Insights CategoryFarm Business Management

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Take Control of Your Farm’s Cash Flow

Cash flow is king when it comes to preserving working capital and a strong balance sheet. It can be your best defense when you have

  • Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Permanent & Specialty Crops
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Takeaways for Ag Following President Trump’s Global Tariff Announcement

The official announcement made by President Trump on April 2 was met with a wide level of concern across many industries. Pinion advisors present a

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Government & Public Affairs, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Risk Management, Strategic Advisory
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How to Stretch Your Farm Dollar in 2025

Weak commodity prices and an international trade war have inflicted pain on American agriculture – at a time when U.S. farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses can

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops
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What Farmers Foresee as the Top 10 Ag Issues of the Next 20 Years

What key issues will your agricultural operation face over the next 20 years? Are your concerns in line with other producers’ worries? Farming has grown

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Farm Program Services, Food & Agriculture, Peer Group Programs, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Strategic Advisory
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Tax Planning for Agribusiness Ahead of 2025

As producers begin their annual reflection upon the past year and shift the focus into next year, planning considerations around tax and financial strategies become

  • Accounting, Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Tax Compliance & Strategy
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Bracing for Natural Disasters – To Do’s and FAQs

What individual farmers can do to mitigate risk in the midst of crisis: 1. Have a farm emergency action plan in writing. “Most state departments

  • Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Farm Program Services, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops
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Manage Your Top 3 Farm Risks

Farming is a risky business. With changing policies, weather events, global dynamics, and other factors beyond a farmer’s control, it feels less and less predictable

  • Farm Business Management, Risk Management, Strategic Advisory
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USDA Deadline Announced for Emergency Relief Program and FSA-510 Filing

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced August 14, 2024, as the deadline for commodity and specialty crop producers that suffered losses as a result

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Farm Program Services, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops
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5 Traits Found in Resilient Producers

What keeps a farmer in business through droughts, rising costs, falling prices and other invisible struggles? What helps you weather through? “As an Ag marketing

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Risk Management
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5 Signs You’ve Outgrown Your Accounting System

Is your accounting system holding your business back? Maybe you’re so busy running the business that sorting through scattered financials seems more of a headache

  • Accounting, Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Construction, Farm Business Management, Financial Institutions, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Healthcare, Not-for-Profits
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Co-ops Can Increase Employee Retention with These 6 Steps

In recent years, securing new employees has been an overwhelming concern for businesses, with several reasons contributing to the shortage of job seekers. The pandemic

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Farm Program Services, Food & Agriculture, HR Services, Permanent & Specialty Crops
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Navigating High Interest Rates in 2024

After nearly two years of rising interest rates, many farmers are tapping into their cash reserves from prosperous years to avoid taking out new loans.

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Risk Management, Strategic Advisory
Amazon + Whole Foods = Pricing Adjustments?

What Kind of Farm Co-op Do You Want to Be?

Farmers need three key things for their business: the best price, the best quality, and the best service. All of these come at a cost

  • Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Strategic Advisory
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Newly Proposed 2023 Tax Deductions: Money in your Pocket… If Passed

Congress has drafted new tax legislation that is shaping up well amongst both the House and Senate Committee leaders. The $78 billion tax agreement, introduced

  • Accounting, Biofuels, Construction, Farm Business Management, Financial Institutions, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, HR Services, Manufacturing, Sustainability
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Financial Checklist for Ag Operations

The beginning of the year is a great time to perform an overall financial check for your business. “We recommend that farm operations do this

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Permanent & Specialty Crops
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5 Things Every Co-op Should Do Before Year End

As the calendar year draws to a close, many farm co-ops are also approaching their fiscal year-ends. As a co-op CEO, now is a good

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Permanent & Specialty Crops
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How Automating Your Farm Office Creates Competitive Advantages

As a farm manager, you’ve invested in high-tech field equipment like GPS tractor systems, efficient irrigation systems and automated milking parlors to make your life

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Permanent & Specialty Crops
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5 Ways Farm Office Tech Creates ROI

Today’s farm technology is not what it was five or even two years ago. In the past several years, most farms have revisited the way

  • Animal Protein, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture
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How Producers Play a Role in 2030 Biodiversity Targets

In December 2022, the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Montréal with a focus

  • Animal Protein, Biofuels, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Manufacturing, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Sustainability
Ag Businesses Cash Flow

4 Ways to Improve Farm Cash Flow

“Cash is king” is an expression that has been used to refer to the importance of cash flow in the overall fiscal health of a

  • Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture
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Test Your Succession Plan

Proactive planning for the long-term future of your business gives it staying power. The surest way to secure the legacy of a business is to

