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  • (Barry Falkner)

    Family Business Matters

    Succession is often narrowly framed as the movement of assets to the next generation. While such planning is important, there are nonfinancial issues, also, to consider.

  • (Photo illustration by Barry Falkner)

    Taxlink

    Here are some of the key tax provisions a partnership operating agreement should contain and why they should be in the agreement.

  • (Barry Falkner)

    We'd Like To Mention

    With higher costs and lower returns, many farmers who lease land have already started conversations with landowners as they evaluate, calibrate and negotiate terms for the 2025 season.

  • Scott Wallis (left) worries ag's high capital requirements will be a tough hurdle for his son, JR, to overcome. (Mary Ann Carter)

    Businesslink

    Southern Indiana farmer posits that due to higher equipment prices and land costs, today's economy may be worse for farmers than the 1980s.

  • December corn (left) at $3.90 a bushel is 19% below USDA's estimated cost of production, and November soybeans (right) at $9.60 a bushel is 18% below USDA's estimated cost of production. (Zdenek Venclik (left), Olha Afanasieva (right), Getty Images, Progressive Farmer)

    Inside the Market

    After a stormy start, the summer of 2024 turned out to be good for row-crop conditions but has also pulled corn and soybean prices to their most bearish levels in a long time.

  • (Jennifer Carrico)

    Ask the Vet

    Dr. Ken McMillan responds to a readers' questions about farm veterinary issues.

  • Take the time to set the safety stop (left). The farmer (right) took the time to engage the safety stop on his hay cutter before working on the equipment. (Steve Thompson)

    Ask the Mechanic

    Steve Thompson answers readers' questions about all things mechanical.