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From Worker to Leader: What Next-Gen Farmers Need to Know
Shifting from employee to leader may not be as easy as you think. Follow these steps to help your transition into being the best leader you can be. You’ve been putting in the hours. You show up before dawn, you work, you haul, you fix, you hustle. That’s how every...
Five Tips to Get on Track in Succession Planning
For cattle producers, succession planning is often discussed in terms of what to do: create a will or trust, meet with an attorney, talk to your accountant and start building a plan. And while all those things are necessary, they miss an important truth: Before you...
Paving the Way for the Next Generation to Return to the Farm
When a young professional returns to the farm they grew up on, there is a tendency to assume that the transition will go smoothly. However, for this transition to be successful, it is crucial for farm leaders to develop and execute a plan for it to happen. It's...