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Acres joins FCCS Passkey Program, offering advanced land intelligence tools

Acres, an intelligence platform provider, has joined Farm Credit Council Services' (FCCS) Passkey Program as its newest vendor, offering advanced land valuation and mapping tools to FCCS clients. T... more »

ZAG Technical Services warns ag businesses of rising email phishing schemes

ZAG Technical Services has issued a warning to agriculture businesses about an uptick in sophisticated phishing schemes targeting email systems. These attacks use compromised email accounts to send fr... more »

Michigan farm market bus tour set to provide fresh insights

On Monday, Dec. 9, the 2024 Farm Market Bus Tour, a prime event for farm marketers and agritourism enthusiasts, will provide fresh insights and networking opportunities. more »

Improve the odds: Strategies to enact a successful succession plan

The greatest stress point in farm succession planning is communication. Fortunately, communication strategies can minimize conflicts and the breakdown of trust by having a written family mission and values statement; a written farm employment, management and ownership plan and regularly scheduled meetings. more »

Transitioning land to a new generation webinar available

A webinar designed to help growers transition land and businesses to the next generation is being made available by Penn State Extension. Transitioning Land to a New Generation: Getting Started is ... more »

Webinar series to help growers on cybersecurity

A series of webinars is designed to help growers take proactive steps to fortify their cybersecurity and improve efficiencies. Agriculture IT consulting firm ZAG Technical Services (ZAG has launche... more »

The surprising challenge: Why do most succession plans fail?

In our previous articles we’ve explored the importance of planning, and why every operation needs two separate succession plans. But even operations that have plans in place sometimes fail... more »

ZAG Technical Services launches ag business webinar series

ZAG Technical Services (ZAG) announced it will offer a new agricultural business webinar series, which will address how to protect digital infrastructure against increasing cyber threats. Zag is an I... more »

ZAG introduces cybersecurity service offering

Cybersecurity services are now more accessible to growers and shippers following ZAG Technical Services’ (ZAG) release of a new service promoting cybersecurity strength. ZAG Technical Services (Z... more »

Why every grower needs two succession plans

It was a gorgeous spring morning in Maine, and our client Jim was moving his water tanker from one parcel of his sprawling farm to another, over a winding and hilly country road. It was Jim’... more »