Modern agriculture has evolved into a data-driven, highly coordinated operation where efficiency determines profitability. Farms are no longer small, isolated plots managed by a handful of workers.

When most people picture a farmer, they don’t envision someone teaching math, driving a school bus or managing a bank branch. Yet for the majority of U.S. farm households, income from these off-farm ...

As reported by USDA data and recently highlighted by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), more than three-fourths of household income for farm families comes from off the farm. Per USDA data, ...