John Phipps: Are Economics Driving the Future of Family Farms?

Use financial stress on the farm as a learning opportunity for your whole family.

AgPro Podcast: Technology Is A Game-Changer In Farm Management

Tim Cobb: "With an asset class as specific and specialized as farmland, there is no substitute for “boots on the ground” when it comes to ensuring proper care.”

Have you been putting off your farm succession plan?

At Farm Journal Legacy Conference, you'll have the chance to spend a day with the nation's leading experts in succession planning. Combined, this speaker line up has more than 100 years of experience helping farmers with the tough decisions and questions. Join them in Chicago Jan. 28 and use the time as a catalyst to start (or continue) the succession planning process.

Market Impact If Iran Conflict Intensifies with the United States

Chip Flory says the risk is if the conflict with Iran intensifies and the U.S. sees a disruption of crude oil flowing out of the Middle East.

Missouri City Sues, Alleging Dairy Contaminated River

Cabool, a southern Missouri city, alleges in a lawsuit that a Dairy Farmers of America plant is regularly releasing untreated wastewater into a river.

Join our $100 Ideas Club

Think you have an idea worth $100 – or even $200? Submit it here! Upon publication in Farm Journal, the Double Your Money winner receives $200. Other farmers featured receive $100 each. Send us what you’ve got!

2020 Hogs: More Supply, Profitable Prices

The Dec. 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs came in at 77.338 million head, a record for this quarter and up 3% from a year ago, according to Jason Franken, agricultural economist at Western Illinois University.

Hemp Teams up with Top Producer Summit

Hemp Summit is teaming up with Top Producer Summit Jan. 27-28. Spend two days at a farmer-focused event created to answer all your agronomic, marketing and legal questions about industrial hemp. Register now.

How to Have Conservation Conversations

Farmers want to reduce nutrient runoff, nurture soil and protect water, but there’s a giant rock in the stream of communication between tenants and their non-operator landowners.

Floyd County, IA

Had decent corn, over 200. Beans in low 40's. (Here I should put a sad face) I am getting over the hopes of a "back to the good old days", high price on grain. I went to a Dr Kohl seminar a few years ago, and it looks like he was spot on. (Here I should have that sad face thing again) Happy New Year to everybody out there, good luck, and treat others as you would like to be treated!

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