To farming. I’ve mentioned it many times on this blog, but it’s key that you enjoy what you do as a farmer – that you’re passionate about it. Sure, there might be some areas or aspects of running a farm operation that you might not be quite as passionate about. It’s usually best to focus primarily within your top areas of strength and passion – where you really shine as a farm leader – and you often can hand off or outsource some of the other aspects you’re not as passionate about. That can help you keep that passion for farming burning – while not getting “burnt out” from having to spend a lot of time on areas you just aren’t passionate about. Consider how you can recommit to farming and your farming career in 2022. How can you plan to keep your passion for farming going without getting burnt out?

To those on your farm. Whether it’s the family members you farm with, your employees, or a mix of both, the people on the farm are enormous factors when it comes to the level of success the operation can achieve. An engaged team of people with a shared mission and vision can move mountains – while the opposite can lead to lots of dysfunction (that you don’t want to have to deal with)! Think about how you can make a recommitment to the people in your operation – those you lead and work with every day. How can you foster that shared mission and vision – and show each team member how their specific work contributes to those goals?

To your goals. Speaking of goals, once you have your business, financial and marketing plans for 2022 ironed out in terms of the “how,” now it’s time to make a serious commitment to achieving them. Maybe some of the goals seem lofty – but they can be brought down to earth through specific action plans that you work at each day. The action you take toward each big goal might seem small at first, but the key is to keep taking the right actions in your plan. You’ll make progress and create momentum that you can build upon. Sometimes the hardest step is the first one – but it’s the most important one to take!