Farm Business - General
When it comes to standard operating procedures (SOPs), farm businesses should never improvise. Guesswork takes time and creates risk, both of which rob productivity and decrease safety onsite.
Despite precision agriculture getting its start decades ago, the majority farmers aren’t fully using their farm data today. Just as technology has transformed agriculture, harvesting data could do the same.
In August 2020, the Midwest saw a storm like never before. The derecho uprooted lives, devastated crops and exposed weaknesses in many farm structures, namely grain bins.
Having a solid financial plan for the future of your family and your farm is not a new idea. However, understanding all the elements of a long-term farm plan and knowing how to start can be challenging.
Phillip Tomlinson’s farm is everything—and nothing: “I do everything I can to take risk off the table...but I’m driven by an eternal perspective, otherwise my life was only as good as my farm or last crop.”
U.S. inflation rose 5.4% in June, marking the highest annual rate since 2008. However, some good news may be on the horizon as a survey shows economists expect inflation is to ease off historic highs later this year.
Fire risk is a huge danger for many farms, but it is never too early to prepare. Learn basic prevention techniques to minimize your chances of being impacted by wildfires.
Winter weather might be fun for the kids, but for farmers it can be the exact opposite. Learn what you can do to plan ahead for the dangers of winter weather on the farm.
The shipping snafus are gaining steam, as congestion along one major rail system now causing shippers to halt the hauling of ocean shipping containers from the West Cost. That’s as ocean freight costs jumped 333%.
Machinery fires are no fun for farmers. Learn how to keep your machinery cool this summer.