Diversification
Business growth can mean more acres, employees or revenue. What does it mean to you?
Archie Griffin knows short-term thinking is critical, but he takes the long view.
In theory, adding a value-added enterprise sounds like the perfect reaction to fluctuating commodity prices.
At Seven Springs Farm in Cadiz, Ky., the calculator drives decisions. With acute focus on ROI, Joe Nichols has expanded and contracted his farm’s size and scope through the years.
More than 50% of farmers intend to grow their operation, based on responses in Purdue’s February 2023 Ag Economy Barometer. If you’re thinking about scaling your farm, it’s important to first ask these questions.
Melissa Nelson’s dilemma to find the perfect card sprouted a business that allows her to channel her creative and entrepreneurial spirit to express her love for the farm.
With 200-plus landlords and numerous vendors, agribusiness customers and employees, strong relationships are the core of Engel Family Farms, a 2023 Top Producer of the Year finalist.
AgLaunch, based in Memphis, Tenn., will be expanding its Farm-Centric Innovation Model to create agriculture businesses, attract investment capital, and enable farmers to participate in the innovation process.
AgLaunch, based in Memphis, Tenn., will be expanding its Farm-Centric Innovation Model to create agriculture businesses, attract investment capital, and enable farmers to participate in the innovation process.
Ten agtech startups will have a superb platform to springboard their innovations via the AgLaunch and Farm Journal Row Crop Challenge.
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.
Rise of ‘hobby farms’ means more untrained growers get maimed, killed
If there was ever a time to consider producing for the global market, it’s now.
I encourage all ag producers to think about vertical integration, starting with these questions.
Common goals, trust and open communication feed Pennsylvania operation
When the Borg family added chickens to their diversified beef and row-crop farm, they had enough opportunity to bring their daughters back into the business and start building a sustainable future for their operation.
Jennie Schmidt brings a vital view to food production and consumption.
Have you stopped to think what’s next for your operation?
The age of marijuana farming in the U.S. has arrived, although most farmers are caught on the sidelines. As individual state cultivation barriers topple at a dizzying pace, U.S. agriculture’s billion-dollar dance with marijuana has begun and there will be no strike of the clock at midnight.
Row-crop operations are taking acres out of production to add poultry barns
Is it time to test-drive a niche crop? There’s risk, but the rewards could be high. Don’t be afraid to try something new, but don’t let the excitement of a new possibility make you lose sight of your bottom line.
Green beans are harvested in June and can be double cropped to green beans again or to soybeans. For Turner, it’s a $100 per acre minimum benefit over corn or soybeans.
Advocates: Hemp could again dominate Pennsylvania fields
The 60 second advertisement will highlight the 6 for 6-Pack program that means every 6-pack of beer purchased helps transition six square feet of farmland to organic production.
The Corteva Agriscience unit is reviewing its portfolio of seeds and pesticides. The company may sell some “tangential” crop seeds to focus on core products.