generations

CropVillage 0123 Show Notes:

• Transitions... generational turnover happens once in a lifetime. Mike Fassler of Lookout Ridge Consulting discusses some of those considerations and offers suggestions to ease the pain
• Working in a family or small business environment, the need for team building may not be immediately apparent. Talking with Guy Harris at the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention may cause you to think otherwise

CropVillage 0095 Show Notes:

• Overview of Friday's Production and Supply/Demand report.
• Impact of increased corn acreage in the west felt in water usage for irrigation and ethanol production
• Jim Harvey of Heartland Financial shares considerations for generational transition at the Farm Progress Show

CropVillage 0029 Show Notes:

• Review of today's USDA reports with Mike Woolverton
  
• Time to sell... but what to plant?
• Cyst nematode resistance becoming a problem. Working on it at the Univ of IL
• Easing into agriculture. Several efforts underway to enable newcomers to enter the fields
• Communicating with that next generation with Don Tyler