Keeping Kids Safe
As someone who hauls many kids to livestock shows and works with a lot of youth in many different areas, keeping kids safe on...
Animal Chiropractic on the Farm
How chiropractic can help your animal’s performance
Animal chiropractic is a specialized form of manual therapy that focuses on evaluating and restoring proper motion to...
New Growth Metric Could Improve Beef-on-Dairy Genetic Evaluations
Researchers aim to boost accuracy of National Cattle Evaluation with earlier-in-life weights.
Incorporating earlier-in-life growth metrics into the National Cattle Evaluation could strengthen genetic predictions...
Farm Safety: A Profitable Investment
The most profitable farms are not only those that have the latest equipment or the highest production numbers. They’re the ones that consistently make...
Planning for the Unexpected
Insurance Essentials for Farm Families
One of the most difficult situations that I have had to deal with in my banking career is financial distress...
Farming Efficiency
Across the Ozarks, cow/calf operations and small farms are the backbone of our rural communities. Many producers balance farming with full-time jobs while still...
Integrated Pest Management
What Seasoned Gardeners have known all along
Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, has been around since the late 1950s and gained popularity in the 1960s....
Preparing Now To Save Time and Stress When Filing Taxes
With tax season just around the corner, organizing W-2s, mortgage interest statements, dependent care forms, and other essential documents now can help reduce stress,...
New Year’s Financial Resolutions
Well, here we are heading into another new year. As the old cliché goes, it seems like they roll by faster and faster. By...
Farm Succession Planning
How to hand your operation over to the next generation
Farm transition planning can be overwhelming to consider. Land, equipment, equity and retirement. Where do...
