Plan: Coping with farm-related stress
If guilt, anxiety and helplessness feel normal this season, recognize you are not alone and consider taking some steps to cope with the stress in your life.
Back to the future: Like it or not, strange foods are here to stay
We have so many more foods to choose from today. There are even new animal foods coming into the marketplace that once would have been considered fictional.
Income tax changes affect farmers
Check out this a brief overview of changes farmers will want to have on their radar before the upcoming tax season.
Surviving the dairy farm crisis
Farm financial survival relies upon good management, including successful production and financial planning.
Family opens farm to Luke Bryan and 15,000 others for concert
Ayars Family Farm invited over 15,000 visitors for the Luke Bryan Farm Aid concert back in September.
Are your employees on your balance sheet, and how so?
We often look at employee costs as a way to trim expenses, but good employees are what really make a positive bottom line possible.
Paying for the privilege of milking cows
More cows and more milk in domestic and foreign markets, as well as a relatively strong dollar and uncertain policy, have wreaked havoc on milk markets.
Manage your working capital in an economic downturn
Until markets improve, farmers should be aware of their financial situation, work with their lender and use financial analysis tools to make decisions.
Don’t ignore your dry cows
Attention to dry cow management results in healthier cows, and the potential for increased production and economic gain.
All farmers should be on high alert
After reading last week's Dairy Excel, David Marrison believes the advice offered goes for all farmers and crop farmers need to be on high alert too.
