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5 Tips to Improve Your Loan Renewal Process

By Pinion Editorial | December 20, 2022
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This year has been anything but conventional, and the lending environment is trending the same. We are seeing decades-high inflation and interest rates as high as 5-7%. With smaller margins this 2022 crop year, there will likely be more ag operations planning to work with lenders and other business partners …

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How to Increase Your Profitability This Harvest Season

4 Smart Business Moves for Farms in 2023

By Pinion Editorial | December 13, 2022
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With planting and input decisions already heavy on their minds, ag businesses are asking how they should manage their decisions around raised input costs and higher interest rates – and a potentially challenging year ahead.  Pinion ag advisor, Kala Jenkins, outlines four smart risk management and business moves that can …

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How the Holidays Can Shape Your Family Legacy

How the Holidays Can Shape Your Family Legacy

By Jeanne Bernick | November 22, 2022
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By Jeanne Bernick, Certified Family Business Advisor For many of you the stress of harvest season is over and now you enter a new season in family business: the holidays! As if working with family isn’t challenging enough, now there are mandatory meals and celebrations and traditions to recreate, not …

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Considerations Before Accepting a Utility Easement Offer: How to Protect Your Land

By Pinion Editorial | November 16, 2022
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A land improvement utility easement can be a profitable income stream for farmers and ranchers. Across the U.S. we’re seeing an increase in opportunities for both surface and subsurface infrastructure and with additional tax credits and funding for energy efficient improvements from the Inflation Reduction Act, we will only see …

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Guidance for Setting Science-Based Targets for Your Ag Operation

By Pinion Editorial | November 15, 2022
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As the world strives towards a zero-carbon economy, more than 4,000 businesses worldwide have committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the Science-Based Target initiative. These targets are rooted in climate science and have guided companies in reducing over 53 million tons of CO2  emissions since 2015. This September, …

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Steps Every Landowner Should Take if Offered a Utility Easement

By Pinion Editorial | September 23, 2022
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Across the U.S. agricultural landscape, new cash crops are emerging: wind, solar and fiber. As the nation strives towards renewable energy and a green grid, we’re seeing an increase of opportunities for farmers and landowners to diversify their income with utility capital improvement projects. The Inflation Reduction Act, which includes …

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