We all know the importance of reviewing your business’s tax position in “good times,” but what about the “bad times?” Managing your taxes is a critically important piece of the financial planning process in any given year.
A solar array can help to supplement or replace the on-farm use of electricity. Consider these three components in your plan, and you may be in the market to invest in solar.
The weather is probably the most important reason for price volatility in any given year. However, lots of other factors can also play a role. Dr. Patrick Westhoff, Director of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri-Columbia, discusses grain supply and demand factors in this 2018 outlook.
Many dairy producers are facing challenges in the current economic environment. The USDA Farm Service Agency has reopened the signup period for the Dairy Margin Protection Program, under changes to the program made by Congress in February. Farm Credit East and the Program on Dairy Markets and Policy recently hosted a webinar covering this signup reopening and “MPP 2.0.”
