, Farm Journal Economist and “AgriTalk” Host: “To tame it, you have to kill it. If you kill it, you kill the economy, and it sends you into recession.”
The Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) inflation target is 2%. Yet in February the rate, which is the measure of general price trends throughout the economy, was 6.4%.
To ensure a smooth planting season your team needs to be firing on all cylinders. They also need to be rested and excited for the task at hand.