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A long, polished wooden conference table with empty chairs is arranged in a meeting room, ready to strengthen your board of directors with strategic meetings against the backdrop of a blank screen.

Is Your Board of Directors Hurting Your Business?

When your critical business decisions and strategies hinge upon governance from a board of directors, it becomes paramount to ensure your board is positioned to

  • Biofuels, Food And Beverage, Manufacturing, Strategic Advisory
Hands holding and letting soil fall on a field at sunset, symbolizing connection with nature and agriculture.

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
The White House, adorned with an overlay of the American flag gently waving in the foreground, symbolizes a harmonious blend of tradition and diligence, much like a year-end checklist for manufacturers ensuring every detail is meticulously accounted for.

Tax Strategy Checklist for Manufacturers in 2025

As January quickly approaches, there are some important items to check off before next year is here. Following the national election and ongoing shifts in

  • Accounting, Manufacturing, Strategic Advisory, Tax Compliance & Strategy
Workers in protective clothing sort red apples on a conveyor belt in a processing facility as food and beverage manufacturers prepare for 2025.

4 Ways Food & Beverage Manufacturers Should Prepare for 2025

The 2024 election has brought about considerable potential for policy shifts in the food & beverage industry… with many businesses left asking, “What’s changing, and

  • Accounting, Food And Beverage, Government & Public Affairs, Strategic Advisory, Tax Compliance & Strategy
A vast green crop field with neatly planted rows extends to the horizon under a clear blue sky, as the sun sets in the distance—a picturesque reminder of agricultural prosperity supported by initiatives like The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Anticipating the Sunset

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in early 2018 marked one of the most significant overhauls of the U.S. tax system in decades

  • Accounting, Financial Institutions, Strategic Advisory, Tax Compliance & Strategy
A person uses a calculator beside a small house model and stacks of coins on a reflective surface, illustrating financial planning or investment in real estate, possibly guided by HUD strategies.

Navigating HUD Lending: A Guide for Banks

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) plays a crucial role in expanding access to affordable housing. By providing federal support and insurance

  • Construction, Financial Institutions, Strategic Advisory
A person in a plaid shirt navigates the farm risks while climbing onto a large agricultural machine in a sunny field.

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
Front view of a large, historic building with a prominent dome and columns, surrounded by leafless trees. The American flag and another representing Kansas state income tax reforms fly in front. Clear blue sky provides the perfect backdrop for this iconic scene.

What’s New in Kansas Taxes for 2024?

On June 21, 2024, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed into law Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), which includes a reduction in income tax rates for

  • Accounting, Financial Institutions, Strategic Advisory
A calculator flashes "High Interest Rates 2024" amid stacked coins and a fluctuating graph layered over a backdrop of dollar bills.

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
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
A Look at the Modern Audit: Are You Missing Out?

A Look at the Modern Audit: Are You Missing Out?

While most companies think of audits as an annual necessity, the vast majority typically keep to the same old standards and don’t know to ask

  • Accounting, Audit & Assurance, Beverage Distribution, Biofuels, Construction, Equipment Dealers, Financial Institutions, Food And Beverage, Manufacturing, Strategic Advisory
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
Renewable Energy Revenue

How Dairies Can Claim Renewable Energy Revenue in 2021

While ethanol and biodiesel fuels are among the most common renewable energy revenue sources accepted into the California Air Resources Board (CARB) program for Low

  • Accounting, Animal Protein, Biofuels, Strategic Advisory, Sustainability
family farms

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
CARES Act FAQs: Helpful Loan Guidance for Businesses

CARES Act FAQs: Helpful Loan Guidance for Businesses

Since its passage on March 27, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act continues to be aggressively dissected, digested, and questioned by lawyers,

  • Government & Public Affairs, Strategic Advisory
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
In Wake of Disaster, How to Minimize Taxes on Insurance Proceeds

How to Help California Fire Victims

Camp Fire, now the most destructive wildfire in the history of California, has desecrated an insurmountable number of people’s lives, families, friends, homes, and livelihoods.

  • Strategic Advisory