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Late spring, for many reasons, is always one of my favorite times of the year. I know I’m not alone in that regard. The prettiest landscape I can conjure in my mind can’t match the beauty of my home country in springtime.
While ChemChina’s move to take over Syngenta Ag is still pending and has garnered much of the attention this winter and late spring, it is only one of many buyouts and takeovers in the agricultural community.
The FBI and the USDA assess the Food and Agriculture (FA) Sector is increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks as farmers become more reliant on digitized data.
Northeast U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation calling for modifications to the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy), potentially leading to state-level income margin calculations.
For years, Chris Penrose, a producer living in the Appalachian foothills on a “hilly” farm, used his resources from the farm to manage other financial priorities (debt, college, etc.).
Washington Post writer Thomas Heath says community banks are tired of unfair competition and the Farm Credit System (FCS) needs to be reined in, citing loans to Cracker Barrel, restaurants, car washes, casinos, Verizon Wireless and even for vacation homes. This creates unfair tax advantages and low interest rates that unfairly squeeze community bank competition.
What’s a two-bucket gal? A two-bucket gal is a woman who can do two or more things at once: helping on the farm, no matter what the job; wash the family’s greasy clothes; have lunches ready; run the tractor, planter or whatever needs running; manage the house; and be the glue of the family.
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