Farm Business - General
The case earned increased attention as more and more business, including in agriculture, is conducted digitally.
From start to finish, each seven-to-10-year economic cycle is normal, but opportunity knocks with understanding and planning.
With 30 tax provisions set to expire at the end of 2025, four experts explain how and when you could be affected.
We caught up with The Fertilizer Institute’s 2024 4R Advocates as they reflect on 2024, share their sustainability wins and describe how 2025 could look different.
This comes after weeks of campaigning for the cooperative to consider a resubmitted offer for purchase by The Arthur Companies, which resulted in CHS increasing its original offer by $25 million.
Rotor Technologies will begin shipping its autonomous application helicopters next year. Sprayhawk features a 110-gal. tank and can cover 240 acres per hour.
For agribusiness accounts, this new feature gives an efficient way to bring an entire customer base into digital payments.
In the third quarter, farm income and loan repayment rates weakened.
Here are the most common types of culture in a business and the red flags to look for in yours.
A trifecta of high input prices, high interest rates, and depressed crop prices have Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) bringing focus to the economic stress for farmers.
“The agricultural economy is inherently cyclical, and ag lenders are navigating the changing conditions across the sectors they serve,” said Jackson Takach, chief economist of Farmer Mac.
Exit planning is more than just preparing to walk away from the business.
Attributing his strong work ethic and leadership skills to his farming background, Jeff Rowe, who took the reins as CEO of Syngenta Group earlier this year, values the deep connection it fosters with customers and employees.
The shift to climate-smart farming emphasizes low-carbon crop yields for biofuels, with 45Z tax credits starting Jan. 1, 2025. Farmers should consider profitable changes while documenting their existing sustainable practices.
To kick off National Pork Month, Jennifer Shike joins the Unscripted podcast to share about the state of the pork industry, including the impact of Hurricane Helene on North Carolina producers.
What was once known as FBN Insurance will now be known as Momentum Ag and part of Patriot Growth Services.
“One of the principles of a cooperative is to collaborate with like-minded organizations,” said Jason Weirich, executive vice president of operations at MFA Incorporated.
The report shares markets are at a crossroads—prices could move in either direction.
Effective Jan. 1, 2024, Jeff Rowe will be CEO of Syngenta Group.
A Bushel online survey found a correlation between marketing satisfaction and understanding and use of cost of production data.
“What we’ve learned from the farmers we can’t measure– it’s the most important thing for us in designing this robot,” Ben Johnson says.
Jamie Lawhorne took a grow-for-the-green scam and turned it into one of the most outlandish swindles in farming history.
Technology doesn’t need to automatically be the first thing on the chopping block.
Every business has a culture, as does every family. While it’s hard to define, culture exists, and it is felt by everyone even though it’s not physically seen.
Vice President Kamala Harris recently floated this policy to crack down on price gouging, but looking back on a similar plan from the Nixon administration shows not everything needs a second chance.
The number of total cases this year is also less than the 5- and 10-year averages.
People become close as a team when they work together on something hard. It helps to find opportunities for them to have ownership and solve things together, Runkel says.
There is uncertainty about the Farm Bill’s progress due to potential changes in the political landscape. One thing is certain: farmers need a new Farm Bill.
These family-owned operations are taking control of their futures, one grain at a time
Flory and his AgriTalk co-host, Davis Michaelsen, joined Clinton Griffiths on the podcast, which offers a candid, behind-the-scenes review of the week’s stories that Farm Journal journalists are covering or following.