A strategic alliance has helped one group of farmers survive tighter times.
Rick Fruth is a partner with New Vision Farms which is a 7,500-acre crop farm in Northwest Ohio managed by a collaborative group of farmers.
“I saw an industry consolidating around me, didn’t want to go out and try to bid land away from my neighbors and friends, and decided a better path was to find key neighbors and friends and collaborate with them.”
He says the partnership evolved from trading services and equipment to formally partnering and creating a board of directors among themselves to manage the business.
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