Farm Business Planning

Aerial farm view

Want to bring something new to your farm?Want to bring something new to your farm?

Finance First: Create a process to look at alignment, trade-offs.

byDarren Frye, CEO

Aug 5, 2024

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1 Min Read

Pictured from left: Cora Miller, Jill and Wade Miller, Weston Miller, and Cheryl and Rex Clements

Farm succession not one-size-fits-all Farm succession not one-size-fits-all

byAllison Lynch

Aug 5, 2024

1 Min Read

Presence of wetlands affects land values Presence of wetlands affects land values

Aug 2, 2024

1 Min Read

Pictured from left: Wade Miller and Rex Clements

Farm Operations

Push farm business decisions to next generation Push farm business decisions to next generation

byAllison Lynch

Aug 2, 2024

7 Slides

Ames Municipal Airport sign on building

Farm Progress Show

What to know about flying to the Farm Progress Show What to know about flying to the Farm Progress Show

Aug 1, 2024

1 Min Read

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Qualified personal residence trusts Qualified personal residence trusts

byMark Balzarini

Jul 31, 2024

1 Min Read

Farmer kneeling in field at sunset looking at tablet

Achieve farm goals with growth mindset

Achieve farm goals with growth mindset

byDarren Frye, CEO

Cyber security

Cyber gangs test your internet fences

Cyber gangs test your internet fences

byPam Caraway, Farm Futures executive editor

Drone flying over tasseled corn

Farm Business Planning

Ag tools, not just data, at risk for attack

Ag tools, not just data, at risk for attack

byPam Caraway, Farm Futures executive editor

Hands holding soil and money

Farm Business Planning

Retire from the farm: Invest in diverse accounts now

Retire from the farm: Invest in diverse accounts now

byCurt Ferguson

closeup of man's hands signing contract

Farm Business Planning

Is your farmland lease properly recorded?

Is your farmland lease properly recorded?

byWill McKinley

Farmer and business person shaking hands

Choose the right advisory team for your farm

Choose the right advisory team for your farm

byJesse McCurry

Farm family in front of machinery

Farm Business Planning

Farmers: You can fund your retirement

Farmers: You can fund your retirement

byPam Caraway, Farm Futures executive editor

Father and son with corn in background

What will be your farm’s legacy?

What will be your farm’s legacy?

byDarren Frye, CEO

A farmers' hands on a record book

Know your numbers? Profitable farmers do

Know your numbers? Profitable farmers do

byHolly Spangler, Prairie Farmer Senior Editor

Farmer resting on a fencepost

byMike Downey, Farm business consultant

Two men having a discussion near farm equipment

Farm Business Planning

What is in a mission statement?

What is in a mission statement?

byMichael Langemeier, Allison Lynch

Silhouette of harvest equipment in field

Legal issues analysis: 5 ways to protect your farm and family from accident or illness

Legal issues analysis: 5 ways to protect your farm and family from accident or illness

byErin Herbold-Swalwell

Kansas land sales

Farm Business Planning

Kansas land auctions were slow through July

Kansas land auctions were slow through July

byJennifer M. Latzke, Editor

Grain Bins

Farm Business Planning

Farmer FOMO: Behavior impacts grain sales potential

Farmer FOMO: Behavior impacts grain sales potential

byRaney Rapp, Senior Writer

Dairy cows in a pasture

Farm Business Planning

Estate planning crucial to guide farm into future

Estate planning crucial to guide farm into future

Soybean field with silos in the background

Farm Business Planning

3 reasons why farmland values are holding steady

3 reasons why farmland values are holding steady

Minnesota land sales

Farm Business Planning

Growing season impacts sales

Growing season impacts sales

wide view of field

Conservation & Sustainability

High-water mark in conservation funding

High-water mark in conservation funding

Person calculating finances

Run the numbers before making farm decisions

Run the numbers before making farm decisions

byDarren Frye, CEO

A farm with depbris from a storm

Farm Business Planning

Are you covered when disaster strikes?

Are you covered when disaster strikes?

byAllison Lynch, Indiana Prairie Farmer Senior Editor

An iPhone screen with a text message using emoticons

Don’t be sloppy with contracts

Don’t be sloppy with contracts

byAllison Lynch, Indiana Prairie Farmer Senior Editor

Page reading "REVOCABLE TRUST" and top of fountain pen

Trust amendments may be in order

Trust amendments may be in order

byMark Balzarini

A young woman working on farm equipment

Farm Business Planning

Should my child skip college to farm?

Should my child skip college to farm?

three women

Friends turn cheesy idea into business

Friends turn cheesy idea into business

Six adults, two boys in Flickner family stand in group

Farm Business Planning

Family uses off-farm experience to innovate on the land

Family uses off-farm experience to innovate on the land

A cornfield with rolled leaves

Does your estate plan need some ‘rain’?

Does your estate plan need some ‘rain’?

byCurt Ferguson

Father farmer hugging his adult son and watching the sunset over the field together.

Gain perspective on farm changes

Gain perspective on farm changes

byDarren Frye, CEO

Group of previous participants at Iowa Women in Ag conferences in large greenhouse.

2024 Iowa Women in Agriculture Conference set for Aug. 1

2024 Iowa Women in Agriculture Conference set for Aug. 1

hemp plant on sunny day

Cannabis in Minnesota slow to germinate

Cannabis in Minnesota slow to germinate

byKevin Schulz, Editor

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