In addition to planting soybeans early and applying fungicide, Dan Vogel puts on the appropriate amount of nutrients for the given year, instead of trying to bank nutrients or apply a two-year spread.
If you have a long-term plan that includes goals for your business, and if making cash sales helps to advance your business toward reaching those goals, cash sales should be a celebration.
“No matter what your opinion is about climate smart farming or the government initiatives and industry incentives out there, they are potentially an avenue to square up some revenue income,” says Ken Ferrie.
Now is the time to evaluate your land goals, decide what physical assets will bring value to your business and invest in what you personally value to live a purpose-driven life.
Feeling the weight of a down market isn’t lost on Jeff Havens. As an entrepreneur, his entire business disappeared in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. He had to reinvent himself and his business.
All substance and no flash might best describe the fertilizer strategy Wisconsin farmer Clark Riemer is banking on to fuel his 2025 corn crop.
The disconnect between what makes equipment more expensive (labor, steel, energy, computer chips, etc.) and what drives farm income (commodity prices) will continue to drive the machinery costs versus value discussion.
The hard-learned lessons of thin margins and financial potholes are worth heeding. Skip Klinefelter has absorbed years of uninvited turbulence and kept moving forward. He offers six tips for surviving tough times.
Improvements in fertilizer trading may be on the horizon.
Updating your office technology to bridge the divide between data and decisions could be a game changer.