🗞 38 | Can't blame the help if you don't have any

Effectively hire and manage employees; age of farmers; organic records; accounting basics; business succession planning; intern opportunity; and more.

🗞️37 | Without SOPs you're reduced to chaos

Explore why SOPs can boost efficiency and how to put them together without it being a pain in the neck. Plus seeds, a note on inheritance and step-up in basis, a thread on round barns, and a look at the SAF Tax credit.

🗞️36 | Transformational meetings

Get on the same page with farm business meetings; the settlers & pioneers were tough; upcoming event! a playbook for farm expansion

🗞 35 | Inventory isn't just for warehouses

Take an inventory of your farm business; beware energy & carbon contracts; prevent plant overview; and more

🗞️ 32 | Some brief updates

🗞 31 | A tool to help with family farm disputes...(maybe?)

Conflict resolution and compromise is a key component to this tool to help with difficult family farm disputes; an update on Braintrust Ag as a whole; upcoming events; developments in FinCEN BOI reporting; and a great total compensation tool to use for employees.

🗞 30 | 147 pieces of advice...

Ag people from all parts weighed in on what they wish they knew when they were 20. Learn from their wisdom.

🗞 29 | Guess which entity makes up 10% of farms?

Using LLCs in farming, a bunch of great nuggets to share, peer group happenings, 2024 farm sector income forecast, and putting together a local investor group.

🗞️ 28 | Farmers are getting older, Ag Census shows

We pull out some highlights from the recent Ag Census, explore the lifecyle of a family farmer, spotlight how a farm employee is becoming an owner, and more.

🗞 27 | A look under the hood

Let's define this community and give a closer look behind the scenes.

🗞️ 26 - Five pathways to break into ag (and 2 flex lease examples)

A look at five ways a "beginning farmer" can work towards their own operation; 2024 ag outlook through the eyes of an ag lender; two examples of flexible cash leases.

🗞 25 - Viral post got some interesting reactions

A look at comments on an out-of-the-box strategy, a billionaire "farmer", 18 transition questions, personality tests, and more...