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If you want to avoid on-farm accidents, here are a few ways to promote health and safety in your operation.

Female farmers might never be the majority, but they will be formative players in the future of agriculture.

Businesses often hire new employees to alleviate the work load of others, but they can’t just be thrown into the mix and expected to succeed.

To help prepare you for the road ahead, Top Producer will host its annual Tomorrow’s Top Producer conference Jan. 28 in Chicago.

Tips to help the leadership hat feel more natural

Arguably the most important resource category on a cattle operation is human capital – a fancy term for the people involved in the operation.

Farmers can run into trouble by improperly classifying workers, which might lead to additional scrutiny by auditors and then fines.

Mark and Jeff Nelson have reeled in and landed an unlikely new opportunity on their grain and hog operation in Webster City, Iowa: fish farming.

Farmers are self-employed by nature, yet many rely on a team on a daily basis.

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.