Management
Leading financial experts underscore the importance of farmers understanding the do’s and don’ts of a Line of Credit that will help producers during the downside of the rollercoaster markets they have gotten to know.
Knowing your cost of production allows you to make changes — you can’t improve what you don’t measure.
If your available labor pool seems to be getting more shallow, Rachel Beardsley, partner at Fragomen, an immigration law firm, says ag business managers can think more creatively.
“It’s likely managing a slimmer margin in production agriculture will be closer to the 1980s than the 2010s.”
Collaborative farming arrangements cut costs and create synergies
This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Dave Nelson of Nelson Family Farms based in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Nelson is also co-owner of Ag Solutions Group.
This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Roric Paulman of Paulman Farms based in Sutherland, Neb., which is in the heart of the Ogallala aquifer and the southwest portion of the state.
This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Dick Wittman and Cori Wittman Stitt. This father-daughter duo farm Lapwai, Idaho.
For 2020, total farm lending was $98.6 billion, a slight decrease from 2019.
How do you set your farm on a profitable and exciting trajectory? Surround yourself with smart people, and then give and take.
Idaho operation builds niche business to complement core crops.
Learn her career path, how she synthesizes data and her best leadership lessons.
The poet Ovid said, “Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” This quote perfectly encompasses a key in business success: small habits done repeatedly truly do add up.
Whether you’re 35 or 65, things happen. Don’t risk the future of your farm by putting off your succession plan. Get started, make a plan and put it into action.
To boost employee retention, farms need leaders who can effectively inspire and guide others. The job often requires its leaders to possess a handful of characteristics not necessarily used on other areas of the farm.
There are three areas producers need to focus on to earn the title of “good farm manager,” according to Purdue University researchers.
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.
“If you do not run your day, your day will run you,” says Mary Kelly, CEO of Productive Leaders and a 20-year veteran of the Navy.
Having another financing option can make all the difference when the right opportunity comes your way.
Officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are ruling trans fats as unsafe in food because they are linked to increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.
USDA counts 12.5 billion bushels of capacity on U.S. farms, which is 900 million more than just four years ago.
Over 1,250 poll responses reveal the least favorite job you had as a kid likely centered around weeds and rocks.
Choosing the best time to update equipment and managing costs at the same time can cause heartburn. As you manage through these decisions, there are three major areas of consideration.
In operation since 1943, Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student managed AG 450 Farm demonstrates what it takes to run a 600 acre farm.
Farmers’ questions answered about the carbon market and how it works.
Modern business deals have made contracts more dynamic and complex than ever before.
Giles Shell’s hemp venture is paying dividends for his farm in Garrard County, and he hopes the entire state of Kentucky.
Edward Poitevent is at the mercy of an invisible frog. He has lost private property rights on 1,500 acres to a frog species that will never live on his land and doesn’t live in his state. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is shackled to a litany of odd cases, but Poitevent’s battle with a $34-million frog may rank as the most bizarre of the lot.
John Duarte’s five-year legal nightmare ended Aug. 15, with over $1 million in total penalties. Duarte couldn’t evade the iron hand of the Clean Water Act.
Hair-raising accounts of snakebites are a painful reminder that farmland is often a haven for venomous snakes.