  • Equipment Dealers, Family Business Advising, Farm Business Management, Manufacturing, Next Gen Strategy
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5 Tips to Improve Your Loan Renewal Process

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

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops
How to Increase Your Profitability This Harvest Season

4 Smart Business Moves for Farms in 2023

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

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Strategic Advisory
Bringing Technology to the Farm

Bringing Technology to the Farm

Like many growers and livestock producers, you’ve probably vowed to keep up with technology, at least to some extent. You’ve heard that technology can help

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops
Conflict

Ag Industry to See Ripple Effects from War in Ukraine

From Ag trade and government agencies to the farmers prepping fields for Spring planting, there is one certainty stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine:

  • Animal Protein, Biofuels, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Government & Public Affairs, Permanent & Specialty Crops
Estate Tax Planning

Estate Tax Planning: Possible Changes Ahead

No matter what the presidential outcome, there was never any question that the outlook for estate tax planning would be different in 2021. How much

  • Accounting, Animal Protein, Beverage Distribution, Biofuels, Commodity Crops, Construction, Equipment Dealers, Farm Business Management, Financial Institutions, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Government & Public Affairs, Manufacturing, Next Gen Strategy, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Strategic Advisory
New Stimulus Package Includes Funding for Farmers and Ranchers

USDA Announces CFAP Program Updates: Who Benefits?

On January 15, the USDA announced rule changes that would provide additional assistance for many farmers and ranchers due to COVID-19 disruptions. The new rules

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture
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Advocating for the Future of Family Farms: A Plea for Critical Regulation Change

Working on behalf of American Food & Agriculture businesses, K·Coe Isom submitted an open letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue on October 28, 2020 regarding

  • Accounting, Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Farm Program Services, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Government & Public Affairs, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Strategic Advisory
Economic Disruption

5 Tips to Move Ag Business Forward During Economic Disruption

While production agriculture is no stranger to facing adversity and adaptation, no one could argue that the Economic Disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has

  • Accounting, Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Next Gen Strategy, Peer Group Programs, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Sustainability
Iowa Producers

2020: A Year of Crisis and Hope

I look out my window in Eastern Iowa and see uprooted oak trees that once stood as guardians of our neighborhood. A displaced street light

  • Accounting, Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Peer Group Programs
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Ag Industry Appealing to SBA for Disaster Loan Eligibility and Support

April 21st Update: Just announced: Senate passes bill allowing small ag businesses relief through disaster loan eligibility.   Following a close analysis of the CARES

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Farm Program Services, Food & Agriculture, Government & Public Affairs, Permanent & Specialty Crops
Navigating Disaster Loan Eligibility

Navigating Disaster Loan Eligibility

While President Trump has declared a National Emergency on the federal level in response to COVID-19, it is dependent upon the Governor of each affected

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops
Noteworthy Changes within the New Farm Bill

Selling Land Can Be a Game Changer in Tough Times

With an honest viewpoint heading into 2020, there is no sharp improvement or further downturn ahead. Many farmers deem ‘selling land’ as unthinkable. K·Coe’s ag

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops
FSA Enrollment Deadlines

How to Show a Lender that You’re Fiscally Fit

For many agribusinesses, it’s almost time to close the books on 2019 and start planning for next year. We often advise clients on the importance

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops
Financial Cleanup

Financial Mucking 101

Financial cleanup doesn’t sound like any fun, but neither does mucking out the stalls. Yet both are a necessary evil for most ranch or farm

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Stress Testing

Midwest Crop Checkup: Are You Stress Testing Your Decisions?

By Thomas Eatherly Midwest agriculture has had to rewrite the book for making smart crop decisions this year. Weather has prompted delivery, logistics, and storage

  • Animal Protein, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Strategic Advisory
Producers Yielding Power from Big Data

Producers Yielding Power from Big Data

If you’re still using Excel and other software programs to track crop rotation and inputs, but are struggling to tally the full costs involved in

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Strategic Advisory
How Working Capital Can Make or Break You

How Working Capital Can Make or Break You

Today’s ag environment shows commodity prices are below break-even for some operators, while barely budging the break-even level for others. Economists have referred to this

  • Accounting, Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Strategic Advisory
AgKnowledge

Is Your Farm or Ranch in Survival Mode?

6 Signs a Business is in Survival Mode: 1. Everything has become urgent, and you feel like your back is up against the wall. 2.

  • Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Permanent & Specialty Crops
How to Make Farm Technology Pay Off

How to Make Farm Technology Pay Off

Over the years, many of you have adopted farm technology that’s revolutionizing agriculture. Maybe you’ve added a GPS-guided tractor or a self-propelled sprayer to your

  • Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture