Max Armstrong shares that in the livestock industry there can always be an emergency. Effective planning can help a farm weather these unexpected challenges. Craig Williams a dairy educator at Penn State University offers some ideas for putting together a plan. Max asks some interesting questions about how an emergency could impact your farm and how you to plan for those issues.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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