Successful Farming

Successful Farming magazine serves the diverse business, production, and family information needs of families who make farming and ranching their business. Get Successful Farming digital magazine subscription today and learn how to make money, save time, and grow your satisfaction in the farming business. True to its name, Successful Farming magazine is all about success. Every issue is packed with ideas readers can take right to the field, barn, shop, and office to increase their profit and to position their farming business for growth and success in the competitive and global industry of agriculture.

Successful Farming

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY

THEY SAID IT

SHUTDOWN • Iowa plant is first casualty in USDA meat processing initiative.

80 IOWA ACRES SELL FOR $19,000 PER ACRE

FIVE KEY QUESTIONS FOR THIS FALL • Three marketing alternatives to consider

AUTONOMY NOW • AUTONOMOUS MACHINERY IS COMING TO THE FARM. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

BLAME THE GRAIN CART DRIVER! • Like their operators, used grain carts are holding their own.

FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR COWS • New technology from 406 Bovine streamlines cow identification.

THE POWER OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE • How animal agriculture is reaping the benefits of AI.

A NEW WAY TO ACCESS CAPITAL • Fractal Agriculture is helping farmers leverage land equity to finance operation growth.

THE COST OF LEADERSHIP • When parents won’t make decisions, it’s difficult for farming heirs to set goals.

HAND IN HAND WITH AI • How will artificial intelligence change agriculture?

EYE TO THE SKY • Satellite images provide guidance on irrigation scheduling.

HAGIE’S SPRAYER, BUILT WITH DEERE TECH • The Hagie STS16 with 120-foot boom comes factory-installed with John Deere See and Spray Premium.

2025 POLARIS RANGERS • Getting hands-on with the Ranger in the Texas desert.

SOLAR HARVEST COMING TO A FIELD NEAR YOU • More research and work is being done to expand the use of agrivoltaics in North America.

PARTS OF A WHOLE • How diversification led this Maryland farm to success.

YIELDS INCREASE WITH LIME • Managing soil pH could increase crop production.

MEATING THE CONSUMER • A South Dakota family pursues alternative meat marketing strategies in the digital age.

NEW RTV-X1130 UTV FROM KUBOTA • The 6-foot-long cargo bed is capable of converting to a flatbed for versatile storage.

A NEW-GENERATION FARM • Regenerative agriculture spurs growth at Sather Farm and Ranch.

ADAM GITTINS • This western Iowa farmer is dedicated to technology.

60-YEAR PARTNERSHIP STILL GOING STRONG • Gil Tinsey and Fred Hasen met in college and have been farming together in Michigan since the 1960s.

THE DISAPPEARING AMERICAN FARMER • A new book examines this trend and how it can be stopped.

TURKEY, CRANBERRY, AND SQUASH SOUP • Turn your Thanksgiving leftovers into a brand new meal with this recipe!

NO-SPRING HYDRAULIC PRESS • Air-return shop press makes for easier positioning.