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What opportunities are you missing out on just because you don’t have the right people on your team?
Cast a big net to build a high-performing team.
Honor the past and keep family memories for the future.
Affordable health insurance is a pain point in rural America, an issue National Rural Health Association says is getting worse, not better. Now, agricultural groups are helping find solutions for farmers and ranchers.
Outsourcing, coincidentally, is also one of the top ways to help your business focus on what you do best.
Your farm’s future path might be winding and complex but starting the process can be simple.
Focus on recruitment, references and the interview.
Top Producer will be honoring one outstanding young producer this year at its Tomorrow’s Top Producer event, which takes place Jan. 15-17, 2019 in Chicago.
Expert speakers will include The Farm CPA Paul Neiffer and attorney Polly Dobbs.
Download some of the presentations from the 2011 Top Producer Seminar and Tomorrow’s Top Producer event.
Top Producer of the Year
With its Top Producer of the Year awards program, the magazine recognizes business excellence among the nation’s agricultural producers.
Understand your farm’s legal risks of disgruntled neighbors.
A new training center opened in Kansas City, Missouri will allow both the dairy and food industries a place to hone their technical skills.
The White House is moving forward in the “race to 5G” and is also investing more money into rural broadband, helping better connect underserved areas of the country.
To increase the speed and probability of discovering new crop protection products, Monsanto is collaborating with Atomwise.
Drone technology is helping some farmers in North Dakota keep tabs on their livelihood like never before by giving them an aerial perspective on field conditions and crops.
Drainage boosts yield and impacts field operations, soil characteristics and soil health
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announces its new Soil Health Partnership (SHP), designed to help farmers enhance soil health.
Join the drone discussion on AgWeb, see the latest What A Day! picture and catch up on the latest stats.
Are you ready to go trait-less. Demand for non-GM crops opens a niche for eMerge Genetics.
JCB Fastrac 7270 Tractor, GMD 4050 TL trailed disk mower, Unverferth 19' tubular-style conveyor, Precision Planting CleanSweep
Government and private industry will strengthen infrastructure
Without exaggeration, every facet of agriculture is affected at some level by automation. In 2019, three significant technologies are making noise on U.S. farms.
It could hit 100˚F in Des Moines next Wednesday. That in and of itself is not entirely abnormal, but it does help drive home a larger point – extreme heat is descending on large areas of the Corn Belt.
What to watch in the short and long term as mergers head for the finish line
The food and farming industry is worth nearly a trillion dollars to the U.S. economy in 2015, according to data collected from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS). That’s 5.5% of the U.S. gross domestic product.
U.S. crop insurance indemnities are at $1.226 billion as of October 10 after having passed the $1 billion mark at the end of September, above where the totals stood for 2015 crops which was $6.280 billion, according to data from USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA).