Risk Management
The influence of one ag retailer propels multiple farms’ success, and the opportunity is further highlighted with this season’s growing challenges.
Farmers routinely handle high-dollar transactions — and the nature of the payments, often through unsecure methods, leaves them susceptible to foul play.
The vertical farming bubble is popping, and investors are taking dollars off the table for fake meat.
Researchers found a significant relationship between capital costs and farmer-held inventory.
What would you do if employees left and took your customer base with them? Take your pick of 25 strategies to avoid it.
If Congress doesn’t pass stopgap funding, crop production and progress reports will probably stall. That won’t bode well for markets. “Usually it means that we’ve got some selling pressure ahead,” says one analyst.
As extreme weather events affect the profitability of agriculture, here are four areas to bring focus to the ripple effect.
“If I were picking both from a financial and an emotional perspective, the next place I could put a dollar, I still would favor farmland pretty highly,” Bruce Sherrick says.
Idaho operation builds niche business to complement core crops.
Despite the positive sentiment, local community bankers report concerns about lower commodity prices, the ‘big bank mess’ and another potential rate hike in June by the Fed.
“A commitment to additional financial resources for the farm bill will help to transition our farm and food supplies away from ad hoc support,” the Committee members said in a letter.
If you want to disrupt a government, disrupt the food supply. “Ag is critical infrastructure,” says Andrew Rose, strategic advisor. “Three weeks without food and agriculture, and it’s over.”
Let’s bust through some outdated ways of thinking about farming today.
USDA Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday announced that the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments will begin being issued next week.
Because agriculture businesses are considered essential, the show must go on. As work continues, you need to make sure you keep yourself, your family and your employees safe.
15% of U.S. Corn Growers Reported Moderate to Severe Rootworm Infestations This Year.
Brett Bruggeman joins The Scoop podcast to talk about the company’s performance warranty, financing programs, decision ag tools, and supply chain initiatives.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates corn will hit the $4.26 Effective Reference Price for 2025 to 2027 crops.
The hard-learned lessons of thin margins and financial potholes are worth heeding. Skip Klinefelter has absorbed years of uninvited turbulence and kept moving forward. He offers six tips for surviving tough times.
“No matter what your opinion is about climate smart farming or the government initiatives and industry incentives out there, they are potentially an avenue to square up some revenue income,” says Ken Ferrie.
Farm CPA Paul Neiffer digs into the details of what the Farm Assistance and Revenue Mitigation Act means for farmers, as well as how they can estimate their payments.