Understanding Farm Decision-Making: Insights from the 2024-2025 Producer Survey June 13, 2025 - From Issue: 755 By: Petrus Langenhoven, Maria Marshall, Nathan Shoaf and Renee Wiatt Read More Small and medium-sized vegetable farms face unique challenges balancing profitability with sustainable production practices and food safety requirements. To better understand how these farmers navigate complex decision-making processes, the Soil[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Cover crop Soil health Soil to Market
Understanding Farm Decision-Making: Insights from the 2024-2025 Producer Survey May 30, 2025 - From Issue: 754 By: Maria Marshall, Petrus Langenhoven and Renee Wiatt Read More Small and medium-sized vegetable farms face unique challenges balancing profitability with sustainable production practices and food safety requirements. To better understand how these farmers navigate complex decision-making processes, the Soil[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Cover crop Irrigation Soil Fertility and Fertilizers Soil health Soil to Market
Small and Medium Farms: Does Focusing on and Communicating with Customers Pay Off? May 2, 2025 - From Issue: 752 By: Renee Wiatt and Maria Marshall Read More In a producer survey done in 2024-2025 by the Soil to Market Team (Maria Marshall, Renee Wiatt, Petrus Langenhoven, Betty Feng, and Nathan Shoaf), small and medium farms were asked[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Small and medium farms Soil to Market
Policies before Problems: Setting Expectations in Your Family Business October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Maria Marshall Read More Families can create policies without realizing it. A decision made about who can come into the business and when they can come into the business can develop into an expectation[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Family Business
Virtual Succession Planning Workshop Series August 9, 2023 - From Issue: 725 By: Maria Marshall and Renee Wiatt Read More Grab your farm family and join the Purdue Succession Planning Team as we offer a three-day lunchtime virtual succession series! There will be presentations from Extension Educators and Specialists[Read More…] Article Tags: Family Business Succession Planning
Death, Divorce, and Disability: How Can Your Farm Plan for Human Resource Risk? April 4, 2023 - From Issue: 716 By: Renee Wiatt, Maria Marshall and Michael Langemeier This article is the second in a series that covers risks and planning for farms and agribusinesses. The first article, Adapting and Planning for Farm Businesses in Uncertain Times, can[Read More…] Article Tags: Family Business Human Resource Risk Management
Adapting and Planning for Farm Businesses in Uncertain Times February 22, 2023 - From Issue: 714 By: Renee Wiatt and Maria Marshall Farms and agribusinesses are not immune to a variety of shocks and business disruptions that can occur. In fact, it could be argued that farms and agribusinesses are more vulnerable[Read More…] Article Tags: Agribusiness Business Farms Planning Risk Management
Defining Your Dreams March 16, 2020 - From Issue: 669 By: Renee Wiatt and Maria Marshall Read More “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra No matter what your business does or who it serves, the business (and its[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Ag Economics – General
Introducing PIFF: The Purdue Initiative for Family Firms March 15, 2017 - From Issue: 624 By: Maria Marshall and Renee Wiatt Read More The Purdue Initiative for Family Firms (PIFF) is a new initiative in Purdue’s College of Agriculture, housed in the Department of Agricultural Economics. PIFF is an integrated research, outreach, and[Read More…] Article Tags: General Information
