In addition to higher farm payments and better crop insurance, Paul Neiffer says the most overlooked impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill could be how farmers structure their operations.

Most farmers start out as sole proprietors, and nothing could be simpler. You just own and operate the farm in your own name and carry on with business. If you use a fictitious name (such as the “Bar ...

Despite their ingenuity, small farms are being pushed to the margins of California’s celebrated ag-tech boom.” ...