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If you find yourself ready to bid on a significant number of acres, do your homework, analyze lease types and perfect your landlord communication plan.
Trouble started brewing for the rural economy earlier this summer. Now it’s been confirmed for five straight months.
Lon Frahm creates a culture that’s truly unique, which achieves high employee-retention on the farm. And details are vital to their success of the farm, with investments that continue to sprout efficiency.
Why is there resistance to new technologies like robotic milkers and other automation by dairy farmers, especially with the challenge in finding labor today? John Phipps provides insight in Customer Support.
Adjusted gross income (AGI) is an income tax calculation based on how income is reported on your income tax return. A farmer who files a Form 1040 can easily find AGI since it is a line item on the income tax return.
In winter 1819, a natural entrance to a cave was found just south of Hannibal, Mo. One of its visitors in the early 1840s was a young resident who was fascinated by what he saw.
The DEF shortage story centered on the largest users of DEF – truckers. What’s causing the possible shortage and are the concerns imminent? John Phipps looks into the issue in John’s World.
Despite the exponential growth in agricultural carbon market options, most producers aren’t biting.
A farm’s brand affects everything from input costs to the ability to acquire farmland and employees, says Brett Oelke, a University of Minnesota Extension agricultural business expert.
Both agricultural lenders and economists are watching the possible impact higher interest rates will have on not only the number of U.S. farmland sales, but the price.
Succession planning is difficult and time-consuming, but it is also a key step for a business that can grow into the future. Regardless of where you are in the process, you can always take another step.
Warning signs about the health of the general economy are blaring, but Farmer Mac’s summer issue of “The Feed” shows why ag lenders are in a better financial position to help farmers weather the higher costs.
From 2001 to 2016, the U.S. lost or compromised 2,000 acres of farmland and ranchland every day. If that trend continues, and another 18.4 million acres is converted between 2016 and 2040.
One of the most overlooked and misunderstood tax laws — available to married farming couples — is an opportunity called portability.
Most farmland auctions happen in the fall or early winter. What will be the trend this year?
How are small independent businesses like grain elevators, welding shops, independent seed dealers and other local businesses going to find labor at wages they can pay? John Phipps answers the looming labor question.
The definition of “sustainability” is changing, and that change is coming quickly to our doorsteps.
Global grain trader Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (ADM) reported a 74% rise in second-quarter profit on Tuesday, benefiting from high demand for grains and tighter supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Efficiency is everything in agriculture. And thanks to John Deere’s newly released See & Spray Ultimate, growers can spray less and gain cost efficiency—conquering the battle against herbicide resistance.
In a time when colleges are jettisoning history departments, Mike Duncan’s work reminds us the importance of knowing how we got here, and how little politicians and political strife have changed.
While diesel fuel prices are off their summer peak the high cost is hitting hard at the farm level.
Dick Billings passed away several years ago, but his wife, their son and granddaughters have been able to build upon his vision for the family’s operation, thanks to a team of farmers and a forestry consultant.
Truckers protesting California’s new “gig worker” law blockaded the state’s third-busiest seaport for a second day on Thursday, stalling agricultural exports and threatening to worsen U.S. supply chain backups.
Lies, Loans, and the lifeless body of a father helped forge a remarkable turnaround for a pair of Illinois growers—brothers in farms.
Norwegian fertilizer-maker Yara posted slightly higher than expected second-quarter profits on Tuesday and warned there could be shortages of nitrogen-based fertilizers amid high gas prices.
How the metaverse will change agriculture’s world
U.S. natural gas futures rose 2% to a four-week high on forecasts for hotter weather and more demand than previously expected. Extreme heat already boosted power demand to record highs in several parts of the country.
According to the USDA, 2020 farming activities in the U.S. made up 11.2 percent, or 670 of 5,981 million metrics tons, of the U.S.’s total carbon contribution.
PBS is in its third season of airing American Grown: My Job Depends on Ag, an Emmy Award-winning docuseries that could be headed to your region in coming months.
To stay competitive in the labor market, consider adding an attractive paid time off policy to your farm business to help keep you and employees happy.