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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
Two machine-learning models that incorporate large amounts of data produce two very different corn yield estimates, and it's a good reminder that in all crop estimates, the recipe is in the soup.
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
Smaller-than-expected corn stocks at the end of the 2018-19 marketing year puts the spotlight on the residual's role in USDA's supply and demand balance sheet.
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
Farmers aren't the only ones being tested by this year's weather; satellite-driven yield models will have to prove they've accounted for all the variables that influence yield.
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers may be conducting its 30th annual event this year, but the lessons it's taught have already spanned generations.
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by Lance Woodbury , DTN Farm Business Adviser
Attention to three areas can help keep people on the same page and prevent deeper conflicts from tearing the fabric of family relationships.
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by Lance Woodbury , DTN Farm Business Adviser
Effective transitions require more than planning.
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by Lance Woodbury , DTN Farm Business Adviser
Some management scenarios call for saying more, not less.
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by Loren Lindler , Editorial Intern
Nebraska farmland values declined 3% over the past year, extending a 5-year slide.
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
As the trade negotiations with China stall, something I heard last summer sounds truer than ever: U.S. tariffs are playing into China's long-term strategy for food security.
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by Lance Woodbury , DTN Farm Business Adviser
Adjustments to business plans should be made sooner rather than later.
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
In 2018, 37% of Kansas farmers' income came from Market Facilitation Program payments. As the trade conflict with China escalates, rather than resolves, farmers are left to wonder whether the government will intervene again and what form that will take.
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by Lance Woodbury , DTN Farm Business Adviser
Almost every expansion of acreage, new business enterprise or new investment has challenges and requires more management skills and knowledge. Your intuition is valuable, but so is the advice and counsel of people who have been through similar trials.
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by Lori Culler , DTN Farm Business Adviser
Here are five practices you can implement with relatively low cost and investment of time to help keep an employee engaged.
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by Elizabeth Williams , DTN Special Correspondent
Here are some tips on what farmers coping with disasters should discuss with their lenders.
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by Lori Culler , DTN Farm Business Adviser
Engaging employees needs more than a scattershot approach. If some employees are actively disengaged, a methodical approach would be better. Here are six questions you can ask employees to get feedback and to gain a sense of each one's engagement to the business.
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
Rising costs aren't the only uncertainty complicating farmers' health care choices. The future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, is once again under legal challenge, and new types of plans are beginning to proliferate.
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
While commercial banks and Farm Credit system lenders hold nearly equal shares of farm debt, banks hold more non-real estate debt, exposing them to greater risks if the farm economy continues to flounder.
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
Predicting the future is, inherently, unpredictable. But late last year, Virginia Tech professor emeritus David Kohl shared what's on his radar for 2019.
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by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business Editor
Iowa State University's Land Value Survey shows average farmland prices declined 0.8% to $7,264 per acre from 2017 to 2018. While it's the fourth decline in five years, farmland values are still higher than they were a decade ago.
Markets
- Market Matters Blog by DTN Staff
- Technically Speaking by DTN Staff
- Sort & Cull by DTN Staff
- Fundamentally Speaking by Joel Karlin
- Canada Markets by Cliff Jamieson
News
- Production Blog by Pam Smith
- Ethanol Blog by DTN Staff
- Ag Policy Blog by Chris Clayton
- South America Calling by DTN Staff
- An Urban's Rural View by Urban Lehner
- MachineryLink by Dan Miller
- Editors' Notebook by Greg D.Horstmeier