How to Use a Soybean Product Guide
Sometimes soybean product guides are like yield maps - pretty pictures, but they do not get much use. However, just like that yield map, [...]
Does New Technology Fit Your Farm?
Evaluating new technology for the farm is not one-size-fits-all. What works successfully on one operation may have a lower-than-expected return on investment (ROI) on [...]
What You Need to Know About Hiring Workers: How to Start Your Business on Payroll
As farm families across the Midwest get busier each year, the need for part-time, hired help becomes prevalent. However, it’s not as easy as [...]
Building a Successful Soybean Budget
Farming in the modern era is a skill that must balance biology and agronomy with cost and markets. Thus, it’s important to understand what [...]
A Farm Business’ Guide to 1099 Forms
It is important to understand the different 1099 forms as they are a necessary component of tax planning and preparation.
Three Tips for Successful No-Till
2021 could bring a lot of discussion about increasing the number of soybean acres because of profitability factors, logistics, etc. This change in crop [...]
Sowing the Seeds in Water Management
Perhaps farmers have been facing their most challenging decade ever. Water management has been an important issue that is discussed globally. The critical nature [...]
What Should My Adjusted Gross Income Be?
Each year taxpayers have the opportunity to work with their tax preparer to craft a year-end tax plan that provides a desired tax liability. [...]
Soil Erosion
Illinois soils are some of the most fertile and desirable soils in the world. Soils—comprised of minerals and organic matter—are heavily influenced by climate [...]
Finding Ways to Connect With Technology
Farmers rely on new ag technologies to provide efficiencies and advantages needed to grow crops profitably. Agtech companies rely on farmers for input and [...]
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