Education
Today's farmers and ranchers have to do a lot more than grow wheat or raise cows and calves--they also have to be machinery technicians, computer programmers, and business managers. It's that last one that for many is most difficult hill to climb. Gregg Ibendahl is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University, and a farm management economist for K-State Research and Extension. He details some of his work with the Kansas Farm Management Association, and explains how Kansas producers can benefit through membership with that organization.