“We used to be basically a hog farm with grain crops,” Chad says. “Then in the late ’90s/early 2000s, we got out of hogs, and ...

From 2014 to 2019, we considered, facetiously, renaming our cost of production program from Profit Manager to Least Loss Manager. There were some ugly years in there, many of which would have been ...

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In June 2025, the Linking Agriculture and Aquaculture Farm Vitality and Health Forum was held to connect agriculture, aquaculture, and health care community members and to discuss the physical, ...

You take your best shot, and if it’s a miss, you’ve got to be ready for the rebound. With grit and discernment, Mark Hanna is the leader of Hanna Farms, a row crop farm in north-central Iowa. What ...

Choosing a business structure for a farming business can be difficult because entities differ in tax and legal implications. Choosing a business structure for the farm operation could result in either ...

Stop me if this sounds familiar: You love your backyard garden, but because of the size and space limitations, you never thought it could grow beyond a hobby. You’ve eyed up the booths at the farmer’s ...

I found myself surrounded by a dozen colossal heifers attempting to eat my messenger bag. Dairy cows at Sar-Ben Farms in St. Paul, Oregon Photo: Jason E. Kaplan I had ventured into the 300-cow herd at ...

Upward Farms, a US vertical-farming business, has thrown in the towel ten years after the company was founded in New York under a different identity. The company started out in 2013 as Edenworks ...

With over a decade of experience as a personal finance writer, Jackie Lam simplifies complex financial topics for consumers who want to improve their financial situations, develop a healthy ...