Eric Oeth

When U.S. Congress reformed the tax code in late 2017, it naturally had broad implications on businesses and non-profits nationwide. Unfortunately, one of the unforeseen impacts of the tax reform has hampered rural electric co-ops’ (REC’s) ability to develop...

Looking at the challenges to the adoption of precision agriculture, we’ve talked often about the ‘digital divide’ that exists between rural and urban areas of the U.S. Broadband availability and reliability lags considerably behind in rural areas, bottlenecking the...

As a greater number of producers adopt precision ag technologies in their operations, and a greater number of firms create and market solutions to meet this demand, we’ve seen a greater number of colleges and universities expand their precision...

Nobody ever said farming was easy, but 2018 was a particularly difficult year for many in agriculture: trade tensions, uncooperative weather during harvest, and bitter partisan wrangling over the now-lapsed Farm Bill all caused major headaches for producers across...

The business outlook for many co-operatives offering growers retail, marketing, and agronomic services is one that has changed greatly over the last several years. Co-ops across the country are facing a variety of challenges that threaten their profitability –...

Let me begin this column by extending my congratulations to all of my fellow students who have just graduated – congrats on a job well done! It was a lot of hard work, and now you have a degree...

As my time as an undergrad comes to a close, I look at the precision ag industry and I see an industry ripe for another breakout year in 2018. The industry has made great strides in the last several...