Minding Ag's Business

It's hard to maintain a positive outlook with the trade war, tough growing season, thin profit margins, etc., but it's worth the effort. Research shows positive leadership is a competitive advantage.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Attention to three areas can help keep people on the same page and prevent deeper conflicts from tearing the fabric of family relationships.

Effective transitions require more than planning.

Some management scenarios call for saying more, not less.

Nebraska farmland values declined 3% over the past year, extending a 5-year slide.

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.