Buying direct from a family farm is not only good for you, it’s good for family farms. Family farms make up 96% of agriculture today. If you want that number to stay that high, buy direct and spread the word about great products raised on farms. My family farm started selling beef direct to consumer …
Category: Farm
Commodities Marketing And How It Affects The Bottom Line
Farmers often feel very much at the mercy of the markets. It often times seems very unfair…just speaking from experience on this one. We pay to move our cattle to the farm, we pay to move our cattle from the farm, we pay to move our seed and chemicals to the farm and pay to …
I LOVE Canva and You Will Too!
Give Canva A Try! Canva is my preferred way to create new content for social media, like price point posts, promotional materials, Video Cover Photos and so much more. It’s so user friendly, give it a shot!
The Old Harvestors Must Come Down: Watch The Silos Fall!
Watch these Silos Fall! These old Silos were put up in the late 1970s and have had wind damage and are just old at this point. Two winters ago, 20,000 bu of corn was stored in them and molded because of the leaks and moisture. So, they’re useless and we’re going to have to …
Protecting Assets Can Be SO Complicated
As I get older and I face the reality of having a high net worth and assets to protect, the more I think about how to do that. I’ve read for hours about tax liability, trusts, estates, probate….the list goes on and on! But, there’s something that I came across recently about the ultra wealthy …
Get Organized with Trello
Trello Project Management Tool I absolutely LOVE Trello to help keep me organized and keep my work flowing. If you haven’t discovered Trello yet, you really should check it out. I started using Trello about a year ago and my colleagues and I love it. I even have my husband on a few project …
The Covid-19 Rollercoaster
What A Ride! The last 6 weeks have been an absolute rollercoaster! First, I had to cancel my own personal vacation. That’s a really sad day for a travel agent! From the farm, we have experienced supply chain issues, market volatility, funding hiccups and financial slow down. From the travel side of things, first there …
Diversification
Making a farm profitable in today’s world is a bit more challenging than it was 10 years ago. With input costs up and prices down, it’s kind of hard to make money and everyone is looking for a way to make their cash flow work! Anyone who is an entrepreneur in the agriculture space knows …
Who Knew These Still Existed?!
Have You Ever Been To A Speakeasy? I can honestly say “Yes!” as of Thursday night! And, not just a ya, I’ve been to one. That’s going to have to be an enthusiastic yes for me. Who knew how amazing these little treasures are, but I’m glad that I do now! I guess I had …
Agriculture Must Win
Farmer2Farmer by Farmer’s Business Network As I came home from F2F in the heart of the midwest held in Omaha, Nebraska, there was one key thing that I brought home with me. There is one key idea that really resonated with me. That one thing is that people have got to realize that agriculture is …
