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Feb

Balancing Off-Farm Employment When Starting an Operation

February 04, 2020

By: Bill Zweigbaum

Many producers utilize off-farm jobs to generate additional income and procure benefits such as health insurance and retirement funding. This raises the question, particularly for smaller farms, of how to balance off-farm employment while maintaining a successful operation at home. When deciding whether you can (or should) manage an off-farm job, here’s some things to consider.

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Posted In: Business Tips and Tools

Tags: FarmStart, GenerationNext, business management, business planning, consulting, farm business, farm management, productivity, profitability, time management, young & beginning farmers
9
Oct

Big Data and Business Networks

October 09, 2018

By: Chris Laughton

A number of companies are emerging in the area of big data, offering various services such as data, the ability to buy inputs online, expanded crop marketing options and other information. But this comes at a time of great discussion and controversy regarding data; how it will be collected, privacy concerns, who owns the data and how it will be used?

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Posted In: Innovation and Emerging Markets

Tags: ag outlook, business management, collaboration, communication, input costs, market access, profitability
31
Jul

The Three-legged Stool of Solar Leasing

July 31, 2018

By: Mike Fleming

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.

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Posted In: Farm Credit

Tags: capacity, collaboration, consulting, cost control, cost of production, energy policy, financing, grants, lease, profitability, solar energy, solar power
10
Jul

Knowing Your Cost of Production Can Help with Sound Management Decisions

July 10, 2018

By: Chris Laughton

In any business, including natural resource-based enterprises like farming, fishing and forestry, knowing your costs has always been important. But in today’s world of tight margins, it is imperative. Knowing, and managing, your cost of production is essential to running a profitable operation.

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Posted In: Business Tips and Tools

Tags: ag expenses, business management, cash accounting, cash flow statement, cash flow, cash management, efficiency, employee management, farm business, farm expenses, financing, fixed costs, labor, milk, profitability, variable costs