While you don't encounter traveling salesmen roaming from farm to farm selling magic in bottles, buckets and drums these days, don't fall for “mouse milk.” Dan Anderson shares some facts about oils and greases.
Yes, basic insurance for the farm is pricey. But an umbrella policy is usually more palatable, and it could literally save your operation in the event of a wreck or other tragedy, says Purdue's Fred Whitford.
More than usual, farm budgets are teetering on the prices of inputs, notably fertilizer. However, another fertility problem is quietly reshaping farm life.
Tax policy geared toward farmers and others who transfer land and other assets to heirs will get a renewed focus by the Ways and Means Committee this year, a marker of the panel’s more rural tilt.
