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Regardless of a dairy’s size, a balanced suite of leadership skills is necessary to manage and motivate team members for the sustainability of a dairy’s workforce.

The American Dairy Coalition is asking legislators to restore the previous ‘higher of’ pricing method as soon as possible. Here’s why.

The first step to winning the war for workers is to keep your star employees happy. Here’s how three farmers retain and attract employees.

Instead of writing down these big audacious goals, Jon Acuff, an entrepreneur, speaker and best-selling author, has better advice: Set micro goals.

Phil Plourd with Ever.Ag says that combine miserable weather in key growth areas such as Texas with shrinking farm margins and you get a Milk Production report showing the worst performance that we’ve seen in a while.

A limit move-up in September Class III milk came from the result of a bullish milk production report coupled with a second consecutive healthy cheese spot trade.

Could agriculture face a Southwest-type meltdown?

Here’s what farmers should consider with this sometimes complex question.

While the fall of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank is unique, the situation does provide lessons for farmer’s financial management and risk management.