What has you optimistic this year?  It's got to be something - because farming and total pessimism just don't go together.  So are you expecting great yields?  How about the kind of prices we experienced last year?  Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions writes about this in Finance First on www.farmfutures.com.  He cautions that we typically don't get both great yields and great prices in one year - and it's a good business decision to consider what you'll do.  Read the post here.  

With experience comes wisdom.  But there's a difference between wisdom and the fear of repeating mistakes.  Sometimes those kinds of fears can cost us in future relationships.  Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions talks about this today with Dewey Nelson from KRVN.  Baggage Fees Frye AUDIO

For the text of the interview, click here: Where Are You Paying Baggage Fees?

What practices differentiate the best farmers from the rest? This month in Money News in the Illinois AgriNews, Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions, explores the concepts of personal accountability and seeking constant improvement as ways to create a new mindset for success in your farming business.

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Sometimes we spend a lot of time gathering information to make a decision, and then we never actually get that decision made.  It could be because we never stop gathering information.  Dean Heffta, Senior Director of Development for Water Street Solutions talks about that today with Dewey Nelson from KRVN.  Who Should We Listen To Heffta AUDIO

For the text of the interview, click here: Who Should We Listen To?

"I'm not going to make that mistake again."  Well, that's usually wise to learn from our mistakes.  But we need to think about when our past mistakes have turned into nothing more than baggage.  Sometimes instead of learning from them, we're making them work against us by missing an opportunity, by closing up, by not considering a new idea.  Today Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions talks about the cost of our baggage in his post on www.farmfutures.com.  You can read it HERE.

One of the important parts of how we operate at Water Street Solutions has to do with the core values we have identified.  We've started sharing the story of our core values and why we've found them to be important - with our clients when they come to events at our office.  And this month Farm Futures magazine wrote an article about that.  You can read it HERE.  It's on the cover, plus pages 14-17.

We're litigation crazy in this country and that adds some risk for farmers these days.  Explore what that means to you and how to minimize your risk by listening to this interview featuring Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions.  Dewey Nelson from KRVN is at the mic.  Are Farmers a Target for Lawsuits - Frye AUDIO

For the text of the interview, click here: Are Farmers a Target for Lawsuits?

You've been there before.  You have to make a decision.  You consult a couple of friends.  And pretty soon you have SO many different opinions that you just can't decide.  It can be that way with marketing as well.  Today Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions explores analysis paralysis as it relates to you on the farm.  Read the article here.