What do you want? – by Terry Betker
What do you want? What do you want? A simple enough question and one that gets asked countless times a day. It’s usually addressed to another person or group of people, purposed at trying to find out what it is they desire or need. Young children have it mastered....
What are you managing towards? – by Terry Betker
What are you managing towards? Here’s an interesting question. What is your vision for management on your farm? There is certainly value to be gleaned from having a farm’s vision written down and shared within the ownership and management group. A strong statement...
A role for the retiring farmer? – by Terry Betker
A role for the retiring farmer? Here is a rhetorical but really important question. How do we take the wisdom and experience from the retiring generation and pass it on successfully to the younger, or incoming, generation? The wisdom and experience that comes from...
What to do with a windfall? – by Jacquie Gerrard
What to do with a windfall? Grain farmers are riding a big wave these days when it comes to commodity prices. Things are looking pretty darn amazing in the marketing department. Whether you were able to lock-in desired profit levels earlier on, or took a chance the...
How strategic management can help weather the storm – by Katelyn Duncan
How strategic management can help weather the storm Most non- farm businesses have a multitude of standard operating procedures. New employees are handed an orientation manual with set vacation days, and management plans and executes a strategic direction for the...
