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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
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!
Congratulations to Todd, Louise and the Malecha family for being named the 2022 Top Producer of the Year. Pay a virtual visit to their dairy farm in Villard, Minn., to learn how they stay focused on goals and values.
Congratulations to Martin Angus, the 2022 recipient of the Tomorrow’s Top Producer Horizon Award. Take a virtual trip to their diversified operation nestled in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
Congratulations to Christopher and Nate Riggers for being named a 2022 Top Producer of the Year finalist. Take a virtual visit to their Idaho farm to learn how they’ve doubled barley revenue per acre in two years.
Congratulations to Seven Springs Farms, a 2022 Top Producer of the Year finalist. A virtual trip to the diversified Kentucky farm will shed light on why Joe Nichols does not fall in love with assets.
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.
How do you decide what precision and digital agricultural technologies to adopt?
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.
Grain prices continue to rally as Russia ramped up attacks on Ukrainian ports on the River Danube. But agricultural economists and markets analysts point out the situation still hasn’t reached a worst-case scenario yet.
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.
Your crop insurance decisions are a key part of your risk management plan for this year.
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.
Need a good conversation to fill some tractor or road time this spring? Listen to “The Farm CPA Podcast” with Paul Neiffer.