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An important component of management is keeping employees informed about farm practices, expectations and policies, but these can easily get overlooked with the day-to-day operations of the farm.

Farmers need to document standard operating procedures.

Here are some helpful resources and an outline for the content of an employee handbook.

Every day more farmers realize the value of an employee handbook.

If finding good employees is a challenge for your farming enterprise, consider what one agribusiness recruiter says is a wave of the future: freelance farmers.

For the first time, four generations are involved on the farm.

Working with attorneys and other labor professionals can help agricultural employers avoid fines and heightened liability, experts say.

Cell phones and remote diagnostics are changing the equipment maintenance process.

The days might be shorter in the winter, but that doesn’t mean farmers spend less time tending to their operational duties.

Rooted in the millennial old concept of bartering is a new formula for success—trading custom work.