Doing business in America is often a family affair. Indeed, Forbes estimates that 90 percent of U.S. businesses are owned or controlled by a family – a truly startling statistic. But this statistic covers a wide array of set-ups. The struggles of the Cargill clan, one of the richest families in the world, are quite different from those of small-town suppliers and most family farms.

More and more frequently, Tom was saying he’d had enough. He wasn’t one to complain but, at 67 years old, he was getting tired. Though he loved the farm and everybody around him knew it, the worry lines on his face were a bit more pronounced each day.

Post-harvest season is the ideal time to formulate the next silage campaign. John Goeser walks you through the elements of planning that campaign for success (and you may need to take exit polls on your current bunker or pile … ).

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Once again, we asked 16 of our editors and graphic designers to weigh in on their top selections for the many different magazine covers published between Oct. 19, 2015, and Oct. 1, 2016.

If I were to ask you about the top 10 things that make a great Christmas celebration for you, what would you answer? Most families I work with want to maintain family harmony or get back on track again as “a happy family.” Dr. Nikki Gerrard’s research of farm families found that one of the ways families keep resilient or strong is through celebration.

This was the Christmas she had been looking forward to for 30 years – Christmas with no rush, no exhaustion. This year there would be time to find the Christmas spirit. Not since she and Jim were married and Peggy and Beth were nonexistent had Margaret been able to walk out of an orderly kitchen at 2 o’clock on Christmas Eve.

Milk is one of the most nutritious items requested by food bank clients, but it’s rarely donated. Because it needs to be kept cold and safe, and has a relatively short shelf life compared with other donated items, it must move through the system quickly.

Bicycles and collection centers improve milk cooling and delivery in Africa Emerging dairy sectors in developing African countries cannot cool raw milk on-farm due to the lack of reliable electricity. Often the quality of the evening milk is lost because it doesn’t survive the overnight heat.

The outlook for the Hoof Trimmers Association (HTA) was bleak in the late 1990s. Costs for conferences and other expenses outpaced income and membership dues.