At times, it can feel like so much is changing at once. That could be factors from outside of our farm operation changing rapidly – or factors inside our operation – or most likely, both at the same time.

It’s also true that most people don’t really like change all that much! At the least, most will find they feel some sort of uncertainty, discomfort, or even anxiety around change.

Level change

The level of those feelings can vary greatly and depend partly on the size and degree of implication of the change. For example, making a change to something in your operation that simply doesn’t impact very much probably won’t cause a whole lot of difficulty for you and others in the operation.

But think about a major change. It could be something like switching a major vendor or supplier – to something as big as transitioning ownership and leadership of the operation to the next generation. These changes have an impact and implications that are far-reaching, from multiple people up to everyone in the operation.

Three tips

When there’s a major change happening on the farm, it’s helpful for leaders to be very intentional about a couple things. This can help reduce the uncertainty or anxiety that people feel about the change or changes.

Market changes

The markets sure do seem to move quickly these days, don’t they? Yet grain marketing is one of the top business drivers impacting the level of success that the farm operation can experience.

Farmers have found that working with our market advisors has helped ease their minds. The advisors help farmer clients with planning and execution around marketing decisions and help keep them up to speed on the current rapidly-changing grain market situation – and how it impacts their operation.

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