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Look for mergers and interests outside ag in a tight economy
Multiple strategy horizons enable team to achieve financial gains early and often
Live-hog and futures prices fell in recent weeks as gas prices soared.
The transition from patented seed trait technology to generic technology is about to become a better-defined process with a positive outcome for U.S. farmers.
Farm Journal’s new columnist, Moe Russell, explains how to prepare your business for tough times.
Investors are taking risk off the table to start the week.
The release of USDA’s county-level cash rent data in early April may have raised more questions than it answered.
More than 660 of the nation’s most ambitious farmers convened in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 27 to 29 for the 14th annual Top Producer Seminar, titled “Win in the New Economy.” This year marked the fourth straight year of record attendance.
Late planting combined with a number of other weather trials this summer resulted in some quality issues such as cob rot, agronomists report.
The Big Get Bigger: Large farms continue to grow as smaller farms join forces in an attempt to compete.
If you want your farm to successfully transition from one generation to the next, you must do better than a vanilla will that says you want to leave everything equally to your children. Don’t assume your children will figure it out when you’re gone. They likely won’t.
Sometimes the best way to know where you’re going is to identify where you’ve been.
I’ve answered questions, responded to requests, proposed solutions and read a lot of great stories. It’s those stories that intrigue me most.
The agricultural community is full of aspiring farmers who dream of an opportunity to work with an experienced person.
The younger generation must be given some real-life decision making power, and the older generation must allow them to live with the consequences of those decisions.
New and expanded tax incentives for farmers and small businesses provide more flexibility in tax management this year.
Here’s a quick rundown of changes farm managers should pay close attention to this year.
How can you prepare your successor and step down from being the manager? Danny Klinefelter, professor and Extension economist at Texas A&M, says families should follow these steps.
Your farm’s succession plan is important, but it is hard to make it urgent. You can do just that by attending a Farm Journal Legacy Project Workshop on July 6 in Loveland, Colo.
This orchard hones in on profit centers to grow for the next generation.
Awareness, bridging and content provide a blueprint for successful conversation
With all that’s going on, did you fail to launch a 2018 strategic planning initiative? Not to worry.