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Editor’s Note: We’re making the connection

By Tom Button November 8, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Finally we’re actually moving into an agriculture that knows exactly how to integrate business management for better, more profitable decisions in the field. I know that many of you have been following our series of financial management columns written by the faculty and teachers at AgriFood Management Excellence, the group that offers the advanced CTEAM […] Read more

Crops, Guide Business

Five big ideas to help take your farm in the right direction

It's time to be a game changer. Choose the right business priorities and make your move

By Maggie Van Camp May 12, 2015

Reading Time: 11 minutes The year is at half-time, and you’re the coach. Most of the crop is in the ground, the spring rush is coming to an end, the team is winded. It’s a time when you can make a difference. You can be in charge; you can draw up new plays, analyze your strategy and motivate your […] Read more

Management

Would your farm business benefit from an advisory board?

By Larry Martin, Terry Betker February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes A number of farm businesses have already appointed or are considering either a board of directors or an advisory board to help them define and execute on their strategy. In this article, several considerations in developing an advisory board are addressed. How does it differ from a board of directors? Why have one? How do […] Read more

Management

Strategy: The foundation of your farm

AME Management: “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.”

By Larry Martin January 15, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Many businesses, in farming and elsewhere, have no formal plan. Some are happy with the result, many are not. But many discover that developing a strategic plan and carefully implementing it has two effects. First is that it helps identify the desired outcome (where you’re going, your vision for the future). Second, it identifies the […] Read more

Opinion

Editor’s Desk: Our farm advisers can do better

Many farmers are frustrated by the conflicting advice they get from different channels

By Tom Button October 21, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s no question that much of the progress that farmers have made in the past five years has come from the quality of advice they have received. It’s impossible to weave an accurate statistical story of the progress agriculture has made since the bull market began in 2007, but I’m convinced that most farmers have […] Read more

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Tag Archives farm business

Editor’s Note: We’re making the connection

Five big ideas to help take your farm in the right direction

Would your farm business benefit from an advisory board?

Strategy: The foundation of your farm

Editor’s Desk: Our farm advisers can do better

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