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“Most farms don’t have the time, capabilities, perspectives, resources or desire to do all the tasks it takes to run an operation,” says Steve Kluemper, AgriStrategies LLC founder. “A lot of growers hire to fill gaps.”

In your will or trust documents, you name a power of appointment. This means you grant power to an individual to name recipients of all or a portion of your money and property in the future.

How do you set your farm on a profitable and exciting trajectory? Surround yourself with smart people, and then give and take.

“You can begin at any point in the year, but the power of this is that by improving yourself first, others follow,” says Mark Faust, president of Echelon Management.

The first step to winning the war for workers is to keep your star employees happy. Here’s how three farmers retain and attract employees.

Instead of writing down these big audacious goals, Jon Acuff, an entrepreneur, speaker and best-selling author, has better advice: Set micro goals.

The Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center, formerly the swine barn and public safety center, unveiled the new World-Class Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion and plans for its future use on Thursday.

Could agriculture face a Southwest-type meltdown?

The rural economy seems to be set on cruise in neutral gear. That’s according to the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) from Creighton University.