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Sustainability

Sustainability Report Assurance Saves Money and Eases Decisions

By K·Coe Editorial | March 28, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Matt Armstrong, Sustainability Advisor Spoiler alert: sustainability assurance not only provides monetary value for agribusinesses, it builds trust for shareholders and investors, and eases business decisions. According to an academic study published in the Journal of Accountancy, “there are significant benefits in having sustainability reporting assured, including the reduced …

What You Need to Know About Second MFP Payment

By K·Coe Editorial | December 18, 2018

Reading Time: 1 minute Following the authorization of the second MFP payments, here are a few key points that growers should keep top of mind for operational and financial planning: As line of credit renewals are generally discussed with lenders now or within the next few months, producers should provide MFP documentation to the …

Focus Your Family Business on Its Legacy this Holiday Season

By Jill Eberhart | November 21, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Jeanne Bernick, K·Coe Isom Market Strategist and Certified Family Business Advisor For many of you the stress of harvest season is over and now you enter a new season in family business: the holidays! As if working with family isn’t challenging enough, now there are mandatory meals and celebrations …

You Could Be Standing on Additional Revenue

By K·Coe Editorial | September 20, 2018

Reading Time: 1 minute Many farmers haven’t ever stopped to think about the potential in opportunities that lie right beneath them: land. “Your privately-owned land has value well beyond crop and livestock production,” says Robert Veldman, a senior land-management advisor at K·Coe Isom. In the face of thin margins and inconsistent markets, Robert encourages farmers and …

5 Things to Mitigate Farm Risk During Natural Disaster

By Jeanne Bernick | September 15, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes As the nation watches the ongoing punch from Hurricane Florence (now a tropical storm) as it has been dumping rain for days and causing catastrophic storm surges, all eyes have been on an area just inland from the North Carolina coast, where there are more pigs than people. Near New Bern, NC, each hog farm …

How Cattle Genetics & Herd Management Decisions Impact Sustainability Outcomes

By Emily Johannes | September 11, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef Pilot Project Demonstrates Economic and Environmental Benefits for Producers Can genetic performance and herd management decisions in the backgrounder and feedyard sectors not only drive economic outcomes, but also improve environmental outcomes? This was the question that K·Coe Isom, World Wildlife Fund, and Hy-Plains Feedyard …

Business Planning for the Unexpected

By K·Coe Editorial | July 30, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you had to go on leave for a month starting tomorrow, what in your farm or ranch is going to suffer? Let’s face it – accidents happen. To everyone, everywhere, at one time or another. Maybe one day you’ll tear your Achilles tendon, or break a leg, or fall …

New Technology Solutions for Farm-Level Data Gathering

By K·Coe Editorial | June 14, 2018

Reading Time: 1 minute The Sustainability Consortium Summit (TSC), recently held in Chicago, gathered a unique audience to discuss progress and new solutions to evaluate sustainability across diverse consumer goods industries. Attendees included brands and retailers that are on the front lines of consumer goods sustainability challenges. The need for farm-level sustainability data to …