Management
Think truffles are an agricultural sideshow? A billion dollars in demand says otherwise.
Guesswork and irrigation are long-time farming partners, but it can be a happy-in-hell marriage. When to turn on the spigot? How much water to deliver? Every farm soaks and dries in isolation because one field’s irrigation recipe is another’s death sentence.
Hell or high water, producers are often forced to chase markets. However, solid data stacked over multiple years shows the peaks and troughs of a consistent crop rotation system.
South Dakota farm boy Scott Anderson brought his Wall Street experience back to the family farm and used it to develop the Cash Cow Farmer program, which he designed for simplicity and utility.
Now that warm weather has arrived, everyone will start to focus on all the chores that have to be done to “gear” up for the upcoming season, including fly control.
Farm Journal’s new columnist, Moe Russell, explains how to prepare your business for tough times.
Congratulations to Donny DeLine, a farmer from Charleston, Mo.
When timing is everything, a contingency plan will keep you on track.