Latest News From Jeanne Bernick

Hire to Fit the Farm

Make employee choices that fit your farm values. Here are six tips for best hiring practices.

Technology is a Young Farmer's Best Friend

Jeremy Jack says the hardest part about being a young producer is when people underestimate what he can do with technology today.

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Farming in 2025: Corn Will Still Be King!

Big changes are coming to the family farm over the next 12 years as the world grows more interconnected and computer management tools grow more useful.

Wal-Mart Wants Farmers to Lead Sustainability Solutions

The world’s largest retailer wants to find ways to improve efficiencies on the farm and through the supply chain so that consumers get low-priced, quality products.

Safety Policy for U.S. Farmers

Do you have a safety policy for your farm?

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The Business of Sustainability

Agriculture embraces sustainability for its business sense.

Top of Mind: A Sustainable Struggle

Everyone involved in agriculture—me included—needs to get past trying to define sustainability.

Ag Goes Natural with Biologics

After 60 years of chemical control, farming is entering an era of ecological control, driven by consumer demand and resistance issues found in farmer fields.

Be a Better Boss

Effective leadership starts with choices.

An 'Honesty Imperative' Changed My Business Life

I credit the learning experiences related to “mismanaging” people as a part of our farm success.

Transport Costs Fall on Farmers

A recent study shows that farmers, more than any other segment of agriculture, are responsible for paying the transportation costs from the farm to the dinner plate.

Great Plains Good on Carbon

A new study finds the Great Plains region is currently a “carbon sink,” meaning it takes up more carbon than it emits.

Profiles: Helping Farmers Feed Africa

Dr. Gebisa Ejeta's sorghum hybrids have increased the production and availability of one of the world’s five principal grains.

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Red Bayou Bounty

Matching irrigation and fertilizer to the ecosystem creates sustainable profits.

Top of Mind: A Leadership Challenge

What are you doing to lead your business with vision and integrity? I challenge you to ponder how you might lead in a new way.

Our Gap in Food Production

Ag productivity needs a boost to feed the world

Tax Credit For Your Health

New tax credit helps cover health care premiums

New Tax Credit for Health Insurance Premiums

The recent Health Care Reform law has created a new tax credit for certain employers who pay for their employee's health care premiums.

One Billion Hungry

Agriculture needs technology to meet food shortage.

Water Hogs No Longer

Tight water supplies force ethanol efficiency

Biofuels Update

Sweet potatoes, new FFVs, Indiana''s ehanol output, and a new bioeconomy institute