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Farmers must have a succession plan. Farmer Mac, the nickname for the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, that can provide some...

As wine has replaced football as a main career focus, longtime National Football League quarterback Drew Bledsoe has found a way to...

Landus—the grain, seed, and agronomy service company based in Des Moines, Iowa—has a new CEO, its third leader in 2025. The company...

For the past 40 years, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp – iconic stars in the music world – have teamed up to help raise...

There are the pressures of commodities sinking even lower, the reality that input costs seem to keep getting higher, and the uncertainty...

Martha Stewart is one of the country’s most well-known farmland owners even though farming is only one aspect of her multi-layered...

The Great Western Ranch, a massive property on the west edge of New Mexico, has been sold to new owners. It is one of the largest single...

Mary Swander’s show is back on the road with the same mission: to use a unique way to get farm families across the country thinking about...

A premiere property in Georgia has a new owner, and he is one of the most well-known “influencers” in the United States. The price tag...

Egg prices have retreated in the last few months as highly pathogenic avian influenza has slowed its wrath on hens across the United...

If the Drost family had a mission statement on the welcome mat at their front door, it might include this word: “balance.” Jackson and...

Young people are drying up the wine industry. Young people are refining the wine industry. There are arguments in both ways. But a new...

Diesel engine not running right? Need help combining? Looking for help in how to master the sales industry? Rob Taylor can help with all...

A challenge for his industry is an opportunity for Connor McMahon. That is why this California transplant from rural Iowa gets out on the...

For decades, music megastar Willie Nelson has focused attention on the struggles of America’s farmers. It is young farmers that have his...

A Nebraska CRP property sold for $1.8M is being converted to cropland, raising questions about whether CRP rental rates are too low to keep land in conservation.

Small towns can bring big opportunities, and Natalie Kovarik is working on making that true for her family, too. Kovarik grew up in a...

When Connie Chaloupka and her four sisters decided to sell their parents’ farm in Guthrie County, Iowa, earlier this month, it meant they wo

History may remember Jimmy Carter as one of the most noteworthy former presidents in the modern history of the United States. Carter, a...

Edited by Dave Price When a 176-acre farm in southwest Illinois recently went on the market, the auction company agents who handled the...