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Dvergsten Joins Farm Advocate Program

Published February 11, 2026

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has added a new Farm Advocate to its statewide network. Ron Dvergsten of Thief River Falls has spent most of his career as an ag lender and farm business management instructor. The Farm Advocate Program…

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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…

Marketing Mistakes Cost Farmers in 2024

Published April 10, 2025

At the Farm Business Management annual meeting in Crookston, Northland Farm Business Management instructor Ron Dvergsten discussed the varying income levels among Minnesota farmers. "A lot of it depends on land type, years of experience, and how you got started,…

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Farmers Secure 2025 Financing Despite Economic Challenges

Published March 24, 2025

Despite financial pressures, most farmers are securing financing for the 2025 season, according to Northland Community and Technical College Farm Business Management instructor Ron Dvergsten. "I have been pleasantly surprised that the farms I work with, I have not heard…

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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…

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A Mixed Bag

Published January 23, 2024

Northland Community and Technical College Farm Business Management instructor Ron Dvergsten is seeing a mixed bag when preparing 2024 cash flows. "Commodity prices have kind of dragged the bottomline down for the majority of farmers so for the vast majority…

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Year-End Tax Strategies

Published December 2, 2023

This is the time to analyze where you sit for the 2023 business year and evaluate finances ahead of tax season. Farm Business Management Instructor Ron Dvergsten says buying equipment can be a good strategy if you can save a…

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The Most Expensive Crop Year in History

Published April 10, 2022

Minnesota's crop farmers had a profitable year in 2021. According to Minnesota Farm Business Management data, this is due to a combination of factors including higher commodity prices and crop insurance indemnities. "Even in some of the drought restricted areas,…

With Normal Yields, ’22 Budgets Pencil Out

Published November 11, 2021

The crop put in the ground in 2022 will likely be the most expensive to date in a farmer’s career. Northland Community and Technical College Farm Business Management Instructor Ron Dvergsten says the financials still work. "It kind of reminds…

RRV Outperforms the Rest of Minnesota

Published April 9, 2019

Statewide, Minnesota farm income was at a 23-year low this past year. That was not the case in the Red River Valley. Net farm income in the Red River Valley averaged more than $173,000 last year, up from a statewide…

Articles tagged under: Ron Dvergsten

Dvergsten Joins Farm Advocate Program

Dvergsten: Many Farmers Below Break-Even

Marketing Mistakes Cost Farmers in 2024

Farmers Secure 2025 Financing Despite Economic Challenges

Missed Opportunities

A Mixed Bag

Year-End Tax Strategies

The Most Expensive Crop Year in History

With Normal Yields, ’22 Budgets Pencil Out

RRV Outperforms the Rest of Minnesota

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