Leadership
None of us operate in this industry as an island, and learning how to collaborate, communicate and exchange ideas respectfully are the skills needed to maintain good relationships that lead to success for all of us.
Grant funds will help enhance the American Royal’s agriculture education programs throughout 2025
With an unassuming pursuit of excellence, 2024 Top Producer of the Year Christine Hamilton leads her team driven by the pursuit of doing things in a better way but not for the sake of being the best.
The charismatic Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh was well known as a leading expert on agricultural policy and agricultural economics. For more than four decades he was a top adviser to politicians of both major political parties.
When times are tough is when farmers need their trusted advisers the most, says Greg Martinelli.
Sam Beveridge joins the Ag Inspo podcast to share how your best contribution to the farm may be untraditional.
For long-term success, farm leaders should regularly assess the landscape of their operation and adjust their strategies accordingly.
These 10 steps can help keep your employees from walking away.
Shift your mindset towards positivity.
With the success of his family’s farm as his focus, Brad Greenway has worked to build a sustainable, diversified crop and livestock operation.
Finding skilled labor is a major challenge. However, there are strategies farmers can use to make their operations more attractive workplaces. And here’s the good news—it doesn’t necessarily require offering higher pay.
Managing a farm is no easy job. Managing people – in some cases – is even more stressful.
Grounded by his family but propelled by vision, Trey Wasserburger is the energetic force behind creating more processing capacity for local cattle producers.
Raising teens isn’t for the faint of hearts. Raising teens is not easy and while many of those years are spent watching our children thrive on and off the farm, other times we are just trying to survive.
Congratulations to Martin Angus, the 2022 recipient of the Tomorrow’s Top Producer Horizon Award. Take a virtual trip to their diversified operation nestled in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
Brendan and Elaine Martin are building their dream farm — one piece at a time.
It’s one thing to tell students about livestock production; it’s another thing to show them. Here’s why one Iowa school is turning heads and opening people’s eyes to the opportunities in livestock production.
Here are five bad habits to break to be a better farm leader.
Terry Buckler, a Missouri farm kid, shares the story of his time as a Green Beret and the historic raid on Son Tay prison in Vietnam.
While the road to becoming a better manager isn’t any easy one, there are a few steps you can take to not only improve your work performance, but your team’s performance as well.
Do you ever feel overwhelmed, overloaded, scattered? Generally, pandemic or not, leaders feel at least a little bit this way all the time, explains leadership coach Marlene Eick. She says the question is, is this ok?
Utilizing an effective management team can help you. As the owner or leader of your business, spend less time on the non-urgent and non-important tasks or duties that pop up every day.
“If you can manage these moments, the world is yours,” says Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry.
4-H prep should be an Olympic sport. Or at least it felt that way as Miranda Reiman helped her older kids get ready for entry day at the county fair.
Nebraska Teen Takes over Family Farm while Father is ill
Raised during the early years of commercial cattle feeding, Bill Foxley built one of the largest cattle feeding and ranching enterprises in the U.S.
James Herring’s innovation and commitment to improving the quality of beef throughout the industry helped build an industry giant.