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The 2020 FamilyFarms Group Winter Conference, with the theme “Rooted in Success: Building a Strong Foundation,” was held in Chesterfield, Mi..

Having a pre-season/pre-planning meeting and training session for your farm will help set you up for a successful harvest. In part two of ou..

What do Farm Operations and Major League Baseball Teams have in common? Or perhaps I should ask, what SHOULD they have in common? SPRING TRA..

The U.S. Unemployment Rate fell to its lowest level in 50 years, at a current rate of 3.5% in January 2020. According to the U.S. Bureau of ..

You wouldn’t leave your wallet, driver’s license and passport lying on the table in a restaurant and walk away. Instead, you keep those item..

2019 has been a year of challenges and unpredictability. At harvest time, processors and merchandisers will be scrambling to secure the qual..

Being an effective manager requires a big picture view of your business. In other words, you must manage your entire farm, not just one area..

“Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weak..

  Getting the best price for your grain takes careful planning and research. With the right information and a proactive approach to marketin..

Thanks to AGI SureTrack for sharing the valuable information in this article with our readers. AGI SureTrack provides technology that helps ..

How can your farm survive the tough ag economy? As our agriculture economy continues to struggle and the commodity markets have yet to rebou..

“Get better before you get bigger.” When I shared this crucial advice in a previous blog following my transition into the role of CEO at Fam..

Times are getting tougher in the ag economy. Weather risks, price fluctuations, local and regional challenges, rising equipment and input co..

Combine fires cause more than $20 million in property damage each year and put the health and safety of farm workers at risk. Marty Huseman ..

The Gift That Keeps On Giving Obviously, the buzz words in the grain belt this year are “prevented planting” (PP). However, the weather chal..

One of my all-time favorite rules of thumb is, “Get better before you get bigger.” Once farms build a strong foundation, they can grow, dive..