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The principles of Lean Six Sigma apply to any type of work and business, including the day-to-day operations on your farm. Let’s look at a f..

Carbon credits is the new hot topic in agriculture, and it seems like we can’t go a day without a new company throwing their name into the h..

When you consider your farming operation and where you hope to lead it, what does success look like, both short-term and in the distant futu..

We don’t like to think about accidents happening on our farms, even though we work in one of the most dangerous industries around. Thinking ..

What’s your vision for your farm’s future? What kind of leader are you? Henry Kissinger defined leadership as “the ability to take people fr..

As farming operations grow and become more complex, the task of the general manager becomes more difficult. There are a myriad of details in..

Why would you need a grant of authority?

USDA recently announced the USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers. There are 3 basic parts to this announcement:  Changes and additional pa..

Farmers know it’s tough to do it all. And it’s even tougher to do it all well. On every farm, countless critical details combine into the ov..

Surely you have heard the importance of having a budget. Whether for your personal finance or your farm’s operation, consultants and adviser..

Diversity in your operation is something to consider in your efforts to reduce risks. One way to diversify is integrating a new type of crop..

This blog provides a summary of the stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump on Sunday, December 27, 2020. 

If your leases have a clause that allows them to automatically renew each year, let’s make sure you are using that clause for the right reas..

 

  Start and End Dates The program will open on September 21, 2020, and will continue through December 11, 2020.

With the ag economy already facing uncertainty prior to this year, and now navigating the COVID-19 environment, it’s more important now than..