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Do you enjoy fruits, vegetables, and nuts, along with a variety of options at your grocery store? If so, you can thank a special kind of pollinator, the honeybee, for diversifying America’s dinner plates. Honeybees are essential to maintaining food...View Details
From Dream to Dirt: A Beginner’s Guide to Buying Your First Piece of Land
You’ve been dreaming about owning land — maybe it’s a quiet place to build a home, a few acres for hunting or a future farm. But when it comes to actually buying land, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Where do you start? What should you look for? And how do you pay for it?View Details
Risk Mitigation: Protecting Your Farm For The Future
Farming isn’t just about sowing seeds and reaping harvests – it also involves a complex web of legal intricacies and risk management strategies. The importance of safeguarding assets and mitigating liability is essential for agricultural operations...View Details
Roots of Success: Tips for Strong Mental Health on the Farm
Agriculture is the number one industry in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Providing key agricultural commodities to the rest of the nation and worldwide, the pressure to produce is real for farmers in the Southeast. To be a farmer is to deal with uncertainty. And farmers have had a slew of trying circumstances of late. Here are tips and resources in managing your mental health.View Details
Episode 62: Avoiding Burnout on the Farm with Alligators and Monkeys ft. Roxanne Reed
Farmers and agricultural business owners face unique pressures and challenges. Whether you’re up at the break of dawn to check the livestock barns or tied to your desk with spreadsheet work, the pressures of farming can mount into unavoidable stress...View Details
10 Things to Know Before Buying Land
When looking for a rural land loan on a new property, there are many factors to consider to ensure that you make an informed decision. AgTrust Farm Credit has been in this business for more than a century, and with that experience, we discuss 10...View Details
What is a Good Debt-to-Income Ratio and How to Calculate Yours
Before you apply for a loan, you should know your debt-to-income ratio and how it might affect your loan approval or terms.View Details
Upcoming Events
Throughout the year and across the country, your local Farm Credit association hosts in-person and virtual events designed to help you start, manage and grow your farming operation. Browse through the AgBizInfo events to find the right event for you!