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

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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.

The 236-191 vote today goes beyond Republicans’ pledge to reverse the president’s November orders shielding about 5 million people in the U.S. from deportation.

High employee turnover can lead to inconsistent animal production or potentially lower quality products, both meat and milk.

There is nothing in President Barack Obama’s recently announced package of executive actions on immigration that directly reassures farmers and ranchers they’ll have efficient access to foreign-born labor.