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  • (Getty Images, Photo illustration by Barry Falkner)

    Ask the Mechanic

    Steve Thompson answers readers' questions about all things mechanical.

  • Jent Campbell captures the life around her farm through photography. (Chris Campbell)

    Our Rural Roots

    Giving you a new perspective and satisfaction, you will never regret photographing your farm life.

  • 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.

  • (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.

  • (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.

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