It doesn’t matter how old we are. Mentors are valuable at all stages of life. All too often we fail to make the first move to ask because we let our doubts have more power than they deserve in our lives.
If both parties can come together – a farm seeker and a person that’s trying to get out of business – they can create a plan for the next generation.
Strong succession is driven by leaders who are willing to plan boldly, act decisively and invest in their next generation. Your family and your operation are counting on you.
Eight livestock producers reflect on some of the greatest lessons they’ve learned in life.
“We must ensure that we make a way for young and beginning farmers to fill our boots,” said Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Aaron Blackmon, a North Carolina extension agent and first-generation farmer, discovered his passion through mentorship and now carries on a farm’s legacy with dedication.
What’s the long-term difference between starting a retirement plan at age 20 versus 40? Farm CPA Paul Neiffer crunches the numbers.
Growing up as the sixth generation on the Maschhoff’s family farm, Josh Maschhoff opens up about the next-generation transitions and challenges in pork production.
Top of the list: Reforming the FSA loan program, regulatory action to disincentivize federal funding for solar panels on productive farmland and expanding permitting of unused or underused federal land for long-term leases.
Oftentimes the best thing we can do is take the time to listen. People don’t need your advice; they need your attention.
By including pork products in their meal and snack choices, college students can more easily and economically add protein to their diet.
Winners will receive a $2,500 scholarship and an all-expenses paid trip to NPPC’s Fall Legislative Action Conference in Washington, D.C.
What is Minnesota Pork doing to grow the next generation of leaders in the pork industry?
Attorney Robert Moore shares tips regarding long-term care and strategies to make sure farmers and ranchers don’t lose the farm when faced with associated costs.
No matter the succession strategy, all producers have one similar goal: minimize or eliminate estate tax burden.
Entrants are judged on entrepreneurial originality, financial and business progress and industry or community leadership.
The retail meat industry sold 500 million more packages in 2024 than they did in 2023. Of that 500 million-package growth, 62% was driven by millennials.
Meat industry entrepreneur and innovator Doug Hankes of Western Smokehouse Partners says calculated risks changed the trajectory of his life and family business.
For Lance Dunbar, there are many similarities between his career as director of production for Professional Swine Management and his role as a firefighter. It all comes down to doing the right thing even when it’s hard.
When we come together as a company and as a community, we can create positive change that reaches far beyond ourselves.
Carolyn Lee is evaluating a novel nanoparticle-based African swine fever virus vaccine platform in a biosafety level 3 facility equipped to safely work with the virus in containment.
Isabel Rodriguez is studying boar fertility and the steps leading up to fertilization through the technique of in vitro fertilization.
Here’s a look at some familiar faces in the pork industry who credit FFA with helping them find their way into the pork industry and how it changed their lives.
Seth Mitchell will fill the vacancy created by retiring Al Juhnke.
There’s just something about the way love sparks in a pig barn. For the Archers and the Sidwells, this proved to be the perfect place for authenticity, trust and friendship to explode into a love that has stood the test of time.
The swine barn at the Iowa State Fairgrounds is the site where many pork love stories have begun. For the Bakkers, it was even the site of their honeymoon.
Here’s why the leader of one of the most active state pork organizations in the country believes strongly in the power of communication.
Some days are harder than others, especially when your livelihood depends on factors outside of your control. But the good days remind Zach and Katlyn Cain why they do what they do. Here’s the first in our #porklovestories series.
What keeps a family farming operation going strong for more than 100 years?
At just 11 years old, Reed Marcum had an idea for a project: Collect toys and give them to children in his community. Eight years later, the toy drive has given away more than 64,000 toys at an annual event people wait in line for hours to attend.