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Prioritize Year-End Tax Planning

Published December 4, 2025

With the year drawing to a close, farm business management instructors are reminding producers to get their tax planning in order. Betsy Jensen, Farm Business Management Instructor at Northland Community and Technical College, says accurate reporting of items like 1099s…

Dvergsten: Many Farmers Below Break-Even

Published November 1, 2025

Even with generally good yields, Northland Farm Business Management Instructor Ron Dvergsten says farmers are struggling to make a profit. “This is really, for several people, probably a third year of prices really not quite where they need to be…

Farmers Face Uncertainty

Published February 12, 2025

For many farmers, 2024 an “okay” year. "We had record yields in many cases, poor prices, but a lot of guys treaded water," said Betsy Jensen, farm business management instructor, Northland Community and Technical College. While major losses were not…

Missed Opportunities

Published January 15, 2025

Looking back on 2024, Northland Farm Business Management Instructor Ron Dvergsten said there were a lot of missed opportunities. "The lack of timely marketing of carryover inventory of the 2023 crop cost many producers a fair amount of working capital just…

Understand Costs

Published January 22, 2020

Expenses were up this past year for sugarbeet growers. Northland Farm Business Management instructor Josh Tjosaas says the difficult harvest influenced fuel and equipment repairs. Labor costs were also an issue. "We definitely had a bad harvest year up and…

Avoid Marketing Pitfalls

Published December 17, 2018

During his time as a farm business management instructor, Josh Tjosass has seen some common marketing mistakes, including "not having a plan or not following through on a plan; not knowing your exact costs of production or getting caught up…

Articles tagged under: northland farm business management

Prioritize Year-End Tax Planning

Dvergsten: Many Farmers Below Break-Even

Farmers Face Uncertainty

Missed Opportunities

Understand Costs

Avoid Marketing Pitfalls

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