Have you ever walked into a movie theater, excited to be entertained for the next two hours, only to realize the film is a flop?

For several Washington dairy families, Thanksgiving provides an annual opportunity to engage with their urban neighbors and help to put dairy products and other Thanksgiving staples on the holiday tables of thousands in need each November.

We are all familiar with the common stressors in agriculture. It’s easy to point to price swings, government regulations, land competition, weather and disease when we talk about stress on the farm.

Having a clear understanding of debt, whether long-term or short-term, fixed or variable, can help develop a strategy. 

There are a lot of farmers in their 30s and 40s who don’t know what their future looks like.  The truth be told: 77% of farms don't have a succession plan. And this obviously has a lot to do with why only 12% of farms pass onto the third generation!

Farm and ranch succession seems to be one of the hot topics in meetings and magazine articles the past couple of years. If you read the Progressive sister publications to Ag Proud – Idaho, you no doubt have read articles about succession.