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Getting Ahead of Carbon Regulation: 4 Action Items for Businesses

Getting Ahead of Carbon Regulation: 4 Action Items for Businesses

By Pinion Editorial | September 23, 2019
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With the intent to deliver practical actions to address global greenhouse gas emissions, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit is underway in New York.  This year’s summit is garnering significant media attention, in part because many young climate activists from across the globe are voicing their concerns over …

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Executing Sustainability: What, Why, and How It's Done

Executing Sustainability: What, Why, and How It’s Done

By K·Coe Editorial | July 11, 2019
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What is the sustainability meaning for food and ag companies? It is highly impressionable and easily altered, as it is essentially how consumers view our industry. Consumers today want to understand how food and ag products are grown, raised, and produced, and they want information that goes all the way …

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Protective Strategies

Animal Ag Advisory: How to Manage your Risk, Protect your Livestock

By K·Coe Editorial | June 28, 2019
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The appearance of yet another undercover video showing employee abuse on a dairy farm has shaken and angered consumers and retailers across the nation. As information continues to emerge, the fall out continues to impact the dairy industry. The reaction is not over yet and its final affects remain to …

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Sustainability Report Assurance

Sustainability Report Assurance Saves Money and Eases Decisions

By K·Coe Editorial | March 28, 2019
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By Matt Armstrong, Sustainability Advisor Spoiler alert: sustainability report 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 …

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What You Need to Know About Second MFP Payment

What You Need to Know About Second MFP Payment

By Pinion Editorial | December 18, 2018
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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 …

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Revenue

You Could Be Standing on Additional Revenue

By Pinion Editorial | September 20, 2018
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Many farmers haven’t ever stopped to think about the potential in revenue 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 …

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Emergency Relief

5 Things to Mitigate Farm Risk During Natural Disaster

By Jeanne Bernick | September 15, 2018
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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 …

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Sustainable Organizations Seeing More Funding Options

New Technology Solutions for Farm-Level Data Gathering

By K·Coe Editorial | June 14, 2018
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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 …

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