Tag: Farming
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Agricultural Accounting
Well, Martens Family Farm is finally alive! After months of planning, meetings, more planning, more meetings and more meetings … the business is alive and we are pushing ahead with our plans for an expansion of the hog operation and also freeing up some more time for some partners so that we can continue to…
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Harvest 2012 Retrospective
It is probably the most addicting time on any farm. It drives farmers, farm kids, and prodigal farm kids (of which I am one) to long hours in a field trying to get the crops out as fast as you can. Once they are ready, it is a push to the end. This year, though,…
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Baskets of Eggs
The phrase “putting all of your eggs in one basket” has always appealed to me. Even in High School, I didn’t really hang out with a single crowd or do only a single category of things. I played intramural sports, was a part of every music group I could find, did well academically and was…
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The Need for a 37signals
37signals has been one of the most influential companies to how I think about software, software development, and business. It is amazing how it has even crept into how I think about the family farm that I grew up on and am now working to become a larger part of. One thing has become abundantly…
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Harvest. Is. Here.
This is how I know: Nothing like your son in a semi with a cob of corn in his hand.