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During the Summit, Top Producer will recognize remarkable farmers who have taken risks, built thriving businesses and given back to their communities.
Adopt a lean-and-mean business mentality.
Strategic planning builds an innovative and sustainable position for your farm.
For 13 straight months, the rural economy has posted healthy and consistent growth.
Increasing demand and economic recovery create stable outlook.
What trends will shape the next year or five? Watch these areas.
After growing up in a small town in northeast Michigan, spending time in Bosnia and earning a degree in economics from Iowa State University, Kauffman started his career with the Federal Reserve.
For 14 straight months, the rural economy has posted healthy and consistent growth.
The global economy is facing numerous headwinds and tailwinds. Many of the forces at play will impact your farm.
For 15 straight months, the rural economy has posted healthy and consistent growth.
The dramatic development of the U.S. renewable diesel industry is similar to how ethanol changed the U.S. corn industry. But it could be more even disruptive.
There may never be a more important time to focus on the relationships with your employees.
All eyes will be on USDA’s planting numbers on Thursday, March 31. Will acres swing hard to corn, soybeans or be split down the middle?
For the first time since September 2020, the rural economy is showing signs of weakness.
Trouble continues in the rural economy. Rural bankers point to the issues causing uncertainty ahead.
For a fifth straight month, the rural economy has posted signs of trouble. That’s according to the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) from Creighton University.
For the sixth time in the past seven months, the rural economy has posted signs of weakness. That’s according to the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) from Creighton University.
For a sixth consecutive month, the rural economy has posted signs of weakness. That’s according to the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) from Creighton University.
Since 2020, AgVend has seen 300% year-over-year growth with over 60 ag retailers and wholesalers leveraging AgVend technology to enhance the way they go to market.
In just a few years the farm financial pendulum swung from shaky to stable, according to the 2022 Agricultural Lender Survey report by the American Bankers Association and Farmer Mac.
“You can begin at any point in the year, but the power of this is that by improving yourself first, others follow,” says Mark Faust, president of Echelon Management.
The rural economy seems to be set on cruise in neutral gear. That’s according to the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) from Creighton University.
In farming and in life, success can be defined in endless ways. Five farmers share their perspective.
Follow this strategy to reduce turnover and increase morale on your farm team.
Rich Redmond has created a no-nonsense system to supercharge your personal and professional life, whether you are a farmer or the drummer for Jason Aldean.
Scale tickets from elevators could soon be a document of the past. In the future, your grain could have all its characteristics filed digitally and accessed via a QR code as it moves through the supply chain.
The judge ruled based on the dialogue that the deal was “at least verbally struck.” The judge directed the Canadian farmer to pay the grain elevator $82,000 plus interest and costs for failing to deliver the flax.
The Scoop did an online poll of its ag retail audience in June. Via almost 100 responses, ag retailers said their No. 1 challenge was the following...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Beijing meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, in an effort to ease tensions between the two nations amidst months of escalating negative rhetoric.
Farmward has 11 locations and 1,610 farmer members in southwest and west central Minnesota. New Vision has 19 locations and 2,200 member-owners in southwest Minnesota, northwest Iowa, and eastern South Dakota.