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As a last-minute shift toward small-scale celebrations upends demand for the star of Thanksgiving tables, turkey producers and retailers are scrambling to fill orders for lightweight birds and partial cuts.
Since we all react to crisis differently; it helps to understand employees’ and family members’ perspectives.
Veterinary technicians, podiatrists, dentists and paramedics are also being authorized to administer the vaccine.
“We know rural areas are different from urban areas, people are more spread out, it’s not always as easy to travel to one location that’s close to everyone to get a vaccine,” Dr. Murthy says.
Rena Striegel, a consultant with Transition Point Business Advisors, detailed five steps toward strengthening the core of a farm business, speaking at Top Producer Summit in Nashville, Tenn.
Although the industry has come a long way when it comes to farm safety, about every three days, a child dies in an ag-related incident, and each day, 33 children are injured. Farm safety expert Barbara Lee weighs in.
Purdue reported 23 fatalities related to grain bin entrapment in 2019. These stories haunted a city-dwelling film producer, Sam Goldberg, prompting him to share the dangers in putting food on the world’s table.
After 30 years working in the field of rural mental health, Ted Matthews understands the factors that stress farmers and knows how to help them.
An artist recently used artificial intelligence to create a painting without a brushstroke or pencil line. What does it mean for agriculture? John Phipps explains why the connection might be closer than you think.
While controversy surrounds sporting events and athletes, AgDay host Clinton Griffiths shares his thoughts on finding common ground.
It wasn’t that long ago the best way to travel cross-country was by train.
What are the key elements of an estate plan? Attorney Polly Dobbs outlines some the documents you should get in place now.
What regrets do you currently have in regards to leading and managing the growth of your business?
Newcomer diversified personally as he took over the farm by working as a seed rep, eventually growing seed for companies, selling crop insurance and slowly adding acres along each step.
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.
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.
What makes a good family farm transition? It is difficult to achieve a good farm transition without at least doing well in each of these C’s.
Estate planning laws aren’t different for farmers versus others; however, there are variances, such as vocabulary, emotional ties to land, operation versus land, own versus rent, personal financial statement and deeds.
Here’s a checklist to use when reviewing your trust and will.
If you have decided to make succession planning a priority, we want to help you follow-through on that decision.
With so many components involved, it makes sense to periodically review your buy-sell agreement.
As you develop your estate plan, consider opportunities for charitable giving.
President Barack Obama is proposing a fundamental change in tax policy that would limit what many Americans can leave to their heirs.
Laws, circumstances and assets change over time. Do your estate planning documents reflect your current goals and wishes?
Transitioning a business from one generation to another is complicated. Add the complexity of being family owned and operated, and you have an entirely different set of challenges.
Estate planning laws aren’t different for farmers versus others; however, there are variances, such as vocabulary, emotional ties to land, operation versus land, own versus rent, personal financial statement and deeds.
There’s a major misconception when it comes to transitioning the farm. John Phipps kicks off a multi-part series about planning for the next generation in farming on U.S. Farm Report.
Up to $12.06 million can be passed to your loved ones upon death, exempt from federal estate tax. While living, you can also gift $16,000 annually to as many individuals as you’d like. Of course, some exceptions apply.
Married and on the farm? If one spouse dies, make sure the surviving spouse works with an adviser to file IRS Form 706 to benefit from any unused federal gift or estate tax exemption. You could save millions.