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Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 69,000 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $9.75, down $2.22 per head from last week.

California Proposition 12 creates significant challenges and market uncertainty for pig farmers across the country and has far-reaching implications beyond the pork industry, NPPC notes in its latest economic update.

Look at the decision makers and leaders on your farm. Are they all around the same age? Do they all have the same experience level?

This business practice reduces employee expenses and optimizes asset needs.

Warren Buffett has been the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway since 1970. He is routinely asked for his advice by students and others in the business. Here are a few of his tips.

How can you be ready, willing and able to lead your farm into the future? Start by developing a decision-making process.

You’ve taught your kids how to drive tractors, herd cattle and identify weeds. But have you passed on your money and management skills?

“Regardless of whether your particular packer is sending their pork to this market or to that market, a rising tide raises all ships,” says Dave Reinecker, a Pennsylvania producer. Here’s why.

It’s time. You need to finally make your farm’s succession plan a priority. As you take a first or second or 20th step in the process, shoot to avoid some common landmines.

“Producers looking to adopt precision ag technologies need network connectivity that extends far past their residences. They need to be able to make real-time decisions that increase yields,” says Sen. Fischer (R-Neb.).