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Aug

Finding Opportunities In Your Ag Retail Businesses Amidst Inflation

August 02, 2022

By: Farm Credit East Knowledge Exchange

Farm Credit East business consultants give their top tips for managing your ag retail businesses in this inflationary environment in today's blog, Finding Opportunities in your Ag Retail Businesses amidst Inflation.

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Posted In: Business Tips and Tools

Tags: ag retail, ag outlook, business planning, consulting, profitability
12
Apr

The Lobster Industry in 2022

April 12, 2022

In today's blog, Melissa Waterman, Maine Lobstermen's Association, gives a recap of the lobster industry in 2021, as well as an outlook for 2022. This paper, along with more highlighting other industry outlooks in the Northeast, can be found in Northeast Agriculture: 2022 Insights & Perspectives.

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Posted In: Ag Economy

Tags: ag outlook, aquatic, business planning, commercial fishing, cost of production, economy, environmental regulation, profitability
4
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