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“The single most important tool to predict peak performance is a very well-developed job description,” Dave Mitchell says.

Mark Faust outlines a simple formula to improve profitability and create more value for you and the customer.

“We are really in a second phase of ag tech,” says Ryan Raguse, co-founder of Bushel. “We aren’t in an overly mature state—we’re still somewhere in the middle ground."

No step is too big for Top Producer finalist, PJ Haynie. Deep family roots are the foundation of his farming legacy. 

Mark Faust shares the biggest sectors where most companies could improve.

Kay credits his success to a team effort and shares his favorite part of being a farm manager is the people he works with each day.

Personal health can mirror business health. Here are seven characteristics to measure and monitor.

A well-planned framework can give a solid foundation to even wild swings in reality.

With an enterprise mindset, MKC walks with its farmer-customers.

The ARA Management Academy is January 23 - 25, 2024, at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.

Looking at the farm economy as well as lending conditions, over 260 ag lenders ranked their top 12 concerns for what institutions and producers are facing.

We asked some of our previous Top Producer of the Year awardees to share a bit about what’s happening on their farming operations — looking at both the past year and out on the horizon.

Change is in the air, and Brad Oelmann is challenging ag retailers to not hit cruise control.

Mark Faust advises to leave your work environment and find a fresh view on how to enable your own turnaround mindset.

The 2024 ARA Management Academy will be held in Tempe, Arizona from Jan. 23-25.

Brad Oelmann, president of Farrell Growth Group, shares how farmer-customers fall into three segments based on what they need from their ag retailers.

As labor shortages persist and extreme weather drives up property insurance costs, Ken Zuckerberg encourages agribusinesses to start asking the hard questions today.

Mark Faust discusses strategies business owners can use to find hidden profits and growth potential.

What if there was one tool to focus on using to achieve the best recruitment and retention?

Idaho operation builds niche business to complement core crops.

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.

Take a high-level assessment of your strengths and weaknesses.

Talent is rarer than ever. Attracting it and keeping it is your key to success. Culture is king. Go see your people, and listen one-on-one.

Farmers' questions answered about the carbon market and how it works.

Here are five tips that can help build more productive workdays

Is there something on your to-do list that keeps sinking to the bottom? To really maximize your time for those tasks, build in time for short breaks.

When you think about acing an interview, you probably picture yourself as the interviewee. However, finding quality employees is one of the biggest challenges farmers and farm mangers face.

Here are just a few of the ways COVID-19 is recasting the supply chain.

Optimism about current agricultural conditions is pushing the farmer sentiment index to all-time high. That’s according to the latest Purdue CME Ag Economy Barometer.

Dan Kowalski, vice president, Knowledge Exchange, CoBank, says since 2004 co-ops have been putting themselves in offensive positions to adapt to new customer/member demands and offer greater scale and services.

Is there something on your to-do list that keeps sinking to the bottom? To really maximize your time for those tasks, build in time for short breaks.

Whether you are managing millennials or you are a millennial leader responsible for guiding a group of employees in day-to-day operations on your farm, generational differences shouldn’t be ignored.

Your time is valuable. Want to get the most from every hour? Become a master time manager.

If the same expectations and objectives put toward R&D in innovating product are put toward strategy, then transformative breakthroughs and turnarounds should be expected.

Multiple factors already raising questions about whether corn acres can steal significant acres from soybeans in 2019.

This year, a tougher ag economy has affected payroll and benefits, decreasing employee retention and acquisition. Despite recent headwinds, these four tools can help improve your business.

Just nine of 30 agribusiness companies have followed through on a pledge to implement the Farm Bureau's 2014 "Core Principles" for transparency in the collection of farmers’ data.

Akthar Hussain of CHS Refined Fuels Marketing talks about different kinds of diesel fuels and whether the premium fuels are really worth there cost and will show you an ROI in your investment.

Are you good at knowing the different kinds of diesel fuels, for on and off road use? In today’s show I’m talking with an expert about the differences in diesel and the reason why they have been constantly changing.

During harvest, time is a valuable commodity for retailers and farmers. If your grain-truck driver can’t keep up, it might be necessary to hire more drivers.