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When you hear of a new record sale of farmland it raises eyebrows — and your farmland’s worth. With this key asset rapidly increasing in value, you need to analyze your estate plan.

This year, more than ever, requires you to spend time with your tax adviser to pin down the right amount of taxable income to report. Good luck.

Matt and Lisa Moreland hoped at least one of their sons would return home to farm after college. What they didn’t anticipate? All three sons wanted to come back. Here are four things the family learned in the process.

Whether you’re 35 or 65, things happen. Don’t risk the future of your farm by putting off your succession plan. Get started, make a plan and put it into action.

After declining below growth neutral in March, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index for July expanded above the threshold for a fourth straight month.

Before serving as interim brand president, Ruane served as senior vice president and chief commercial officer for The Giant Co.

Bakersfield, Calif.-based International Fruit Genetics, LLC (IFG), has announced that a plant variety right infringement case in Yunnan, China has concluded in IFG’s favor.

For the ninth consecutive year, Chiquita is participating in the London bus campaign to bring back its iconic yellow banana buses to London this summer.

In the event of a recession, consumers say they would cut back most on steak, pork and dining out, a survey reports.

House Ag Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson, along with other members, is seeking additional funding sources for the bill, but that will likely be the biggest farm bill hurdle that may trip up lawmakers.